What’s new in VMware Horizon View 5.3
VMware just announced VMware Horizon View 5.3 and it includes a significant number of new or improved features. So what’s new in VMware Horizon View 5.3. vSAN for VMware Horizon View As of version 5.3 VMware includes vSAN for Horizon View desktops in the…
VMworld Europe 2013 announcements
We just finished the VMworld Europe 2013 keynote session and the news is overwhelming. VMware has announced a ton of new products, features and a company acquisition. The following announcements where made: End User Computing VMware View 5.3 and Horizon Mirage 4.3 were announced….
VMware vSAN & vCOPS included in Horizon Suite
Today at VMworld Europe 2013 VMware announced that VMware Virtual SAN (vSAN) and VMware vCenter Operations Manager (vCOPS) for View will be included in the Horizon Suite. VMware Virtual SAN for Horizon View beta will deliver significantly lower CAPEX and TCO for VDI environments. The bundling…
Tune in on VMworldTV
Today is the official start of VMworld Europe 2013 in the Fira in Barcelona. If you’re not among the happy ‘few’ attending VMworld, just check VMworldTV. On VMworldTV, Eric Sloof and Jeremy van Doorn will bring all the news.
VMworld Europe 2013 Partner day
Today was the first day of VMworld Europe 2013 in Barcelona . Traditionally this is VMworld Europe 2013 Partner day and as one of only five Dutch VMware Premier Partners , we must of course be there. One of the benefits of the Partner day…
PAR3241 – VMware Horizon View: Finally the Replacement for Server-Based Computing?
I just visited VMworld breakout session PAR3241 – VMware Horizon View: Finally the Replacement for Server-Based Computing? Speakers: Spencer Pitts, EMEA EUC Practice Lead Edwin Weijdema, Enterprise Architect Imtech ICT This session is not about a fantastics new feature which blows server based computing right…
Bye bye Citrix XenServer
As we are in the week of the obituaries, let’s do another one. A few weeks ago when vSphere 5.5 was release I updated our Enterprise Hypervisor Comparison. As Citrix and Red Hat both had released a new version of their hypervisor product I also added…
HP finally killed the EVA
Today Alex discovered a public secret HP has been denying for some time but now they finally killed the HP EVA. When HP bought 3PAR back in 2010 the rumors quickly spread that HP would replace the EVA with their newly acquired 3PAR storage solutions….
vRockstar pre-VMworld Party!
Source: vclouds.nl We think that you are all VMworld Rockstars! So we decided to bring the vRockstar party back to VMworld Europe for a second year running! Last year was a blast and this year it’s going to be even better! Join Patrick Redknap, Marco…
How to upgrade to vSphere 5.5
A few weeks ago during VMworld 2013 VMware announced vSphere 5.5. We already did a ‘What’s new in vSphere 5.5‘ post but now it is actually available, so it’s time to find out how to upgrade to vSphere 5.5. But before we start, there are…
VMworld TV: A wrap up of VMworld 2013
VMworld TV gives you a wrap up of all of VMworld 2013 in San Francisco. If you want to know what happened in San Francisco and on the VMworld Party, check out the video below.
VMworld TV: The highlights of VMworld 2013 day 3
VMworld TV gives you a wrap up of day three of VMworld 2013 in San Francisco. If you want to know what happened today and see Eric & Jeremy battle it out on the Solution Exchange floor, check out the video below.
VMworld 2013 Technical keynote
Traditionally, the day 2 keynote is the technical presentation and demo of the new products. Until last year the day 2 keynote was Steve Herrod’s playground. Steve’s technical keynote speeches were epic, but unfortunately he left VMware. This year Carl Essenbach – VMware President and…
VMworld TV: Check out the VMworld 2013 Hang Space
VMworld TV gives you a look around the hang space at VMworld 2013 in San Francisco. Maybe you recognize the vCelebrity in the background at 1:15 and 1:29 :-).
VMworld TV: The highlights of VMworld 2013 day 1
VMworld TV gives you a wrap up of day one of VMworld 2013 in San Francisco. They also introduced the Sloof-CAM, if you want to know what that is check out the video below.