I wanted to do a live blog on the Keynote but my streaming audio collapsed so many times that I can’t write a decent article… but luckily Scott was in the room and he managed to publish an article a few minutes after the keynote ended. So read it here. Great stuff,

One of the problems with VDI has always been RDP. Especially when connecting over a WAN. Key with VDI is, like Paul Maritz just stated in his keynote, is user experience. VMware just announced an alliance with Teradici to achieve a greater user experience for a true remote PC. The protocol will be incorporated into a future release of the [...]

oSo there have been a couple of major and innovative features and visions released over the last two days. But that’s not where it ends. The official VMworld hasn’t even begun yet and here’s the next announcement: VMware View. So what will be announced today: VMware View Composer, VMware Offline Desktop and Client Virtualization which all are directly related to [...]

There’s been so many discussions on whether to virtualize Citrix Servers or not I can hardly keep track. But today I was pointed out to a discussion on the VMTN forum. Especially Jason Boche’s contribution to this thread is very valuable and makes sense on why you actually should virtualize your Citrix environment. Jason discovered the following: A few of [...]

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VDI seems to be hot lately. VMware just posted 4 pdf’s which are related to VDI and/or VDM: Using VMware VDI and vmSight for Stronger and Sustainable HIPAA and PCI Compliance For many organizations, HIPAA and PCI compliance is no longer optional. Penalties are increasingly stiff, and the ultimate cost of non-compliance – the breach of personal data – can [...]

My colleague Edwin had some spare time on his hands and decided to Thinstall the VirtualCenter client. I just tested the client and it works great. Starting the client is as fast, and maybe even faster, as a normal install. Check his article on Thinstallguru.com. Let’s hope VMware will also provide a Thinstalled version soon of the client, fully supported [...]