Category: Virtualization
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More Heartbleed Protection: Update VMware Horizon View Client on Your Mobile Devices
The industry is still cleaning up following the news about the Heartbleed bug in OpenSSL. VMware has released updated versions of the Horizon View Client for both Android and iOS. The easiest way to ensure you’re safe from the Heartbleed vulnerability is to check to see if there’s an update to the View Client available…
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VMware Announces List of 2014 vExperts
Earlier this week VMware released the list of 2014 vExperts. The community recognition program has grown since its start in 2009, with 754 vExperts being named this year — the largest group yet. I’m simultaneously proud and humbled to have been included in that list for my third year in a row. Looking over this…
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Avere Announces Cloud NAS Product
Today, at the Amazon AWS re:Invent show, Avere Systems announced new capabilities for their FXT Edge Filer. The new offering, Cloud NAS, offers support for both Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and Amazon Glacier. Support for other services is coming. In addition to adding optimization for Cloud storage, the new Cloud NAS also adds…
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VCE Announces New Vblock Offerings
Today, VCE announced new additions to their Vblock converged infrastructure product line. The offerings announced include the Vblock Model 340, two new specialized configurations for high-IO workloads, and version 2.5 the VCE Vision Intelligent Operations management software.
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2013 VMware vExperts Announced
Yesterday, VMware announced the vExpert 2013 awardees. The vExpert program is one that recognizes those members of the VMware community who “have demonstrated significant contributions to the community and a willingness to share their expertise with others.” One of the things I like about this program is that the designation is good only for a…
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Evolution of Virtualization – The Whiteboard Video
I posted before about having fun with whiteboards at VMware PEX, and I posted the draft outline for the “Evolution of Virtualization” whiteboard I did with Gabriel Chapman (@Bacon_Is_King). Today, Amy Lewis (@CommsNinja) has posted the final version of the video we recorded. I have to say, the editing makes it look very professional. For…
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The Evolution of Virtualization — Draft Outline
I’ve already written about the Magic Balloon episode of Engineers Unplugged I recorded at VMware PEX, but that wasn’t the topic I was originally invited to record. The topic I was originally asked to speak to was “The Evolution of Virtualization”. I was paired with Gabriel Chapman (@Bacon_Is_King), who I’d only known online up until…
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EMC Announces VMAX Cloud Edition
Today, EMC announced the Cloud Edition of their signature Symmetrix VMAX storage platform. Timed to coincide with the VMware Partner exchange conference, there have been rumors about this announcement for a while, but now we’ve got some details. Release of a product of this nature is another indicator of an overall change that’s been occurring…
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Off to VMware Partner Exchange…
Next week, I’ll be in Las Vegas for VMware Partner Exchange (PEX) 2013. This is a conference where VMware focuses on their partners. It’ll be a great chance for me to hear VMware’s plans for the next year first-hand, and meet with a lot of VMware’s and my partners. This will be my third Partner…
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Use Your Windows Laptop to Make a Bootable USB Key for vSphere Installations
Have you ever wanted to install ESXi on a host that doesn’t have a CD-ROM drive? Maybe you also don’t have a TFTP server, so installing over the network isn’t an option either. I came across this situation at a customer site recently. It turns out the easiest solution in this situation is to convert…