Bye VMworld, until next year?
It is done! VMworld 2012 in Barcelona is over and today I will fly back home. Yesterday I mainly bested by visiting suppliers and sponsors of VMguru.nl. The things that really matter to me and jumped in my daily work directly also can…
VMworld 2012 Barcelona wrap-up with VKernel
A wrap-up of VMworld 2012 in Barcelona with Alex Rosemblat of VKernel/Quest/Dell.
AJ discusses VDI storage solutions
AJ discusses VDI storage solutions with Jonathan Klick from VKernel/Quest/Dell.
Manage multiple Cisco UCS domains with one tool
Today I visited the Cisco booth here at VMworld 2012 in Barcelona and got a inside view of the UCS Central. UCS Central is a tool Cisco is working on to manage multiple Cisco UCS systems/domains. At the moment it is still in beta but…
A VMworld party hangover
Wednesday evening is traditionally the evening for the VMworld party. At VMworld we work very hard but we party harder but yesterday it got a bit too wild. This morning I woke up with a large VMGuru-logo-tattoo on my arm ;-) There’s just no…
NetApp & Cisco present the Express Pod
Today NetApp will present a new baby FlexPod called the Express Pod. It’s a small FlexPod ideal for smaller customers for whom the full scale FlexPod is too big and expensive. In April 2012 I wrote: So, Cisco and NetApp now include cheaper…
Licensing Oracle in a virtualized environments
Licensing Oracle servers in a virtualized environment has always been a difficult issue. Edwin wrote an extensive article on that in the past. At VMworld 2012 in San Francisco an Oracle employee made some statements regarding Oracle licensing on VMworldTV but they were…
Demo of the new VMware vSphere Multi-Hypervisor Management
As we heard in the keynote this morning you can now manage multiple hypervisors with VMware vCenter. Eric Sloof visited the VMware booth and got a demo.
VMware releases Mobile Knowledge Portal
Is it hard for you to locate the latest VMware documentation? Wouldn’t it be great to have the VMware documentation with you on your mobile device? Now you can! VMware just published a cool application which just does this all, the VMware Mobile Knowledge…
VMware expands vCloud Suite
Today at the keynote at VMworld 2012 in Barcelona VMware announced the expansion of their cloud management software suite and the brand new vCloud Suite with some new updates. VMware also adds a product to the series called VMware vCloud Automation Center 5.1, and…
Trend Micro Deep Security 9 on its way
During VMworld 2012 in San Fransisco Trend Micro announced the next version of their hypervisor based security product. They announced a lot of new and cool features and improvements which are probably gonna make into the final product. I just got a demo…
VMworld Europe 2012 – General Session
(This article reflects the general session of Tuesday. It isn’t a literal transcript) Before the first keynote starts the General session was opened with a spectacular show with dancers and music, etc. First on stage is VMware’s Chief Marketing Officer Rick Jackson. It’s 11…
How to deliver Services powered by VMware vCloud (PAR1519)
The first day of VMworld Europe was, as always, reserved for partners. During this day a lot of partner specific sessions are presented. In the session “How to deliver Services Powered by VMware vCloud (PAR1519)” by Bart Schneider (VSSP manager VMware EMEA). Some…
Built to last: Why VMware vCloud (PAR2172)
Today was the first day of VMworld 2012 in Barcelona, Partner Day. After a few lab sessions I attended breakout session PAR2172 – Built to last: Why VMware vCloud should be the corner stone of your (customer’s) Private Cloud by David James. The…
Win a ticket to VMworld Barcelona
If you haven’t been able to convince you employer, wife or yourself to go to Barcelona and attend VMworld Europe 2012, this is your chance. Veeam is giving away a free pass to VMworld 2012 in Barcelona which, as you know, will take place October…