What is the impact of Application Virtualization on VDI? (virtualfuture.info)
“It is currently almost impossible to conceive a VDI deployment without Application Virtualization. The management benefits of Application Virtualization are real and proven, especially within...
View ArticleUpdated DISA Guidelines for VCM (VMware Security Blog)
The VMware Center for Policy and Compliance is pleased to announce our latest content update for DISA in vCenter Configuration Manager ™ (VCM). What’s new in this package? Windows XP v6.1.21 Windows...
View ArticlePaper: Project Virtual Reality Check Phase IV (virtualization.info)
Sven Huisman, technical consultant at PQR, Jeroen van de Kamp, Enterprise Architect and CTO at Login Consultants and Ruben Spruijt, Technology Officer at PQR just announced a new paper titled:...
View ArticlePowerCLI: Easy iSCSI Send Target setup (ICT-Freak.nl)
In January this year I created a post about Easy NFS datastore setup with PowerCLI. In this post I showed how you can use a reference host to copy all the NFS share configurations to the new host. In...
View ArticleRelease: Xen 4.1.1 (virtualization.info)
Xen.org, the community which develops the Xen hypervisor under the GNU General Public License (GPLv2) has released a maintenance update for Xen brining it to version 4.1.1. The update can...
View ArticleMy updated series on VMware Snapshots (vSphere-land)
I did a 3-part series on VMware snapshots years ago for Tech Target that was based on VI3, I recently updated the series to include changes that have occurred with the technology since the release of...
View ArticleWhere does the TCO for VDI come from? (Virtualization Journey)
In a previous post I shared some research we have carried out to figure out what the most important factors that customers take into account when it come to choosing a VDI solution. The top factor is...
View ArticleVCenter CapacityIQ by the numbers (vSphere-land)
Host resources are a precious commodity in virtual infrastructures. To maximize your return on investment and the benefits of virtualization, you must make the most of them. VMware vCenter CapacityIQ...
View ArticleLondon VMUG – 14th July – Goodie Bag (RTFM Education)
It’s just a couple a weeks to the next London VMUG on the 14th July. I will speaking at the event, and I have small incentive to encourage attendance. I’m up against some stiff competition in the rival...
View ArticleFormer VMware exec founds virtualization storage company (Server...
Dr. Kieran Harty, VMware’s former executive vice president of engineering, is now tackling storage performance and management headaches. His startup, Tintri, launched in March, after two and a half...
View ArticleVAAI and Deployment - a Practical Example (NTPRO.NL)
My former colleague and virtualization buddy Ernst Cozijnsen over at Capgemini Outsourcing has done some extensive testing on virtual machine deployments with VAAI enabaled storage. The storage he has...
View ArticleEricom AccessNow for VMware View is now available (That's My View)
Thanks to Eric Sloof who published an article about the Ericom AccessNow for VMware View first. The Ericom AccessNow for VMware View Client is a new client which is completely based on HTML5...
View ArticleEricom AccessNow for VMware View is now Generally Available (NTPRO.NL)
Ericom has released their Ericom AccessNow for VMware View version 1.0 of this first-of-a-kind product. Ericom's pure HTML5 Access to View Virtual Desktops - from any HTML5-compatible web browser...
View ArticleVRC Phase IV–Application Virtualization (That's My View)
The VRC Team (Ruben Spruijt, Sven Huisman and Jeroen van der Kamp) have just released their new VRC Phase IV whitepaper which is about the impact of application virtualization on VDI. A very...
View ArticleVirtualisation Management Tools : spanning the timeline and in search of the...
This is a blog post that I’ve had at the back of my mind for a good 6 months or so. The pieces of the puzzle have come together after the Gestalt IT Tech Field Day event in Boston. After spending the...
View ArticleCitrix XenDesktop 5 and Hyper-V at Citrix Synergy (VirtualizationAdmin Blogs)
Citrix committed to running Citrix Synergy 2011 on their suite of virtualization products. However, there was a booth at Citrix Synergy called the "Citrix Desktop Transformation" booth that showcased...
View ArticleApplication Virtualization's impact on VDI Performance (VirtualizationAdmin...
Using Application Virtualization in a VDI environment add a lot of flexibility to the administrator by separating applications from OS images. However, as with all virtualization solutions, this...
View ArticleSnapshot vCenter with InventorySnapshot (VirtualizationAdmin Blogs)
New from the VMware labs come a tool called InventorySnapshot that allows you to "snapshot" a given vCenter inventory configuration and then reproduce it. The "inventory" includes the Datacenter...
View ArticleWhitepaper: Best Practices for Virtualizing Citrix XenApp...
One of the goals when creating a design for Hosted Shared Desktops with Citrix XenApp is to try and maximize scalability while still providing an adequate user experience. Hosted Shared Desktops...
View ArticleSearchServerMisinformation.com (VCritical)
A recent article on a popular technology media outlet includes misinformed claims about Hyper-V Dynamic Memory advantages over VMware vSphere.
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