First of all: Happy new year and I wish you all a fantastic 2010! In this first post of the year on Virtualfuture, I want to bring the latest survey of Eric Siebert’s top 25 “VMware and virtualization bloggers” to your attention. Currently Virtualfuture.info is ranked at number 17, which I’m very proud of. I’m not saying I deserve to be in the new upcoming top 25 of Virtualization bloggers, but if you like what we’re doing, our Application virtualization comparison chart for example or our event reports (VMworld, Synergy) and our regular blogging, please give Virtualfuture.info a vote as well.

This is a new item, so let us know how you value this. I’d like to share with you some events, concerning virtualization, that are upcoming that look interesting to me. I’m not sure yet what I’m going to attend but check them out and see if there’s something in it for you:

07/08-10 VM Expo (part of IP Expo) – (Earls Court, London, UK) – http://www.ipexpo.co.uk/IP-Expo/Virtualisation

08-10 Packaging Event (Amsterdam, Netherlands) – http://www.packagingevent.nl

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Microsoft announced the immediate availability of the App-V 4.6 beta from Microsoft Connect.

One of the major improvements is that the sequencer now packages native 64-bit applications, and with this they seem to be the first in the market ! Off course this is a beta and the question is whether Microsoft will really be the first to release an RTM product that packages 64-bit apps.

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Yesterday Microsoft announced through their Windows Virtualization Team Blog that Microsoft’s Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 will support boot-from-flash. This means that they give the OEM vendors the possibility to suplly Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 as an embeded virtualization solution just like it is happening now with embedded versions of VMware VI3.5 and Citrix XenServer 5.

Check out the latest details on Hyper-V R2 and boot-from-flash here.

Anyone with any interest in Virtualization has his or her personal reason to (want to) go to VMworld this year in San Fransisco. Unfortunately, the current economic situation, and a lot of companies cutting budget and even laying of employees, doesn’t allow a lot of people to actually go to this great event. Whether you are a system engineer who’s just starting to learn about virtualization, or a more experienced engineer, a consultant, maybe an IT manager or a sales manager or even a financial officer. You all can benefit from attending VMworld. But in the end, somewhere down the line, the guy who’s deciding if you can go or not, wants to know what’s in it for him and/or his company? “What’s the return on investment of you going to VMworld?”

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