SAP adopting Citrix XenServer next to VMware ESX: weird or smart ?
My first reaction was a pretty big laughter when I read the article that stated that SAP is going to use XenServer to virtualize about 500 servers. The laughter is, as Alessandro states, because of the fact that during Paul Maritz’ keynote at VMworld Europe 2009 in Cannes 2 weeks ago, SAP got over 30 minutes of (my valuable !!!) time for a (pretty boring) presentation about what amazing stuff they were doing with VMware.
Session on-line: VMware View vs Terminal Services (Brian Madden)
I‘m personally still anxiously waiting for the VMworld Europe 2009 sessions to come on-line, since it was said they would be released at the end of the first week of March …
But to give you a sneak preview (even for those who won’t have access to the official sessions when they get on-line) ; I found Brian Maddens session on blip-tv.com concerning his comparison between VMwware View and Terminal Services and I wanted to share it with you. Check it out below. … Continue Reading
VMworld Europe 2009: PARTY!
Tonight was the VMworld party: Cloud 9! When we entered the room, it was like we were walking on a cloud and we were welcomed by a couple of angels. It was like we were in heaven… until we got to the food.
Well, just take a look at our short flip-video impression and keep an eye out to Eric Sloof’s blog: he has got some nice (really nice) footage he’s going to post tonight. Here is our video: … Continue Reading
VMworld Europe 2009: Virtual desktop Infrastructure sessions
Today I attended 3 session related to VDI, so my brain is now filled with information regarding virtual desktops, virtual applications and user workspace- or profile-management. I still need to sort all this information out to write one big or maybe a couple of smaller articles concerning design considerations, VDI server sizing, security impact, remote display protocol, performance requirements and future promises. But before I start on this article(s), here is a short overview of the sessions I attended today: … Continue Reading
VI Toolkit 1.5 Quick Reference Guide released
Today I sat next to Alan Renouf (the British guy 
) during the “Managing VMware with Powershell” session at VMworld Europe 2009 in Cannes and he pointed me to the Quick Reference Guide he released Monday as a great hand-out for beginners as well as experts. I checked it out and it looks really helpfull!
He created the guide with cooperation of C.Shanklin, S.Herold, L.Dekens and C.Bunch.
Check out the VI Toolkit 1.5 Quick Reference Guide here.
