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 was a good idea to do a bloggers-battle on VirtualFuture.info. What does that mean? Well this month, Matthijs and I will each blog about a product and try to convince each other and the readers that “their” product is the “best product” in it’s category.
Citrix Xendesktop 4 was just released announced * a couple of weeks ago and VMware View 4 will be released this month, so these are the products we will blog about this month. Matthijs will defend/present Citrix Xendesktop 4 and I will do the same for VMware View 4. The blogposts about these products do not always represent our opinion as a consultant. As a consultant, we always choose the product that fits the customer needs.
*I was under the impression that Xendesktop 4 was already released, but the final release of XenDesktop 4 will be generally available on November 16, 2009, just like VMware View 4!
Topics we will discuss this month are:
- Why do the vendors think their product is better than their competitor’s product?
- What are the similarities and differences between the two products?
- Display protocol differences?
- TCO/ROI differences?
- Test-results comparison
- Managing the virtual desktop infrastructure
We will also use Twitter to promote this bloggers-battle (search for keyword #VFBattle) and all of your input is more then welcome. In fact, if you already have posts about these products, please let us know (@svenh or @vf_matt). A battle should have a winner, but how do we decide who wins this blogger-battle? Although we are trying to convince each other, you decide who wins. We are holding a poll to create a baseline of which product the readers prefer based on what they know before the bloggers-battle. At the end of this month, we take another poll and the winner of this bloggers-battle is the one who gains the mosts votes (%).
Bases on what you know now. which product do you prefer?
- VMware View 4 (67%, 51 Votes)
- Citrix Xendesktop 4 (33%, 25 Votes)
Total Voters: 76
Loading ...I wish Matthijs the best of luck this month and I hope you will all enjoy this battle.
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- VMware Online Virtualization Forum: November 10th and 11th | Virtualfuture.info
- VDI Blog Battle : Part 1 – Citrix XenDesktop 4 Introduction | Virtualfuture.info
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November 2nd, 2009 at 4:09 pm
So what if one of you get 95% of the votes straight away? would make if very difficult to win % wise wouldn’t it?
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Sven Huisman reply on November 2nd, 2009 4:30 pm:
In that case, I have to make sure I don’t lose any votes.
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