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Today I joined the VMware communities podcast. The topic of this podcast was VMware View and John Dodge of VMware was on the phone. I’ve heard some interesting things today, which I think are worth sharing.
- Win7 support? In the next release. Read the rest of this entry »
Yesterday during VMware vForum I was asked how ThinApp was licensed. I did know that ThinApp was licensed per device. But what does that mean, per device? What if I use the ThinApped applications on Citrix XenApp servers, do I have to pay a license per Citrix XenApp server? What if I put the ThinApp license on a USB-device? This knowledgebase article is clear about ThinApp licensing:
- VMware licenses ThinApp on a per-device basis. Read the rest of this entry »
Quest Software announced the availability of the newest version of Quest vWorkspace, a desktop virtualization solution for simplifying the provisioning, management and use of virtual desktops. In addition to its support of the VMware platform, vWorkspace also now supports VMware Linked Clones, which reduce shared storage disk space requirements. Other new features enhance the end-user experience and expand desktop platform choices. vWorkspace manages, provisions and brokers connections, transforming the desktop infrastructure into an on-demand service with optimized user experience for LAN and WAN.
VMware View 4 was released nearly 2 weeks ago and I thought it could be useful to sum up all the interesting links for VMware View 4. I might add some more links the in the next couple of weeks, but I think this is a good start. Please comment if you have another good link.
Blogposts:
- VMware View 4.0 with PCoIP Released (Virtualized reality)
- VMware View 4 – Overview (Techhead)
- VMware View 4 Screenshots (VMetc.com)
- VMware View 4 Now Available. Overview of Features, PCoIP, and Architecture
- VMware View and PCoIP (Mike Laverick)
- VMware View 4 Launch Event (NTPro.nl) Read the rest of this entry »
This week VMware will release VMware View 4, “the industry’s first purpose built solution for delivering desktops as a managed service” as VMware calls it. I don’t know about that, but at least this release is a step in the right direction. The 2 big improvements View 4 brings are the new display protocol PCoIP and support for VMware vSphere. In this blogpost, I will describe the features, the components and what’s missing. Read the rest of this entry »
