Distance vMotion = Stretched Cluster? (blog.scottlowe.org)
I thought the distinction between stretched clusters and long-distance vMotion was pretty clear, but apparently it's not.This article was originally posted on blog.scottlowe.org. Visit the site for...
View ArticleMicrosoft Cloud Fast Track brings Hyper-V to the FlexPod Infrastructure (The...
Today at Microsoft TechEd NetApp and Cisco announced their pre-validated configuration for Hyper-V as a part of the Microsoft’s Cloud Fast Track program. While technically this pre-validated shared...
View ArticleAwwwah, Shucks… (RTFM Education)
Earlier this year I spent a couple of days in Salt Lake City, Utah and Portland, Oregon. I’ve was the guest of Mountain States Networking who have sites both in SLC & Portland, as well as a...
View Article6 rules you should consider when using View Composer (That's My View)
The View Composer is a component which helps you to save time and money but from a technical view it does add more complexity to your IT environment. Due to that there are some rules you should...
View ArticleCisco UCS platform innovation continues (Blade Watch)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/10/cisco_taps_yen_servers/ In the wake of its corporate restructuring last week, assaulted networking juggernaut and server wannabe Cisco Systems has tapped ex-Sun...
View ArticleWhy Should you Care about Veeam Support for Hyper-V (Technodrone)
I will not go over the details of this announcement that was released today.Both David Davis and Sean Clark wrote very good articles about the release. I do want to add a small point of my own, and...
View ArticleVMware acquires Shavlik Technologies (virtualization.info)
VMware has announced that it acquired Shavlik Technologies, a company which provides software (SaaS and on-premise) that prevents, detects and removes critical security threats from corporate networks....
View ArticleWhy "Identity" will be the next big thing in desktop virtualization (Brian...
Most of us have probably heard of phrases like " identity management " and "identity" in the context of IT. And if you're like me, you probably heard those things and thought something along the lines...
View ArticleVMware tools upgrade problem. Cannot END installation (Bist's Virtualization...
I know a lot of you probably also had this problem before. I never experienced this problem. Sometimes when you do an automatic update of the vmware tools on a vm the installation just doesn’t start....
View ArticleMSTechEd NA 2011 Tuesday Live! (VM /ETC)
I’m headed back to MSTechEd NA 2011 at the GWCC in Atlanta, GA again, and here’s another CoveritLive Ticker for Tuesday’s live comments, pics, videos, etc. I also regularly add other attendee’s tweets...
View ArticleFirst preview of the VMware View Client for Android tablets (That's My View)
That was a surprise when I watched the VMware Lab Video from Brian Madden’s BriForum 2011 in London. My colleagues already showed a quick demo of the VMware View Client for Android tablets. It has...
View ArticleA New View of the Horizon (VMware End User Computing)
Today marks a major milestone for VMware’s End-User Computing vision with the launch of VMware Horizon App Manager, a user-centric management service for accessing cloud applications. We are excited to...
View ArticleVote Soon! VMworld 2011 Session (2 VCP's and a Truck)
If you are looking for a big list of sessions to vote for go check out Chad’s post. As I am juggling about 5 post ideas with zero time to actually finish them. Some people may have forgot this blog …...
View ArticlePowerCLI: Unfreeze/Resume Your Virtual Machines (laez.nl)
NOTE: I published this article a bit earlier, but due to the fact that this was a not-yet-released feature I removed this post once again. Since this feature is released for a long time already I...
View ArticleHosting changed (laez.nl)
Hey everybody, Just to give you a brief update: my hosting changed. I used to have my blog at a shared-hosting provider but ever since I’ve got my own server up & running it wasn’t very useful to...
View ArticleMicrosoft moves beyond SMI-S with NetApp (Server Virtualization Blog)
By Beth Pariseau, Senior News Writer ATLANTA — NetApp and Cisco have issued another reference architecture in partnership with a virtualization vendor. This time it’s Microsoft. The NetApp Hyper-V...
View ArticleVMware Horizon App Manager (Technodrone)
VMware has launched Project Horizon !! Here is the VMware Horizon App Manager landing page Datasheet - FAQ - News Release Q. What Is VMware Horizon App Manager? A. VMware Horizon App Manager is a...
View ArticleCan the Vendors Eat Their Own Dog Food on Cloud Billing? (Virtualization...
I keep hearing we are now in a Cloud based world, I keep hearing that to “Do Cloud” properly you need to bill like a utility company, small standing charge and then a price per unit used cost....
View ArticleQuick Ping: VMware’s Horizon App Manager – A Big Bet That Will Pay Off…...
It is so tempting to write about VMware‘s overarching strategy of enterprise and cloud domination, but this blog entry really speaks to an important foundational element in their stack of offerings...
View ArticleVeeam adds backup and replication support for Microsoft Hyper-V (InfoWorld...
At the Microsoft TechEd conference this week, Veeam Software announced it is throwing its support behind the Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisor platform with its Veeam Backup & Replication software.read...
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