10 Things That are on my Mind (Technodrone)
I was recently asked what are the things that I currently working on and what is occupying my time. I thought I would share that list with you - as it holds a list of things that you should have on...
View ArticleVeeam’s Next Big Thing: Fulfilling the Hyper-V marketshare self-fulfilling...
Veeam Backup and Replication is coming to Microsoft Hyper-V. Let the self-fulfilling prophecy of increasing Hyper-V market share begin now. Not sure when the product will be GA, as this is just the...
View ArticleUpdate on Blog (Mike D's Blog)
Well, things are back up. New theme. New client. No content. Wait…where’s the content? Turns out my database is really messed up from the old blog. Going to try and create a new blog site and restore...
View ArticleMy MSTechEd 2011 Keynote Summary and Notes (VM /ETC)
MSTechEd 2011 kicked off this morning from the Georgia World Congress Center in downtown Atlanta, GA. I attended the Keynote session, and the following are my summary impressions and thoughts. If you...
View ArticleVMworld 2011 : One lonely session (Nickapedia)
I haven’t got to post this because of the EMC World madness. But, I did submit one single session for VMworld 2011. It is “Top 10 Ways to Become a Cloud Innovator Using VMware Technology”. This time...
View ArticleBox.net and VMware discuss Cloud and SaaS services in the enterprise (VMwareTV)
Box.net and VMware discuss Cloud and SaaS services in the enterprise Blog: bit.ly Product info: bit.ly Video description: Noah Wasmer, Director, Advanced Development, VMware discusses VMware Horizon...
View ArticleAvailable for Download – FREESCO (Virtual Router) on OVF (NTPRO.NL)
<img>Last January the cool people over at FREESCO have released a new version of their highly popular router floppy. This new version (0.4.3) contains some bug fixes and lots of new features....
View ArticleCirrascale continues the platform innovation (Blade Watch)
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cirrascale-qualifies-hypercloud-memory-on-blade-server-120849399.html IRVINE, Calif., April 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Netlist, Inc. (Nasdaq: NLST), a designer and...
View ArticleHardcore Computers the next generation industry leaders (Blade Watch)
http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2011-05-04/sun_cofounder_evangelizes_liquid_blade_server.html What does a Sun Microsystems cofounder do with his spare time? Well, if you’re Scott McNealy, you spend some...
View ArticleCan we turn out the lights – virtual or physical (Blade Watch)
A quick request from one of my CIO colleagues to Dell/HP/IBM and the other server/equipment vendors: Can we turn out those LED status light! How much power is that using, on an individual LED basis on...
View ArticlePoor man’s hostprofiles including ESX deployment (A. Mikkelsen)
Last year I was asked to reduce the time spend on installing and configuring our ESX hosts. Because we weren’t using Enterprise Plus licenses, we didn’t have Host Profiles. I came up with a simple...
View ArticleSorry for my absence (A. Mikkelsen)
Hey all, Just to let you know that I haven’t forgotten about you, but the last 6 months has been hectic. In October I changed job from Logica to NNIT. The change has meant that I haven’t had much the...
View ArticleWindows MultiPoint Server: A worthy VDI competitor? (VirtualizationAdmin Blogs)
For many colleges and universities, VDI is considered as a way to lower ongoing costs and enable broad mobility so that students can run applications from anywhere. In theory, students can use their...
View ArticleVeeam Backup & Replication to support Microsoft Hyper-V (virtualization.info)
Veeam just announced that its Backup and Replication product will support Microsoft Hyper-V later this year. With Hyper-V support, customers will be able to manage backup, replication and restores for...
View ArticleMicrosoft announces support for CentOS in Hyper-V (virtualization.info)
When Hyper-V was released in June 2008 Microsoft initially only supported the SUSE Enterprise Linux distribution by releasing so called Linux Integration Components providing drivers for synthetic...
View ArticleVMware Horizon App Manager Overview (VMwareTV)
VMware Horizon App Manager Overview Blog: bit.ly Product info: bit.ly Video description: Noah Wasmer, Director, Advanced Development, VMware discusses VMware Horizon App Manager, an open, user-centric...
View ArticleAttachmate rebrands Platespin products from Novell to NetIQ...
In November last year, Novell announced a deal to sell its assets to Attachmate Corporation and another entity CPTN Holdings LLC. In this deal Attachmate acquired the Platespin product portfolio,...
View ArticleCan SCUPdates survive VMware's Shavlik buy? (VMware tips and tricks)
Though many IT shops use products from both VMware and Shavlik Technologies, some worry that VMware may not care to keep SCUPdates, a third-party patch tool that extends SCCM. Add to digg Add to...
View ArticleMicrosoft changes tune on Exchange 2010 VMware HA support (VMware tips and...
Microsoft will finally support Exchange 2010 DAG failover with VMware High Availability. The company announced the new Exchange 2010 VMware support policy at TechEd. Add to digg Add to StumbleUpon Add...
View ArticleExchange Server 2010 on VMware: Why daily monitoring is a must (VMware tips...
A virtualized Exchange 2010 installment has its benefits but needs daily attention. Check these metrics regularly. Add to digg Add to StumbleUpon Add to del.icio.us Add to Google
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