InstallFree releases a ROI-calculator
InstallFree released a ROI-calculator which allows you to calculate the current costs and possible savings of an organization when using InstallFree to virtualize the applications:
InstallFree provides application virtualization software that is used by enterprises to lower the cost and complexity of delivering and managing applications. This approach utilizes the existing infrastructure in an Enterprise, while showing dramatic results in reducing the overall cost of application management.
InstallFree has created the “InstallFree Return on Investment (ROI) Calculator” to help Enterprises understand their own current costs and measure the immediate savings an InstallFree implementation has on the organization.
I don’t know how real these numbers are, but I do believe that application virtualization solutions like InstallFree lowers the operational costs of managing applications in an organization.
VMware vSphere 4: first impressions (in Dutch)
Viktor over at the Dutch VMUG site posted the first part of his first impressions of VMware vSphere 4. This “review” is in Dutch so maybe not interesting for all of you, but it has a lot of screenshots of VMware vSphere 4. Viktor writes about his experiences during the first “What’s New in VMware vSphere 4″ training he teaches at XTG.
VMware vSphere 4: What’s in Enterprise Plus?
When you look at all marketing material of VMware vSphere, you can get confused about what feature is in what version. For example: I was under the impression that 8-way Virtual SMP was a new feature of vSphere regardless of what version you have (Standard, Advanced, Enterprise or Enterprise Plus). Take a look at this press-release for example:
VMware vSphere 4 also introduces new scalability capabilities. By expanding server resource support to 1 TB of RAM and 64 logical processing cores, some of the very largest and most powerful servers can be leveraged for virtual workloads. With support for up to 256 GB of RAM and eight virtual CPUs per virtual machine, nearly 100 percent of resource-intensive workloads such as high-end databases are suitable for virtualization.
When you look at the pricing sheet, there is no reason to believe that 8-way Virtual SMP is not in all versions of vSphere 4. … Continue Reading
Register for VMworld 2009!
With the GA of vSphere coming up, VMworld 2009 in the Moscone Center, San Fransisco is a must-attend event. With over 300 sessions, hands-on labs and interact with peers, experts, and leaders in virtualization.
Register by June 26th and get a $250 discount.
VMware vSphere unveiled
You probably noticed because the blogoshpere is full of it but we can’t let this event unmentioned : VMware unveiled the successor to the VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3 suite : VMware vSphere 4. Just to be clear this is the name of the suite, not just “ESX 4″.
Interesting to see is that the various editions of vSphere that will become available. Check them out here : http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/buy/editions_comparison.html .
VMware vSphere products will be available for sale on May the 21st 2009, until then you can still buy VMware Infrastructure 3 products (dunno why you would but anyway).
Check out the official press release including product and pricing information here [http://vmware.com/company/news/releases/vsphere-launch.html].
We could put a lot of info in this post but lots of people have done that already so I thought I would provide you with a link to an article on Yellow-Bricks where Duncan is keeping a nice list of published articles.
