If you're on the market for a proper VDI benchmarking tool, there's some really good news: Login VSI just got a major new release! Login VSI 4.0 brings improvement to the following areas: Installation – new test footprint is much smaller and smarter deployment makes it easier than ever to quickly deploy and run massive [...]
Another update for VirtualBox was released yesterday: VirtualBox 2.2. OpenGL for Linux and Solaris guests If you remember, 3D acceleration was introduced for Windows XP guests in VirtualBox 2.1, and now similar functionality had been ported for Linux and Solaris VMs. A quick experiment shows almost 4x performance improvement for 3D between VirtualBox 2.1.2 and [...]
I'm not sure if it's part of the official documentation to VMware Server, but seeing as a few people failed to connect to their VMware Server 2.x using Infrastructure Client, I thought I'd explain how exactly this can be done. Why use Infrastructure Client to manage VMware Server There are three reasons I can think [...]
January 21st saw the release of 2.1.2 update of a popular desktop virtualization solution – xVM VirtualBox. As usual, there had been numerous bugfixes and performance improvements, and among the new features came one of the most anticipated features – support for Windows 7 VMs. Frankly, I am surprised as how well Win7 performed in [...]
Hi all, just wanted to announce a new section on this website: Desktop Virtualization Solutions. As you have noticed, I usually revisit various software solutions to confirm most recent developments and share the news with the community. From now on, I'll be maintaining the solutions page which will help anyone to navigate the options we [...]
If you were thinking of getting yourself a VMware Workstation, here's your chance to do it 25% cheaper! If you go to the VMware Workstation Product page and click Buy Now, proceeding to the checkout will allow you to type in a promo code. Use this one to get a 25% discount: CyberMondayDeal. There's not [...]
It's time for another round of desktop virtualization news – they're mostly based on my news feeds, so if I do miss somethin – please take the time to let me know! Acquisitions IBM is to acquire Transitive via InformationWeek I'm really impressed with the flexibility Transitive gives you: it's a cross-platform virtualization solution, which [...]
I'm going through a rather busy week, so only one thing from the news today: VMware releases Workstation 6.5! New features in VMware Workstation 6.5 Seamless desktop experience with Unity Support for DirectX 3D graphic Simplify creating Windows and Linux virtual machines with Easy Install VM record and replay for groundbreaking debugging Create ACE encrypted [...]
Here are a few links which I enjoyed last week: Virtualization Admin: A First Look at the VMware Server 2.0 RC1 Virtual Geek: What does vStorage Really Mean? Virtual Optics: Why VMware over NetApp NFS? Yellow Bricks: Expanding Virtual Desktops with VMware View RTFM Education: Offline VDI InfoWorld: VMware Workstation 6.5 vs Sun xVM VirtualBox [...]
With the ever-increasing number of exciting changes and news in desktop virtualization space, I think this website needs regular summaries, and they will probably look similar to this post today. Let me know if you like the format and whether you want me to change or add anything. VMware news VMworld 2008 is happening in [...]
