iSCSI Super Friends
Since last week I’ve got a new assignment which is a long way from home. Next to the downsides of traveling 5 hours a day and staying in hotels, it certainly has advantages. During my 5 hour drive or when I’m staying in a hotel…
Virtual machine resources: Less is more!
This week a colleague called me with a VMware ESX problem. He’s doing a Exchange 2007 implementation and he configured a virtual machine which should function as the Mailbox server. He was complaining that the virtual machine took 13 to 15 minutes just to boot…
VMware Virtualization Forum 2009 – 10 & 11 November
During the coming two days it’s all about the VMware Virtualization Forum 2009. VMware Virtualization Forum event is a free, interactive full day event where you can learn about virtual infrastructure from experts, industry analysts and companies like yours. No matter what your company size,…
New articles published for week ending 11/08/2009
In the last week these items are added or edited in VMware’s Knowledgebase at http://kb.vmware.com
Virtual Infrastructure best practices
[Updated: 8-11-2009 10:00] Lately I keep receiving questions from colleagues regarding virtual infrastructure design using VMware products. So I decided to sum up the best practices I use when designing a new virtual infrastructure. Some of the best practices are based on numbers and calculations…
VMware View 4 launch November 9th, GA November 16th
Today I received an invitation for a ‘What’s new in VMware View 4’ training. According to this invitation the release of VMware’s new version of View including the long awaited PCoIP will be release November 16th. That is a week later then the date mentioned…
New articles published for week ending 11/01/2009
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New VMware Partner program, the hunt for competencies
Earlier this year VMware announced their new partner program. In the past there were a whole bunch of titles/statuses you could achieve at VMware, VIP or VAC, Premier, Enterprise or Professional, VAC-only. That’s all going to change. The requirements to become a Premier, Enterprise or…
New articles published for week ending 10/25/2009
In the last week these items are added or edited in VMware’s Knowledgebase at http://kb.vmware.com
Thin client comparison – is thin becoming fat?
A few years ago I didn’t pay much attention to the thin clients. If a customer wanted them fine, you choose a model started a pilot, bought the thin client and you were done. As we now see that Green Computing is no longer a…
Harry Potter in the VMware era
Earlier this week the following message popped up in my twitter: ‘@Microsoft: Amazon says Windows 7 is the biggest pre-order product of all times, even over Harry Potter in the UK’. Comparing Harry Potter to Microsoft? Hmm, this got us thinking, what if we compare…
vFoglight training
My week started on a down with me being ill for two days but it finished on a high with two days of Vizioncore vFoglight training. The training was given by Paul Jackson, an external consultant, with a bit of support of Danny Claproth from…
VMware View & Citrix XenApp, the similarities & differences.
Last week I held a presentation for our Sales department. As we sold a lot of Citrix Xantippe over the last few years they wanted me to tell them more about the differences between a VMware View and the traditional terminal server based Citrix XenApp…
New articles published for week ending 10/18/2009
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Thanks CDG, for pimping my life!
. Last Tuesday was a very good day for me. First of all because the VMware Partner Forum 2009 was very interesting and we got a lot of valuable information but most of all because I won an XBOX360 at the SBK08 competition at the…