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Gleb Reys December 23, 2008 1 Comment

Site update: Desktop Virtualization Solutions page

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 currently have in desktop virtualization.

If you're a vendor with relevant product or a customer looking for an easy navigation in the world of virtualization – please check the DV solutions page out and help me expand it.

See also:

  • Desktop Virtualization solutions
  • Desktop Virtualization glossary

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Gleb Reys December 1, 2008 Leave a Comment

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VMware Workstation 6.5

VMware Workstation 6.5

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 much time left though, this offer expires at 11:59PM PT on Monday, December 1, 2008.

Filed Under: Virtualization News Tagged With: VMware, vmware workstation, workstation

Gleb Reys November 20, 2008 2 Comments

Desktop Virtualization News, Nov 20th 2008

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 in my experiments allowed an x86 Solaris-based system to run a SPARC Solaris environment. This is extremely useful when you need to support old third-party solutions but your hardware is irreversibly growing old. I understand IBM already uses Transitive's solutions, so it's quite a logical step for both companies.
  • TechTarget Acquires The Brian Madden Company via VMblog
    TechTarget have quite a portfolio of websites and events around virtualization, and surely the desktop virtualization angle brought by Brian Madden will make a great addition.

VMware News

  • VMware Convertor 4 public beta 1 (you will need your VMTN account to access it though)
    New release of VMware Convertor brings the long-awaited support for VM conversion of Linux systems (RHEL, SUSE and Ubuntu) and Windows Server 2008. The list of supported third-party image formats had been substantially updated to support the latest versions of products. Flexibility in VM configuration would allow for a smooth workflow when doing P2V on larger scale.
  • VMware Referrals program
    If you love VMware products and want to earn something for introducing someone to them, it's going to be much easier to do with the just announced referrals program: VMware @ TellAPal

Virtualization Software news

  • Wyse updates their virtualization software suite
    Quite a few directions have been successfully explored and covered in the most recent update of software suite by Wyse: USB Virtualizer, Multi-display and Rich Sound are the modules added to ensure the delivery of a more integrated solution. In terms of typical desktop user productivity, I would say that RIch Sound (bi-directional audio over RDP) is the most significant improvement – I hear this as one of the main complains from customers when it comes to various desktop virtualization solutions and particularly remote access to virtual desktops sessions.

Filed Under: Virtualization News Tagged With: transitive, VMware, vmware convertor, wyse

Gleb Reys September 30, 2008 Leave a Comment

Desktop Virtualization News, Sep 30th 2008

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 virtual machines

Filed Under: Virtualization News Tagged With: VMware, vmware workstation

Gleb Reys September 21, 2008 Leave a Comment

Useful Desktop Virtualization Links: Sep 21st, 2008

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 2.0

Feel free to share more links in the comments, I'm always interested in learning more and helping people share really useful posts!

Filed Under: Virtualization News Tagged With: vmware server, vmware view, vstorage

Gleb Reys September 18, 2008 Leave a Comment

Desktop Virtualization News, Sep 18th 2008

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 Vegas this week, so naturally most of the news are to do with VMware!

  • Thin Client Compatibility Guide for VDM got updated on Sep 15th, 2008
  • Sun Microsystems will add VMware VDI and VMware VDI to the fully supported desktop virtualization solutions it offers to customers – certainly a decision customers will benefit from
  • VMware Fusion 2.0 is officially released – desktop-based virtualization is gaining momentum, and Fusion is one of the best ways to get your Windows VM running on Mac
  • VMware View is announced – it's a set of products that extend VMware’s Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) solutions to include both server hosted virtual desktops and client virtual desktops that can run on any laptop or desktop computer.

Other news

  • AppSense Environment Manager 8.0 is announced
  • VirtualComputer announces the NxTop desktop virtualization suite

Filed Under: Virtualization News Tagged With: VMware, vmware fusion, vmware vdm

Gleb Reys September 17, 2008 Leave a Comment

Sun xVM Virtualization Portfolio

Image courtesy of Steve Wilson: http://blogs.sun.com/stevewilson/

Sun Microsystems has announced a full virtualization portfolio last week: Sun xVM. While there is a PDF product description for xVM portfolio, I thought I'd take a minute to mention it here before posting my first impressions next week.

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Gleb Reys September 9, 2008 1 Comment

RedHat Acquires Qumranet for $107m

One of the highlights of the past week is the acquisiton of Qumranet by RedHat. Qumranet, the author and main developer of KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine), will join RedHat with both desktop and server virtualization products.

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Filed Under: Virtualization News Tagged With: acquisition, kvm, qumranet, redhat

Gleb Reys May 28, 2008 Leave a Comment

VMKnoppix – a Linux-based virtualization playground

A new release of VMKnoppix – a Linux distro bundled with most of the existing open-source virtualization solutions, has just seen the light – VMKnoppix 5.3.1live CD is ready for download.

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Gleb Reys May 6, 2008 4 Comments

Sun xVM VirtualBox 1.6

Virtual Box

Last week, Sun Microsystems has released the next major update for its recently acquired VirtualBox product – Sun xVM VirtualBox 1.6.

What is Sun xVM VirtualBox?

VirtualBox is an absolutely free virtualization product for x86 platform. It supports both 32bit and 64bit architectures and can be used in both server and desktop virtualization.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Virtualization News Tagged With: Sun Microsystems, virtualbox, xvm

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