VMware vSphere?
Several blogs have already reported on this issue, the new version of VMware’s ESX product line will not be called VI4 or ESX(i)4 but VMware vSphere. When I read this I thought which idiot came up with that name? vSphere? What’s that? What is the…
Google GM EMEA switches to VMware
VMware posted yesterday that there will be a new general manager for the EMEA area, Maurizio Carli. He will be responsible for strategic planning, business operations and management of key functions for EMEA including sales, channels, services and marketing. He will report directly to Carl…
VMWorld Europe 2009 tease
Yesterday Matthijs Haverink from Virtualfuture.info posted an interview with Richard Garsthagen (VMware). This video was made at the VMUG meeting in NL last friday. Richard reveals some details about VMWorld Europe 2009 like that there will be around 150 break-out sessions and you won’t have…
Virtual Offices
Virtual Office is so much more than just a virtual working place. Things like VOIP, teleconferencing etc will add up to the ultimate virtual office. I think a lot of companies should strive to create virtual offices. This way they can cut back their expenses….
New KB articles published for week ending 12/14/2008
In the last week these items are added or edited in VMware’s Knowledgebase at http://kb.vmware.com
VMware HCL searchable
VMGuy posted a very very useful item today… The HCL is searchable!! No more downloading PDF’s before you give an advice, just search the up to date HCL
nWorks 4.0 VMware management
Since Veeam took over nWorks they been working very hard on the next version of the already pretty decent VMware connectors for management software like SCOM and HP. This resulted in the just released version 4.0 of their VMware Smart Plug-in for VMware (HP) and…
Real thin clients with Sunray
Yesterday AJ and me have been attending a seminar from Sun Microsystems about the Sunray. The Sunray is the next step in moving more processes into the backend and less hardware at the frontend. After a little introduction of the Sunray, Sible Schöne of the Climate…
New KB articles published for week ending 12/07/2008
In the last week these items are added or edited in VMware’s Knowledgebase at http://kb.vmware.com
Hyper-V, not in my datacenter!
Last few weeks I tested Hyper-V with the intention to write an article on the subject and give you a good idea how Hyper-V compares to VMware. After a few days I was not sure if I was objective enough and if this would be…
Dell EqualLogic partner training
Dell is working very actively to train their partners in Dell EqualLogic SANs. The training consists of a large portion of the operator training, a bit of (pre-)sales training and also a large portion was what you could call a Q&A session. I spent the…
VMware product name changes
A few product names of VMware’s product line have changed recently and while browsing some sites I suddenly noticed that I to was having trouble with these new names. Today when I was reading the new posts in the RSS feeds I noticed VMware posted…
VMware View 3.0 available now!
As of today VMware View 3.0 is released and available for download. We had the privilege of beta testing the new VMware VDI solution formerly known as VDM and now it is publicly available. The evolution of VDM, VMware View is a great product with…
Intelligent Application Gateway 2007 SP2
While reading some of the RSS feeds I stumbled onto an article about Intelligent Application Gateway (IAG) 2007 SP2. Now you might say, what is so special about a servicepack? Well in this case it means that you can run IAG 2007 virtual!!! First off what…
VDM: Delete computer accounts afterwards
We did a lot of testing lately with VDM for a proof of concept for a client and for our Centric/VMware seminar. One of the things we found missing was the cleanup of computer accounts after a VM was deleted.