Bloggers-battle: Citrix Xendesktop vs VMware View
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? … Continue Reading
VMware View 3.1 released : improved login times
The long awaited update (3.1) for VMware View is finally released. The most important thing in my eyes are the so called Performance Improvements. According to the release notes the login times are significantly improved and server utilization is reduced. I’ve seen View implementations with 3.0 which had serious problems at logon time so I hope that this solves the issue.
Besides that View Manager 3.1 includes the following enhancements:
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Workaround for some VMware View Offline limitations (testing purpose only!)
I wanted to test the VMware View Offline desktop. I know it has some limitations at the moment and that it is still an experimental feature. But still, I wanted to be able to show a customer the capabilities that VMware View already has in the current release, whether it is an experimental feature or not. I managed to work around some of the limitations and in this post, I explain how. … Continue Reading
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: 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
