VMware View Desktops: IDE or SCSI? BusLogic, LSI Logic or PVSCSI?

February 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment

I’ve seen and had many discussions around this topic when discussing VMware View desktop design, so I though I’d gather as much information as I could to help you decide.

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VMware Answers XenClient Release With View Client Local Mode

May 19, 2010 By 1 Comment

In contrast to their previously expected bare metal client hypervisor, is VMware now focused on enhancing the VMware View Client Local Mode? I’m basing this assumption on the blog post VMware View: Real BYOC and View Client which was published apparently in response to Citrix’s announcement of the XenClient availability earlier this week at the Synergy 2010 conference.

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Partnership Of Microsoft And Citrix Intensify VDI Spotlight

March 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment

The virtualization community, my employer, and every Virtualization Service Provider I know is neck deep in virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI). Already important because of Windows 7 migrations, the announcements last week from Microsoft and Citrix seemed to have raised the intensity of an existing white hot spotlight on VDI.

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HP Blades Tech Day 2

March 5, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Day 2 of HP Blades Day took place in a new location – the Customer Experience Centre. We reviewed the previous day’s presentations with a quick question & answer session, learned about client virtualisation (VDI), and took a factory tour.

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VMware PEX 2010: My Wrap Up

February 13, 2010 By Leave a Comment

For all those that complained just 4 months ago that VMworld 2009 was disappointing because the announcements were few and far between, all I can say is, based on what I watched, experienced, and touched this week at PEX 2010, VMware should grab your attention again soon!

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Why desktop virtualization projects fail

September 14, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Desktop virtualization is one of the hottest topics of interest and a major initiative of many companies. Touted benefits include lower operating costs, simpler management and desktop mobility. Below we’ll explore what the barriers to wide-scale adoption of desktop virtualization solutions are and some approaches to deal with them. It’s not a [...]

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VMware Will Virtualize Google Chrome, But Will Chrome Run VMware For VDI?

August 24, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Will Chrome OS become relevant in connecting to VDI solutions? Google’s immediate traction and ultimate success with an OS relies on it’s ability to install VDI clients – not as a Microsoft desktop replacement, whether physical or virtual.

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New Possibilities With Open Source VMware VDI Client for Linux

February 10, 2009 By 2 Comments

You’ve probably already heard about VMware’s open source VDI client. VMware’s official announcement for the VMware View Open Client was released on February 4. Touted as the next step for creating a universal client to be used on any device from anywhere, VMware releasing the client as open source enables technology partners to start to fufill the vision.

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