Coffee as a Service with VMware Orchestrator
Coffee as a Service, (CaaS?) I guess we all have that in some form. Some have a kind lady bringing coffee, others have a kind collegue.. but that is not what this is about. What this is about, is vCenter Orchestrator, or vRealize Orchestrator as…
For the Dutchies: 19 March, Dutch VMUG Event – Mark your calendar!
It has been a long standing tradition: The dutch VMUG event. Last year in March the event was held in Den Bosch for the first time in a new format. And as we dutchies are fanatical lovers of virtualization in almost any form, this year…
VMware Fling – Horizon Toolbox
Recently, VMware updated the Horizon Toolbox, a fling for Horizon. The Horizon Toolbox was formally known as the “View auditing portal” and acts as an extension to the Horizon View Administrator (Horizon 6.0 or above is required). This new web portal offers several functions that…
Happy New Year and a vFantastic 2015
Happy New Year and a vFantastic 2015 from the VMGuru crew. Lots of things have happened in 2014. The VMGuru crew split up so we could attended both VMworld conferences in San Francisco and Barcelona! We got the opportunity to acquire VMGuru.com from Scott, so…
Webinar: How to build Microsoft Scale-Out File Server
Microsoft Scale-Out File Server is a new efficient storage solution for Hyper-V and SQL. SoFS uses SMB 3.0 to eliminate all the complexity of traditional shared storage and leverages the clustering capabilities to maintain true storage high availability. While most of the vendors show how…
Webinar: Building a Highly Available Hyper-V Cluster
Join the Experts from 5 nine Software and StarWind Software in a session on the creation of cost effective and highly available Hyper-V cluster. Join them to continue receiving the essential insight and valuable information on: Building The Highly Available Hyper-V Cluster on Free Microsoft Hyper-V…
Moving on to a new challenge
The cat is out of the bag …… After 4 years at Imtech ICT, I have accepted a new challenge and on January 1st I will be joining VMware Benelux in the role of Cloud Management Specialist. I want to thank Imtech ICT for giving…
Webinar: Protecting Virtual Machines Using Data Replication
With a need for 24/7 operations, protecting virtual machines in ways that minimize downtime is an essential requirement for all IT departments. Data replication is a key tool that enables virtualization administrators to deliver continuous operations in virtual server environments by protecting virtual machines. There are…
Utility Computing – from Dream to Reality
I have been absorbing, analysing and sharing ideas with lots of people during VMworld Europe 2014 in Barcelona. From executive round-tables, roadmap sessions, panel discussions to one-on-one brainstorms or sharing a dream how the IT landscape would look like in 2020+. Utility Computing is forming…
The first vBeers The Hague; the VMworld afterparty!
Eric Sloof posted this yesterday on ntpro.nl: Join Eric Sloof (NTPRO.NL), Jeremy van Doorn (VMware) and Viktor van den Berg (viktorious.nl) for the first vBeers The Hague; The VMworld afterparty! Catch up with other peers and discuss VMworld announcements or just have a little drink and…
Rapid VMware deployment with Virtual SAN Ready Nodes
Lately you hear a lot about EVO:RAIL. But EVO:RAIL isn’t the only thing in the deployment kit. There’s also Virtual SAN Ready Nodes. Virtual SAN Ready Nodes are a preconfigured ready-to-go hardware solution. Virtual SAN Ready Nodes are prescriptive in that they provides the size and quantity of…
Customize VMware Workspace Portal some more
DISCLAIMER: THIS IS NOT SUPPORTED BY VMWARE IN ANY WAY. DON’T DO OR USE THIS IN YOUR PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT! If you are like me, and want everything exactly the way you want it, then the limited choice in customizing colors and images just isn’t enough….
VMworld Europe 2014 Day 2 Highlights
My second day started with attending the general session. This session mostly focused on some use cases told by SAP and Vodafone. Also demos that give a somewhat more in-dept view of the products that where announced on day 1 where shown. I think…
HP announced as EVO:RAIL partner
Today I visited the HP booth for more information on EVO:RAIL, since they were announced as EVO:RAIL partner during the General Session on Monday. HP now is one of the partners that deliver a complete solution. Other EVO:RAIL partners are Dell, EMC, Fujitsu, Hitachi…
Want to play truth or dare with the Oracle Sales force? (Updated)
If you want to play truth or dare with the Oracle Sales Force now seems the time again! Back in Juli 2009 I had the first collisions with the Oracle Sales force about licensing Oracle on top of VMware environments. Instead of trying to help…