UEM Smackdown released
I’m proud to present to you the User Environment Management Smackdown.
“Are you looking for an independent overview of the User Environment Management solutions and curious about the different features- and functions each vendor is offering!? This is the whitepaper you definitely must read!
In the current market there is an increasing demand for unbiased information about User Environment Management solutions. This white paper is focused on solutions that are anticipated to have an important role in Desktop deployments. An overview of available features of each solution is created to better understand each solutions capability. ” … Continue Reading
What is the impact of Application Virtualization on VDI?
“It is currently almost impossible to conceive a VDI deployment without Application Virtualization. The management benefits of Application Virtualization are real and proven, especially within centrally hosted virtualized desktops. By isolating/virtualizing applications and streaming these on demand, a much more dynamic and flexible delivery of applications is possible in comparison to classic MSI installations. Typically, when a VDI deployment needs to support many applications, Application Virtualization becomes a key component to its long term success.
Besides of all the Application Virtualization benefits there are some down-sides as well. Some of these are: not all applications can be virtualized, interaction between applications can be a challenge and there is an overhead on the system resources such as CPU, Memory and storage.
The primary goal of Project Virtual Reality Check phase IV is to investigate the overall scalability impact of using Application Virtualization solutions within VDI. The three biggest and most commonly used vendors in the VDI market space are investigated: Citrix Application Streaming, Microsoft App-V and VMware ThinApp. These three solutions were compared in different streaming configurations, and Office 2007 was virtualized together with other applications.”
This is the introduction of the new whitepaper Project Virtual Reality Check just released. … Continue Reading
VDI Smackdown updated!
The VDI Smackdown whitepaper is updated with the lastest versions of the VDI-solutions.
The “Smackdown” is focused on solutions that are anticipated to have an important role in VDI deployments. An complete overview of available features is created to better understand each solution’s capability.
The solutions included in the feature matrix are: Citrix XenDesktop 5, Microsoft VDI with RemoteFX, Quest vWorkspace 7.2 and VMware View 4.6;
Compared to the previous VDI Smackdown more than 100 new- and updated features are included in this new release!
Xenserver: fast-clone a VM 120 times in 90 seconds
I’ve been working on Project VRC lately and in this role I’ve had the opportunity to work with different hypervisors. In my quest to conquer Xenserver I ran into a couple of challenges and I would like to share these with my readers (as I learned it the hard way, why not make it easier for you).
One of the things I needed to figure out was how to clone a VM multiple times. With Xenserver, there are a couple of options to clone a VM. From XenCenter you can right-click a VM and choose: Copy VM…
VDI comparison chart
When you enter “VDI comparison” in google, the first hit you get is actually one of my first blogpost I published 2 years ago. The blogpost is about a VDI-broker feature comparison created by Quest. Although it was a useful document (to see which features Quest vWorkspace has), it wasn’t created by (an) independent person(s).
It’s quit amazing to see that Virtualfuture.info is still number 1 hit for “VDI comparison”. First of all because we didn’t create the comparison chart and second of all, since then, no one else created one. Until now!
Ruben Spruijt from PQR, with the help of a number of colleagues (including me), created something more than just a feature comparison: the VDI smackdown whitepaper!
If you are looking for an independent overview of the Server Hosted Desktop Virtualization (VDI) solutions and curious about the different features- and functions each Desktop Virtualization vendor is offering!? This is the whitepaper you definitely must read!
In the current market there is an increasing demand for unbiased information about Desktop Virtualization solutions. This white paper is focused on solutions that are anticipated to have an important role in VDI deployments. An overview of available features of each solution is created to better understand each solutions capability.
Also read Ruben’s post at brianmadden.com. Comment or mail Ruben for feedback!
