Cisco Cius- The enterprise tablet (Virtualization Practice)
Cisco took the covers of its long awaited Cius tablet earlier this week, a full year after it was first announced. Cisco has finally released price and shipping date for it's highest profile product...
View ArticlevExpert 2011! (Blue Shift Blog)
It feels amazing, humbling and a even bit crazy that I’ve been selected to be a vExpert for 2011. I thought I’d take a minute to recap the experience of the past year and draw some observations from...
View ArticleThe time for ESXi is now. The Susan Gudenkauf interview (VMware...
I suspect VMware is going to orchestrate the release of the next generation of vSphere with VMworld 2011 or perhaps even sooner. There is a big media event coming up on Tuesday July 12th called...
View ArticleVMware HA Survey (Yellow Bricks)
The Product Management Team reached out to me this week and asked me if I could help getting some real world data around HA by posting some information about a survey. These surveys are generally used...
View ArticleMac OS X Lion expected to further ease Apple's virtualization restrictions...
Thanks to virtualization, running Microsoft Windows applications on Apple hardware has become a popular way for consumers to dump their PCs in favor of using a Mac. Much to the chagrin of Microsoft...
View ArticleVMworld US is still better value than VMworld EMEA (vinf.net)
I’m in the middle of planning my VMworld trip(s) this year, now I’m no longer working for a vendor or a consultancy I have to fund my trip myself, I’m happy to do this as I view it as an excellent...
View ArticlevCloud Training by VMware Education (ESX Virtualization)
Another of the new VMware trainings available is VMware vCloud Training. One have to really follow about how many things are happening at VMware. vCloud Director as a product was launched already some...
View ArticleAutomation 101 – Orchestrator & AD, Revisited (Professional VMware)
As mentioned here, I have been playing around with the “nuke from orbit” bits in vCO for both Virtual Machines & their AD objects. One of the snags I hit was the fact that one of these things was...
View ArticleMicrosoft, Citrix join VMware on ‘magic’ mountain (Server Virtualization Blog)
VMware still rules, but the top of the virtualization mountain is getting crowded. Gartner has added Microsoft and Citrix to the leaders section of its server virtualization Magic Quadrant, recognizing...
View ArticleVideo – Carter Shanklin’s WANatronic 10001 (NTPRO.NL)
We all know Carter from the days he brought PowerCLI to the market. After the successful launch of this new automation product, Carter moved over to Spring, where he’s working as a product manager of...
View ArticlevCloud Director 1.0.1: Networking Samples (VMware vCloud Blog)
By: Massimo Re Ferre', vCloud Architect This is a repost from Massimo’s personal blog, IT 2.0 – Next Generation IT Infrastructures. My old vCloud Director Networking for Dummies post is still going...
View ArticlevSoup – Visio is for Girls #12 (The SLOG)
Last week I have the pleasure of being part of the latest vSoup Podcast. It was ace! I had a great laugh recording it with the guys. I spent most the time muting my microphone so you couldn't hear me...
View ArticleHow well prepared are government agencies for the next major natural...
By Pam Takahama, Product Line Manager, VMware View – Federal Government Lately everyone is talking about the weather--from tornado warnings at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport to 14,000 lightning strikes in...
View ArticleSecuring Display Protocols for VDI (myvirtualcloud.net)
Security in IT environments is an incessant quest nowadays. During the client/server era the ability to encrypt data between datacenter and applications was indispensible to many organizations....
View ArticleVMware Next Step in End-User Computing roadshow June 2011 (VMGuru.nl)
VMware Next Step in End-User Computing roadshow June 2011 from Ton Hermes, Senior SE VMware on Vimeo. The Future of End-User Computing goes much further than just delivering a vDesktop and...
View ArticleWireless vMotion Using Laptops (Pivot Point)
In June of 2011 I visited China as EMC’s vSpecialists kicked off a program of technical workshops for VMware enthusiasts. We invited pre-sales teams from VMware, Cisco, and EMC to gather for...
View ArticleOpen Virtualization Alliance unlikely to unseat VMware (VMware tips and tricks)
Users aren’t sold that the Open Virtualization Alliance can promote KVM over VMware, the "safe” virtualization choice. Add to digg Add to StumbleUpon Add to del.icio.us Add to Google
View ArticleTrainsignal VMware vSphere Troubleshooting Training (Virtualised Reality)
I have recently been working my way through the Trainsignal troubleshooting training videos, as I have previously mentioned on this blog, the way Trainsignal does their training really suits the way I...
View ArticleCreating VLANs in DD-WRT (Part 2) (vspecialist)
In the first part of this post I created some VLANs on my NetGear WNR3500L router that I’ve flashed with DD-WRT firmware. In this second part of the post I will be assigning IP address ranges to those...
View ArticleEuropean Brownbag – Reminder (PlanetVM)
Well the Brownbag discussion topic has been decided and we even have a guest speaker. I am delighted to anounce that Scott Vessey of Global Knowledge will be onboard to discuss VMware certifications....
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