VMworld Labs, a look behind the scenes
Jeremy and Eric from VMworldTV take a look behind the scenes of the traditional VMworld Labs and the all new BYOD version.
VMware Enhanced vMotion demo
One of the most useful new features in VMware vSphere 5.1 is Enhanced vMotion. This new features enables customers to vMotion virtual machines to other hosts without the use of a shared storage solution. Check out the VMworld TV video below and watch…
VMware discontinues vRAM licensing
It has only been two hours from the end of an action packed General session, opening VMworld 2012, but the pinnacle for me was certainly the announcement leading to the ‘Post vRAM era’. Almost one year ago VMware introduced their controversial and much…
VMworld 2012 – General Session
The announcement said that today was going to be a big day in VMware history. So I fired up VMware NOW and attended the General session of VMworld 2012 which started today in San Francisco. Before the first keynote starts the General session…
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Could not convince your boss to attend VMworld? But you do want to hear the latest product announcements and product news? You can! Just Register for VMware NOW, a digital experience where you can watch the Keynotes and then dive into the new demos and…
Unboxing the Synology DS1512+
Recently we received a request from Synology to review their DS1512+ high performance NAS. We’re very familiar with Synology as, we at VMGuru.nl, have been using a Synology DS411j for a while now. And having reviewed the QNAP TS-459Pro II and TS-869 Pro, I’m curious…
Nimble Storage announces CS400-series, ES-series & Nimble OS 2.0
In the past we at VMGuru.nl have been great fans of Dell EqualLogic storage solutions for it’s simplicity and with our current employer we have learned the advantages of NetApp storage systems and it’s completeness. But why should we have to choose? Why can’t we…
vKernel releases Environment Explorer
Today vKernel released a new free utility for VMware admins within vOPS Server Explorer, called vKernel Environment Explorer. This new free utility provides a rapid assessment of the state of the virtual environment, helping quickly determine critical environment health statistics. Environment Explorer can locate: Identify…
Cisco UCS: What’s maximum number of VIFs per blade?
As one of the largest Cisco Partners in the Netherlands we do a lot of Cisco UCS implementations and as the first company in the Netherlands with the Cisco Advanced Data Center Architecture Specialization, where the place in the Netherlands for Cisco UCS troubleshooting. Last…
Win a VMware vSphere Lab
As VMware enthusiasts we’re always busy testing new software, running beta’s, practicing migration scenarios, etcetera. To do this you need a server, some storage and a network. Some of us use old server hardware, some build their own whitebox ESXi server. This can all become…
Oracle acquires Xsigo Systems
After software-defined-computing and software-defined-storage, the next big hit is software-defined-networking to complete the software-defined-datacenter. And the hunt is on! Last week VMware announced the acquisition of Nicira and yesterday Oracle announced they bought Xsigo, one of the leading providers of network virtualization technology. Why? Oracle…
VMware View will support Microsoft Lync 2013
When deploying a VDI solution it is important to deliver PC like experience. Another requirement is delivering PC-grade applications on the VDI desktop. This is possible for the majority of office applications but applications that require (near) real-time two way audio and/or video, like Unified…
VMware acquires Nicira, the next step in cloud solutions.
Yesterday VMware announced their acquisition of Nicira, a 5 year-old company that has pioneered software-defined networking (SDN). VMware will pay $1.26B to buy Nicira, a company that has built software that has done for networking what VMware has done to virtualize computing. Nicira was created…
Paul Maritz to leave VMware
There have been rumors for a few days but now it’s final, Paul Maritz is out as the CEO of VMware. Former Microsoft man Paul Maritz spent the last four years at VMware and and will be replaced by EMC COO Pat Gelsinger. It not…
VMware ThinApp Factory Tech Preview available now
Yesterday VMware released a Technical Preview of the VMware ThinApp Factory (v 0.3.0). The ThinApp Factory is a virtual appliance that brings centralized administration and automation to the process of creating virtualized Windows applications with VMware ThinApp technology. ThinApp Factory utilizes vSphere API’s to spawn…