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
SRM 4.0 released
Back in April we we’re the first to report the limited management and automation support in vSphere, but now VMware has released version 4.0 of vCenter Site Recovery Manager. Besides that vCenter Site Recovery Manager can now be used with VMware’s vSphere 4 it has…
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…
New articles published for week ending 9/20/2009
In the last week these items are added or edited in VMware’s Knowledgebase at http://kb.vmware.com
The first security products for VMSafe have arrived
This week I attend the launch party from Trend Micro. They presented their latest products which are fully virtualization aware. First they introduced the new way of defending viruses and malware. Because nowadays the viruses and malware changes signatures so quickly the signatures database grows…
Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualisation not available until Q1/2010
Where the development team of Windows 7 did it’s best to release the final version of the product before the holiday season of 2009, the enterprise boys of the MDOP team (Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack) weren’t that quick. MED-V, which is the desktop virtualization product…
A new blogger in town
Today we added a new blogger to VMGuru.nl! Arjan van ‘t Hoff is a colleague from another division of Centric, Centric ITS. Arjan is a great addition to VMGuru.nl because he works for another division of Centric which main focus is to sell hardware and…
Vizioncore vProduct range
This morning we had a meeting with Vizioncore/Quest. Danny Claproth and Jan-Willem Koppers informed us on their complete range of vProducts. Vizioncore offers a wide range of products which add additional features or deliver VMware-like features. I’ve not had very much time to test their…