Cost analysis: VMware Horizon View vs Citrix XenDesktop
When I’m advising customers on desktop solutions it’s an obvious battle between VMware, Citrix and Microsoft. Customers are becoming more and more cost aware due to the economic circumstances but the demand for audio/video and real time communication is growing. When Server Based Computing (SBC)…
VMware Horizon View 5.2 Performance and Best Practices and 3D graphics
At VMGuru.nl we’ve done a lot of articles on VDI performance and best practices. Recently I’ve done an article on ‘How to improve VMware View video performance‘ and Edwin did an article on ‘Boosting Google maps and video with VMware View‘. Researching the possibilities and…
View 4.6 vs XenDesktop 5
The competition in the VDI space is fierce and VMware is slowly closing the gap with the features their products are offering compared to the competition. Although the gap is closing VMware is still very much in the lead when it comes to setting up…
McAfee MOVE anti-virus
Last week we had a meeting with a McAfee Sales Engineer and he told us something I have been waiting for for a long time. McAfee now has a product especially for virtualized environments, McAfee MOVE (Management for Optimized Virtual Environments). After Trend Micro, McAfee…
Vacation update (week 27-29)
The post frequency on VMGuru.nl has been a bit low because I have been on ‘holiday’ for the last three weeks. During these three weeks I’ve been very busy moving to my new house. Now I’m back and the first thing to do is to…