Imtech ICT awarded VMware Premier Partner status for 4th time
This is the fourth year Imtech ICT is awarded the Premier Partner status by VMware. Where a few years ago server virtualization prevailed, we now see a large increase in projects around the subjects (internal) Cloud, VDI, Security and Collaboration. Thanks to a lot of…
VMware announces Horizon App Manager
Two of the challenges introduced by cloud, SaaS, web applications is that users need to remember many passwords, and that administrators need to create accounts for each employee for every internal and 3rd party application that the company uses. Yesterday VMware has announced VMware Horizon…
Updated VMware support policy on MSCS
August 2010 I wrote an article on support for Exchange CCR clustering on VMware with iSCSI. VMware’s response then was very simple and straight forward. Exchange CCR clustering on VMware is not supported on iSCSI! When asked if VMware had plans to change this support…
Rumors on vSphere 5
The release of VMware vSphere 5.0 is almost visible on the horizon now. In the online communities and when talking with colleagues the term ESXi 5 and/or vSphere 5 keep coming up. The general expectation is that the release will be announced at VMworld 2011…
eLearing: Transition to ESXi Essentials
Yesterday Anne Jan linked me to an article on the VMware website which contained information on a free online training course. The title is Transition to ESXi Essentials. The course is dedicated to ESXi and depending on your learning style it takes about 3 hours to…
VMware Fling – PXE Manager for vSphere
I just fiddled somewhat with the new fling from the VMware site: the VMware PXE Manager for vSphere. And if you ask me, it’s not just a ‘fling’, but it is really, really useful. It’s easy to install and easy to use. PXE Manager for vCenter…
Cisco, a serious player in the server market
In the past, when I had to design a virtual infrastructure, I had a limited range of server hardware to pick from. Mainly HP and Dell or an occasional IBM server. But since the beginning of this year I can not bypass Cisco. It is…
VMware is still the best!
Of course we all knew that already :) Paul Venezia posted an in depth article on Infoworld where he compares the four main server virtualization software competitors on a selection of criteria. Now, you can nit-pick on the measurements he made or the criteria he…
Registration for VMworld Europe 2011 is open
Every year VMware is organizes VMworld. It offers attendees informative sessions and hands-on labs, plus access to a wealth of technology partners. The U.S. edition of VMworld takes place in the The Venetian in Las Vegas from August 29th until September 1st. The European edition…
The V-team is complete again!
After 5 years at Centric Alex has accepted a new challenge and on May 1st he will be following Edwin, Anne Jan and myself to Imtech ICT. At Imtech ICT his new job will be Solution Architect. We are very excited that Alex is coming…
Finally, it’s a success!
After a busy and hectic weekend VMGuru.nl is back online. During the first two years of VMGuru.nl Alex provided the hosting services. He was a member of a co-locating club and owned a personal web server with adequate bandwidth. But during the years our demands…
VMsafe API
I sometimes wonder why some things in the industry go so quick, while on the other hand things go so slow. One of the things that goes so slow are the products that make use of the VMsafe API. Oké last year a couple of…
How to setup the vSphere client for iPad
Earlier today we reported that VMware has released it’s iPad client for vSphere. But how do you set it up? Below you will find the way how to setup the iPad access to your virtual environment. It is an easy two step process. First of…
vSphere client for iPad released
A few minutes ago VMware released their long awaited vSphere client for the iPad and it is available at the AppStore for FREE. VMware’s goal is to provide a tool which can be accessed anywhere to perform essential tasks and view performance metrics in a…
Cisco UCS competitive update webinar
Cisco has been around for years and years on the networking and security side but since a year or so they are a real upcoming player on the server market. Personally I’ve had the pleasure of experiencing Cisco’s Unified Computing Systems first hand and WOW…