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Bloggers-Battle: Desktop Virtualization is THE way to go!

Sven Huisman — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:17:58 +0000

Before I start my first post in the VirtualFuture.Info Bloggers-Battle, let me first respond to Matthijs’ first post. And let me remind the readers, this is a Bloggers-Battle. Matthijs and I are trying to convince each other and the readers that one product is a better choice than another, just for this Battle. As consultants [...]

VDI Blog Battle : Part 1 – Citrix XenDesktop 4 Introduction

Matthijs Haverink — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:04:53 +0000

Okay Sven, the game is on! This is my first post in the VirtualFuture.Info VDI Blog Battle, to convince Sven, and all you out there, why Citrix XenDesktop 4 would be the right solution for future desktops. I’ll be talking about Citrix XenDesktop 4 this month and try to point out to you some of the unique [...]

VMware Online Virtualization Forum: November 10th and 11th

Sven Huisman — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:02:03 +0000

VMware is organizing an online virtualization event on November 10th and 11th: VMware virtual events are highly interactive events conducted online using only a web browser. They include all of the areas that you may find at a physical event, including an exhibit hall, auditorium, resource center and networking lounge. This event should especially be interesting for [...]

Bloggers-battle: Citrix Xendesktop vs VMware View

Sven Huisman — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:56:20 +0000

My blogging activities were very low last month (close to none actually) and I apologize for that. It must have been because I spend most of the time crying because my co-blogger Matthijs left the company I work for and he decided to work for the competition. Being competitors at the moment, I thought it [...]

Bookreview: VMware VI and vSphere SDK

Sven Huisman — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:10:52 +0000

The VMware Infrastructure Software Development Kit (VI SDK) includes application programming interfaces (APIs) that allow developers and administrators to reduce the time and effort required to run and manage VMware platforms. The author of the book VMware VI and vSphere SDK is Steve Jin, a senior member of technical staff at VMware, wrote this book [...]

Citrix XenDesktop 4 Licensing changes thanks to community power

Matthijs Haverink — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:55:32 +0000

The on-line community of end-users, partners, bloggers and enthusiasts is growing and today we see an amazing example of what such a community can do. Just last week Citrix announced Citrix XenDesktop 4 and the new licensing model , and it wasn’t pretty: it was a per named-user desktop licensing structure which would drive up the costs [...]

Upcoming virtualization events

Matthijs Haverink — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 06:18:27 +0000

This is a new item, so let us know how you value this. I’d like to share with you some events, concerning virtualization, that are upcoming that look interesting to me. I’m not sure yet what I’m going to attend but check them out and see if there’s something in it for you: 07/08-10 VM Expo (part of [...]

Migrate to Windows 7 with InstallFree

Sven Huisman — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:55:35 +0000

At VMworld 2009 in San Francisco I visited the InstallFree booth. And while I was there, the guys from InstallFree showed me this concept of the universal client, where you package/virtualize your applications once and run those applications on XP, Vista, Windows 2008 and Windows 7. “Is this so special?” I thought to myself. Well, actually [...]

VMworld 2009: Understanding “Host” and “Guest” Memory Usage

Sven Huisman — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:18:27 +0000

Edit: I started this blogpost more than a week ago, but I never finished it. Just as I wanted to complete the blogpost, I found out VMware released a new whitepaper about VMware vSphere Memory management. I’ve added the best practices on the bottom of this blogpost. This hour and a half session about “Host” and “Guest” [...]

Book: Mastering VMware vSphere 4

Sven Huisman — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:26:35 +0000

I don’t think this book needs more attention, being sold out on the first day of VMworld, but I’ll do it anyway. Scott Lowe did a great job writing Mastering VMware vSphere 4. Especially if you’re new to VMware vSphere and you want step-by-step instructions on how to install and maintain your VMware vSphere internal cloud (virtual [...]