Escaping The Chaos Monkey -- Enterprise vs Commodity Cloud (Rethink IT)
Earlier this week I gave a talk at the Cloud Connect conference in Santa Clara to highlight the differences between commodity (developer) and enterprise clouds. The idea was to highlight that the two...
View ArticleChanges to SR Numbering! (VMware Support Insider)
Watch out! There is one watch point that you will want to be aware of. When you enter a legacy Support Request number in the portal, our system will pull up your original legacy case, but it will...
View ArticleConnect-VIServer usability goodie – the new Menu parameter (vSphere PowerCLI...
Greetings to all PowerCLI users out there! In this blog post, I want to show you one of the usability improvements that we introduced in the latest PowerCLI release. Namely, the new –Menu parameter of...
View ArticleVDI disk images: Shared versus 1-to-1. Which requires more resources in...
Personal disk images versus shared images--which is better for VDI ? This is one of the biggest decisions that companies need to think about when designing VDI solutions. Each has pros and cons....
View ArticleVMware View iPad Client with VGA Out (That's My View)
The View Client for the iPad was released last week by VMware with a huge buzz on all social media platforms. I’ve had the chance to test it in several circumstances and I’m really happy. It works...
View ArticlevShield products packaging explained (with a focus on vCloud Director) (IT 2.0)
The way VMware is packaging / positioning vShield technologies isn’t clear to everyone. This shouldn’t be surprising since we have been lately expanding the offering with a lot of new stuff. In this...
View ArticlevStorage Performance Troubleshooting (Professional VMware)
Nathan Small, a Senior Escalation Engineer with VMware storage sent along this presentation he has been giving on troubleshooting vStorage Performance. Lots of gold in here… lots and lots: vSphere...
View ArticleVIDEO: John Troyer & Tony Dunn on VMware’s Social Media at PEX 2011 (VMware...
At VMware Partner Exchange (PEX) 2011, VMware’s Tony Dunn and John Troyer spoke on how VMware uses social media and to build a community around VMware’s products. They make great recommendations for...
View ArticleCan Akamai help speed your VDI implementations? I think so. (VMwareInfo.com)
imageAkamai was one of these companies that I knew about but didn’t really think much about. I work with VMware, Citrix and Microsoft technologies. I help deliver solutions revolving around...
View ArticleDell's new services ease move to virtual desktop (InfoWorld Virtualization...
More and more companies seeing the success of server virtualization in the data center want to duplicate that on the desktop virtualization side. But many of these organizations have had poor results,...
View ArticleEMC Information Storage and Management(ISM) exam experience (The Saffa Geek)
For the past few weeks I have been learning and studying for the EMC Information Storage and Management(ISM) exam. I decided to set this goal for myself a few months back, as I felt that storage...
View ArticleMultivendor VMware Performancethank you (with toys and a treat) (Virtual Geek)
The “Everything VMware at EMC” community is one of the most busy locations on ECN (the EMC Community Network), which I think is awesome :-) The plea I made for customers to share their performance data...
View ArticleBehind the scenes at VMware Support - Advanced Root Cause Analysis (NTPRO.NL)
VMware’s Nathan Small who works as a Staff Engineer at Global Support Services has put together a great presentation about Advanced Root Cause Analysis. The presentation was designed to give you more...
View ArticleVMware vSphere 4.1 HA and DRS technical deepdive review (VMware...
A few months ago, I wrote about the arrival of the new VMware vSphere 4.1 HA and DRS technical deepdive book. Having finished reading the book, I thought I’d write a quick follow up. This book was a...
View ArticleVMware Interview with Chuck Thiel (VMware) at HIMSS 2011 (VMwareTV)
VMware Interview with Chuck Thiel (VMware) at HIMSS 2011 bit.ly - VMware Interview with Chuck Thiel (VMware) at HIMSS 2011 From: vmwaretv Views: 37 0 ratings Time: 02:03 More in Science & Technology
View ArticleNew ghettoVCB maintenance release (virtuallyGhetto)
Check out the latest update to ghettoVCB. This release is primarily focused on providing more detailed information both before and during the backup process. In the past, there were certain caveats...
View ArticleTop 10 Best Practices for VMware Data Protection (ESX Virtualization)
Free Webminar with Eric Siebert – Top 10 Best Practices for VMware Data Protection. Usually I’m always missing webminars, because the time zones between Europe and United States. There is a new...
View ArticleEasy sharing of community discussions (VMTN Blog)
Now you can share any thread you like from the VMware community more easily with the handy "Share This Page" widget that appears in the right-hand menu. You do not need to be logged in or even...
View ArticlevCenter Operations – Your Future Performance Dashboard (NTPRO.NL)
VMware has released a great new product which is able to diagnose and analyse vSphere performance metrics. vCenter Operations Standard is for vCenter administrators who want to better understand the...
View ArticleWeekly VDI Digest March 15, 2011 (myvirtualcloud.net)
Welcome to another Weekly VDI Digest. If last week was all about VMware View 4.6 and the PCoIP Secure Gateway, this week is all about VMware View client for the iPad. I’m avoiding to publish multiple...
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