One of most inspiring stories @ VMworld 2011
Yesterday was the last day of VMworld Europe 2011 in Copenhagen and I was wandering around at the VMware booth at the Solution Exchange. After a demo of VMware View with Unified Communications, I was introduced to Hanna Phan and according to the…
Massive fight at VMworld 2011 in Copenhagen
Yesterday the was some disturbance at VMworld Europe 2011 in Copenhagen. A massive fight broke out between the one-on-one rooms and the lounge area. Research shows that it was a reckoning of the dutch vMafia. Eye witnesses told us that six to eight…
VMware vSphere clustering Q&A (VSP1682)
Today I attended session VSP1682 ‘VMware vSphere clustering Q&A‘ hosted by Frank Denneman, Duncan Epping and Chris Colotti. After a short introduction the Q&A started and below you will find my top 10 questions. Q1. Are the old, vSphere 4, constraints in vSphere…
Designing vSphere Platforms for Maximum Performance (BCA2817)
Normally I don’t like to edit and publish full sessions but yesterday I attended a great session regarding ‘Designing vSphere Platforms for Maximum Tier 1 Application Performance‘ (BCA2817). I know it’s a long video but Mark Achtemichuk, Performance Specialist SE at VMware had…
VMworld Europe 2011 – Partner keynote
In the week of VMworld, Monday is traditionally Partner day and Partner day always starts with the Partner keynote. This years keynote was presented by Andy Hunt, VMware’s VP Channel, Alliances and SMB. 1800 partners registered for VMworld Partner day and tomorrow another…
New vSphere client for iPad released
Today at VMworld Europe 2011 Partner day, VMware released a new version of their vSphere client for the iPad. Just in time for the real start of VMworld Europe 2011 in Copenhagen. New in version 1.2 of the vSphere client for the iPad…
VMworld Europe 2011 vRoadTrip
After last years success of our vRoadtrip to VMworld Copenhagen it is time for v2.0. Watch our journey to Copenhagen to enjoy VMworld Europe 2011. The madness starts when we leave home.
AppBlast, after the introduction
At this years VMworld in Las Vegas, VMware introduced project AppBlast. AppBlast enables you to use remote applications of any type and platform and deliver them to any HTML5 browser or device. It doesn’t matter if you’re using Mac, Windows, Linux, ChromeOS. You don’t need…
VMware View 5 available NOW
It’s a release party at VMware today. After VMware Workstation 8 and Fusion 4, VMware now released VMware View 5. VMware View 5 will deliver better PCoIP performance, more supported client devices and integrated persona management. The biggest differences are the media services, integrated persona…
VMware announces Project AppBlast
This week we already reported on Project Octopus but at the same time VMware announced the the long anticipated web based HTML5 application delivery tool called AppBlast, which will be available soon. I don’t know where VMware gets it’s project names. With Project Octopus I…
VMware announces View 5
As I said yesterday, VMworld is always the time and place for VMware to announce new products and technologies. Today was not any different. VMware announced the next version of their virtual desktop solution, VMware View 5 which will become available in the coming weeks….
VMware reveals Project Octopus
IToday VMware revealed Project Octopus at VMworld 2011 in Las Vegas. VMware stopped being a virtualization-only company a while ago and now it continues to develop technologies and infrastructure that improve the way people work in this post-PC era. Project Octopus will leverage data sync…
VMware announces vFabric Data Director
Today VMware’s VMworld 2011 in Las Vegas has started and VMworld is THE place for product announcements and releases. This year VMware is announcing vFabric Data Director, a product which powers database-as-a-service for your cloud, reducing database sprawl and drastically accelerating application development cycles with…
CommVault support for vSphere 5
With the release of service pack 3 for Simpana 9, CommVault adds full support for VMware vSphere 5. Many organizations struggle with rapid data growth, expanding virtual server deployments and increasing data center consolidations because legacy backup and recovery solutions just can’t cope with the…