Remote Desktop Session Host and RemoteFX Q&A (VirtualizationAdmin Blogs)
Now that RemoteFX is out, a lot of the press has been about how RemoteFX helps VDI environments. But what about Remote Desktop Session Host (RDS/TS) environments? The Remote Desktop Services (Terminal...
View ArticleVMware acquires WaveMaker (VirtualizationAdmin Blogs)
VMware has been marching down the road of not only desktop virtualization, but also desktop ubiquity (meaning the lock in of a Windows OS could be a thing of the past). VMware's acquisition of...
View ArticleQuest uses Cartoons to Explain VDI (VirtualizationAdmin Blogs)
Quest released a fun video explaining VDI that is actually pretty informative. The video does a good job explaining the theory and reality of VDI and how Quest has partnered with Microsoft to integrate...
View ArticleVMware OS Compatibility – Upgrading Windows (Mike D's Blog)
In the past when I’ve been at customer sites and in competitive situations I’ve often brought up the broad support for different OSs as a VMware strength. I think at last count there were over 80...
View ArticleThe 93.000 Firewall Rules Problem and Why Cloud is Not Just Orchestration (IT...
A few days ago I was in a very interesting meeting with a big Service Provider in Europe and I heard a lot of interesting comments. I’d like to quote the best that I heard which was “Oh a portal? Oh...
View ArticleEricom releases beta of HTML5 client for VMware View (virtualization.info)
Ericom, the company which provides VDI solutions has released a beta of its HTML5 client for VMware View. The HTML5 client will be able to access Vmware View desktops using...
View ArticleMicrosoft releases public preview of Windows Thin PC (virtualization.info)
In February virtualization.info reported on the fact that Microsoft announced a new Windows 7 version tailored for VDI access, called Windows Thin PC (WinTPC), becoming available for customers who use...
View ArticleSPICE protocol reaches version 0.8.0. (virtualization.info)
The open source remote desktop protocol SPICE, supported by Red Hat has reached version 0.8.0. This version is the follow-up of version 0.7.1 which was released in December last year....
View ArticleI want a template replicator vApp (vReference)
I want a template replicator vApp… Here’s the problem: Companies that have more than one office split by a WAN link, have problems keeping their templates in sync. There are two common approaches to...
View ArticleWhy’s the Nexus 1000V the only third-party distributed virtual switch?...
Nearly three years after its debut, the Cisco Nexus 1000V is still the only third-party distributed virtual switch for VMware. Add to digg Add to StumbleUpon Add to del.icio.us Add to Google
View ArticleCisco’s Data Center Launch (blog.scottlowe.org)
Cisco had a pretty big launch event today, with both new products and new technologies being announced. Here's a quick rundown.This article was originally posted on blog.scottlowe.org. Visit the site...
View ArticleBenny Tritsch wonders if Hyper-V is Microsoft's bare metal client hypervisor?...
From the "whoa, that's a really good point" department, 8-time BriForum speaker & friend of the show , CTP, MVP, PhD Benny Tritsch ( @drtritsch ) blogged about an experiment he recently did where...
View ArticleVMware Security Advisory:- VMSA-2011-0006.1 (PlanetVM)
Now this is interesting they only released this yesterday and it has been updated already. nice of VMware to use Security advisories as product releases. Updated because of the release of VIX 1.10.3...
View ArticleVMworld 2011 Call for Papers deadline 5th April (virtual-blog.com)
The deadline for submitting papers to VMworld is 5th April. This leaves 4 working days to submit your proposal to present a session. VMworld 2010 had thousands of attendees and is a great way to meet...
View ArticleA real life SRM story from Japan, how VMware helped to deal with the...
Christopher Wells is an IT professional working in Japan. I can not even imagine how hard life must be over there right now with the after match of the earthquake, tsunami and thread of nuclear...
View ArticleCisco New Generation UCS Servers Range with Intel E7 Chipset (Malaysia VMware...
Cisco is going to launch the new generation Blade and Rack mount base machine which will bring another major changes to the x86 open system again. According to the link here www.theregister.co.uk, it...
View ArticleMicrosoft Jumpstart for VMware Professionals Day 2 – Management (J.F.V.I.)
The Jumpstart series of webinars held by Microsoft entered into day 2 with some high spirits and light heartedness as Corey and Symon take the stand to talk about management , with a heavy emphasis on...
View ArticleOEMs plug in to vCenter, turn the volume to 11 (Server Virtualization Blog)
By Mike Laverick, Author, Instructor and Blogger VMware’s master plan is starting to bear fruit. When VMware introduced Virtual Infrastructure 3 (VI3), the company started to allow third parties to...
View ArticleAmazon Cloud Drive offers 5 Gigs of storage for free (ESX Virtualization)
Need more storage? Your Free Dropbox account is not enough? UPDATE: As one of my readers just warned me through a comment, which you can read bellow, I’m updating my post by quoting a section from the...
View ArticleWhere is the wireless iTunes Sync? (vinf.net)
A lot of i* devices from Apple have turned up in my household over the last few years, it started with iPods until we all had one (or more!) then an iPad, an iPhone, a MacBook pro and most recently an...
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