VMware Partner Forum 2009
Today was a special day, VMGuru.nl celebrated it’s 1 year anniversary and to celebrate VMware organized a party, how thoughtful ;) Seriously, today we attended the VMware Partner Forum at Bussum in the Netherlands. So at 5:45 my alarm rang because we had to be…
VMGuru.nl 1 year anniversary
One year ago, October 13th, we announced our new website/blog called VMGuru.nl and October 15th we posted our first article ‘No guest customization after upgrade to Update 2’. Much has change since then…. The birth of VMGuru.nl When, in August 2008, I changed my Internet…
New articles published for week ending 10/11/2009
In the last week these items are added or edited in VMware’s Knowledgebase at http://kb.vmware.com
VMware Fusion 3 release
The Mac adepts amongst you probably already knew this, but VMware is coming with Fusion 3. It is scheduled to be released at Oct 27. VMware Fusion gives you the possibility to virtualize on Apple Macintosh computers. PALO ALTO, Calif., October 6, 2009 — VMware,…
The cloud and the future according to Microsoft
Last Friday we had a session with Microsoft about ‘the Cloud’. We already heard a lot about clouds, but I must admit that both Microsoft presentations that day were refreshing. Every cloud provider does his best to bring cloud thinking to the mind, but what…
VMware VCP410 second shot
Today VMware Education Services announced that they will allow a second shot for those who have failed their first attempt at the VCP 410 exam. This second shot is free but you will have to register before you attend your first exam. It is a…
VMware launches View 4.0 beta
As a real VMware View enthusiast I’m really anxious to work with the new VMware View 4 with PCoIP. Just like vCenter Site Recovery Manager, were the new version was released last week, VMware View has to be adjusted to support VMware vSphere 4. The…
VMware View Open Client 4.0 beta
During the last months it has become very clear that the fight in the VDI space is on. Citrix and VMware have released new and better versions of their product and Microsoft stumbles behind with their MED-V ‘solution’. Last February, around VMworld Europe 2009, VMware…
New articles published for week ending 10/04/2009
In the last week these items are added or edited in VMware’s Knowledgebase at http://kb.vmware.com
PCoIP the road ahead, enabling a rich desktop experience from task workers to designers
I just finished a great webinar by Randy Groves, Chief Technology Officer at Teradici Corporation. The challenge for this and upcoming years is to give the most demanding users a true user experience while working on a true zero client through any network. The Teradici…
New articles published for week ending 9/27/2009
In the last week these items are added or edited in VMware’s Knowledgebase at http://kb.vmware.com
VMware vExperts
During VMworld Europe 2009 in Cannes, VMware announced the vExpert program. Erik and Anne Jan both were awarded with a vExpert award for their effort and enthusiasm around virtualization and their community work. Today, ta the end of the day a special delivery arrived at…
Oracle application support on VMware
According to buzz in the blogosphere, last July VMware COO Tod Nielsen met with Charles Phillips President of Oracle with regards to the ongoing support issues/questions customers experience when using VMware virtualization technology. Tod Nielsen providing Oracle with a list of over 500 VMware customers…
Project VRC: Clock drift and test results
Project Virtual Reality Check finally posted a new document about previous results and possible clock drift when using the “Login Virtual Session Indexer (VSI)”. Previous test setups and results didn’t take into account how different hypervisors handle passing time. In my opinion this is a…
VMware View 4.0 and Wyse P20
Now that the new version of VMware View is coming shortly I was investigating the new possibilities with our thin client providers. Wyse Technology which has a nice solution already for the View 3.1 platform now has a new Zero Client which is specially made…