New fling AND a pass for VMworld 2014?
Perhaps you are already using a fling from VMware, for example the View pool manager or the Autodeploy GUI. But it isn’t enough. You want more. You have the need to automate some manual task and there just isn’t a tool for it right now….
VMworld TV presents: SLOOFISMS
Explore the unique world of superstar blogger Eric Sloof with this compilation of his one-of-a-kind vocabulary, known as ‘Sloofisms’.
VMworld TV: Wrap up VMworld Europe 2013 day 2
VMworld TV gives you a wrap up of all of VMworld Europe 2013 in Barcelona. If you want to know what happened in Barcelona check out the video below.
VMworld: Innovation at the Solutions Exchange
If you wandered through the halls of the congress complex you’ve probably also seen the Solutions Exchange. At the Solutions Exchange more than 125 exhibitors are showing their products or vision for the future. Some of these exhibitors are the ones you probably already know,…
VMworld Europe 2013 – keynote speech
This post is a recollection of the general session at Tuesday. If you missed the VMworld Europe 2013 general session you can watch it later at VMware Now, http://www.vmware.com/now Maurizio Carli, Senior Vice President and General Manager EMEA, opened the general session with history about the…
Can’t make it to VMworld Barcelona?
I know that not everybody can make it to VMworld Barcelona. Too much work, unable to persuade your manager, etc.etc. Fear not! The keynote session for VMworld Barcelona 2013 is streamed live. Add this to your calendar as a reminder (ICS). Link no longer working Watch…
VMworld Europe 2013: vRockstar 2013
vRockstar 2013! The kick-off for Vmworld Europe 2013 has been given. For those who missed it, last year vRockstar was held at the Hard Rock cafe in Barcelona. This year, the vRockstar 2013, was even bigger. Patrick Redknap, Marco Broeken, Robert Payne & Hans De Leenheer…
Review: Thecus N4520 – Part 1
Last year Edwin did a review of the Thecus TopTower N8850, a beautiful enterprise grade NAS with a lot of features. So when the friendly people at Thecus send us the Thecus N4520 to review it was my turn. Thecus positions the N4520 as “the…
Deep Security 8.0 SP2 released
Trend Micro released Deep Security 8.0 Service Pack 2 on January 21, 2013. Next to a couple of bugfixes this version supports even more Operating Systems. With this release Trend Micro Deep Security supports Windows 8 and Windows 2012 (agent) and VMware vSphere 5.1 (DSVA)….
vKernel did it again: vOPS Server Explorer 6.3
VKernel, now under the Dell flag, just released version 6.3 of the vOPS Server Explorer freeware suite.Next to the already present tools Environment Explorer, SearchMyVM Explorer, and vScope Explorer they added two new utilities: Storage Explorer and Change Explorer. Using the same analytics and advisory engine…
Which virtual switch to select in vSphere 5
There are a lot of choices to be made for networking in VMware vSphere 5. We’ve got the good ol’ vSwith, vSphere Distributed Switch (vDS) and finally the Nexus 1000V from Cisco. But what is the best one? vSwitch (vSphere standard switch) A vSphere standard…
VMware View 5.1 and vSphere 5.1 now compatible
During the last patch cycle VMware made VMware View 5.1 and vSphere 5.1 compatible with each other. For VMware vSphere 5.1 to support View 5.1 you need to do download a patch for ESXi 5.1 or an up to date ESXi 5.1 ISO image. To…
Trend Micro Deep Security 9 on its way
During VMworld 2012 in San Fransisco Trend Micro announced the next version of their hypervisor based security product. They announced a lot of new and cool features and improvements which are probably gonna make into the final product. I just got a demo…
VMworld Europe 2012 – General Session
(This article reflects the general session of Tuesday. It isn’t a literal transcript) Before the first keynote starts the General session was opened with a spectacular show with dancers and music, etc. First on stage is VMware’s Chief Marketing Officer Rick Jackson. It’s 11…
How to deliver Services powered by VMware vCloud (PAR1519)
The first day of VMworld Europe was, as always, reserved for partners. During this day a lot of partner specific sessions are presented. In the session “How to deliver Services Powered by VMware vCloud (PAR1519)” by Bart Schneider (VSSP manager VMware EMEA). Some…