VMware Compatibility Guide 2.0 Preview is now available (NTPRO.NL)
<img>VMware Compatibility Guide 2.0 Preview is now available, including the enhanced user interface and navigation with additional features and enhancements. Rick Blythe over at VMwarewolf...
View ArticleThe New Way to Work… Part 2 (The Console)
Posted by Steve Herrod Chief Technology Officer In April I introduced VMware’s acquisition of SlideRocket with a blog entry entitled, “The New Way to Work – End-User Computing in the Post-PC Era”....
View ArticleSCVMM 2012 beta goes to second round (Server Virtualization Blog)
Microsoft released a second beta of System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2012 to a broader audience May 26, bringing the product another step closer to general availability. Due out in the...
View ArticlevSoup Raw #10 (vSoup podcast)
In Episode #10 the vSoup crew chat with Stuart Radnidge from vinternals.com
View ArticleCitrix commercializes OpenStack with Project Olympus (InfoWorld...
The OpenStack project, a ubiquitous open source cloud computing platform for public and private clouds, has been gaining traction with organizations these past few months, while also nabbing a fair...
View ArticleVMware to acquire Socialcast (That's My View)
Today VMware announced the acquisition of Socialcast, a leading provider of collaboration solutions for the enterprise. Socialcast enables business communications. The deployment approach is very...
View ArticleMake your ThinApp packages start quicker (VMware ThinApp Blog)
I’m constantly being asked how to get the most out of a ThinApp package. Especially how to make the startup faster. There are many things you can do and most of them are application specific. I thought...
View ArticleVirtual Desktop Implementation and Maintenance: VMware View 4.6 Premier vs....
The Tolly Group has published a new document about VMware View 4.6 vs. Citrix XenDesktop 5. This time, the document describes the implementation and maintenance. Here’s the abstract: As Desktop...
View ArticleMake your ThinApp packages start quicker (That's My View)
If you want to know how you get your Thinapp packages start even quicker, you should check out the new blog post of Peter Björk, who’s the ThinApp expert in EMEA. He describes which steps to take to...
View ArticleHow old is my pc/laptop? (Blade Watch)
http://web.mac.com/martinmacleod/iWeb/Site/Blog/pcsupport.xls I was having a conversation with one of my friends who works outside London for a multi-national running the desktop and help desk teams....
View ArticleCisco UCS is making real progress – long may it continue (Blade Watch)
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/Cisco-Makes-Gains-in-x86-Blade-Server-Space-IDC-Says-626876/ Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Dell were among the familiar names at the top of IDC’s list of the top...
View ArticlevCenter Operations Unplugged - Understanding Workload & Health (VMware...
Virtualization Admins have a tough job. Every day they face tough questions like: Is there a performance problem in my virtual infrastructure (VI)? Is it an ESX population issue? Is it a single VM gone...
View ArticleVMware acquires Socialcast (VirtualizationAdmin Blogs)
VMware acquired Socialcast, a collaboration company, for an undisclosed sum. Couple Socialcast with other recent acquisitions like SlideRocket and Zimbra and VMware is clearly aiming to be a desktop...
View ArticleMigrating to ESXi part 3 – Installing ESXi and reconfiguring the host (ESXi...
This is the third post in my migrating to ESXi series. In the first post I talked about the need to upgrade vCenter and provided some tips to ensure a smooth upgrade. In the second post I talked about...
View ArticleRestric Local Drive Access in RDSH RemoteApp (VirtualizationAdmin Blogs)
When using Microsoft RSDH RemoteApp programs (or even full hosted virtual desktops), you will want to disable/hide certain things so that the end user does not cause issues with the shared environment....
View ArticleFree Tool: XenApp 6 Publishing Extensions for App-V (VirtualizationAdmin Blogs)
If you publish Microsoft App-V packages in your Citrix XenApp environment, then you know how tedious it can be to manually publish applications for all the virtual application packages. Once you have...
View ArticleCitrix Announces XenClient 2.0 and XenClient XT (VirtualizationAdmin Blogs)
Citrix announced the release of XenClient 2.0 and XenClient XT at Citrix Synergy. XenClient is Citrix's bare metal client hypervisor. Citrix is expanding upon the 1.0 release of XenClient to bring...
View ArticleCitrix announces NetScaler Cloud Bridge (VirtualizationAdmin Blogs)
During Citrix Synergy 2011, Citrix announced a new product called NetScaler Cloud Bridge. NetScaler Cloud Bridge provides connectivity between enterprise datacenters and off-premise clouds, making the...
View ArticlePCoIP Best Practices for Network Devices (VirtualizationAdmin Blogs)
Tuning display protocols like VMware's PC-over-IP is a big deal in VDI. One of the tuning areas for PCoIP that may be missed is tuning the network. There are some basic networking guidelines that...
View ArticleA couple of EMC/VMware issues to know about. (Virtual Geek)
Every day there are a bunch of “hot issues” that come up – most aren’t worth a broadcast (which can actually cause more damage than it helps) but these two are (IMO) worth drawing attention to for the...
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