VMworld 2010 Liquidware Labs: Stratusphere Fit Demo
Yesterday we visited the Liquidware Booth. Liquidware is an innovative company with some unique tools that will help you plan, deploy and maintain a user desktop environment. In this video, Thomas of Liquidware demoes the Stratusphere Fit application. With this tool you…
VMworld 2010 – The New Zimbra
I’ve written about Zimbra before. Actually, we here at vmguru.nl use Zimbra for all our email and collaboration. So, today we were invited to join the Zimbra Breakfast Meeting at the Scandic Hotel in Copenhagen. Zimbra, for the ones who don’t know…
Impressions of VMworld 2010 – Day One: Partner day
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VMGuru Tuning
Hello Folks! In the past we had several major and minor issues regarding the website performance. As we have also moved to new hardware a few months ago, we had to reconfigured the complete backend construction. Last weekend I spend some time rounding up the…
The Zimbra Collaboration Suite Appliance: after the first week
Last sunday I took our Zimbra appliance into productionmode. About one week has passed and I must say, I still don’t regret the choice. Even with my 2 gigs of mail, Zimbra seems to be coping fine. I did notice a few things that could…
First experiences with Zimbra Collaboration Suite Appliance
A ‘bit’ of history Some of you might know me as a dedicated MS Exchange junkie. Ever since Microsoft launched version 5.0 of Exchange, I’ve been working with it and I must admit I never found a collaboration suite quite like it. I’ve had numerous…
No VMGuru.nl in China
Hello folks, Yesterday we noticed a huge increase in the amount of traffic. After some in-depth investigation, we discovered that some ‘friends’ in China found a loophole which quadrupled our traffic within a few hours. Fortunately no real harm was done. Our systems were not compromised. During…
Use Core Server when deploying Windows on a virtual infrastructure?
Since Microsoft introduced Windows 2008 back in 2007, there is the opportunity to install a Core Server. It was the first time Microsoft introduced a lean-and-mean server, where a lot of the Linux and Unix admins always complained that the GUI on a server eats…
Happy birthday founder!
Hello Folks! Today Erik celebrates his 36th birthday. We’re happy to have his party today and we all wish him many happy returns!
Trade in XenApp for VMware View part 2
It is always nice to see how Citrix fan-boys reacts on publications about VMware View. Especially when it comes to an comparison or XenApp for View trade in. It is often said that Citrix listens to their customers but they are seldom heard! People need…
Trade in XenApp for VMware View
As a reaction on the Citrix program to trade in your VMware View licenses for XenDesktop, VMware comes with a program to trade in your XenApp licenses for VMware View. The trade in program is quite simple: For the price of 3 years XenApp SA…
New server up and running (pics included)
Well, it’s done, as far as we’re concerned. The migration to new hardware is a fact. You might see a significant speedup in the site (we do). We’re very happy with the results, allthough we had some issues, but then again, which migration hasn’t? :)…
Hardware replacement for VMGuru.nl
Good news! Our brand new server is finally ready for production! Next Friday we will replace the old workhorse with a brand new one, with many thanks to our friends @ Dell (a big hurray and thank you to you all over there!) Our new infra…
Yet another experience posting: Citrix XenDesktop 4 Express – part 1
Two months ago, I heard Citrix was giving away a free VDI version called XenDesktop Express for a maximum of 10 users. The general idea is that you can experience the Citrix product advantages without investing anything but time and hardware. I downloaded it but…
VMGuru.nl: how did we do in 2009?
hey folks! First of all, a happy newyear to you all! With 2009 behind us, we look forward to a new and intense 2010. Personally, I think 2010 will be a very interesting year. With the world economy leaving the ruins of the crisis and…