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We can say a lot about Microsoft

Duncan Epping · Sep 16, 2008 ·

But we can’t say that they don’t have any humor:

This is what MS is handing out at VMworld….

VMworld Day 1 Keynote

Duncan Epping · Sep 16, 2008 ·

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…

Duncan Epping · Sep 16, 2008 ·

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 newly announced VMware View set of products that extend VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) to include both server hosted virtual desktops and client virtual desktops that can run on any laptop or desktop computer. VMware View will provide a personalized view of users’ desktops from any device, anywhere, while providing centralized management of desktops in the datacenter.

For more info on Teradici’s PC over IP check their website.

Expand Virtual Desktops with VMware View

Duncan Epping · Sep 16, 2008 ·

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 VDI.

VMware View Composer – Advanced image management for virtual desktops allows you to:

  • Reduce storage cost and management by up to 90 percent
  • Reduce desktop provisioning from 15 minutes to just seconds
  • Manage hundreds of desktops from a single central image, retaining user settings when updating or patching service packs, application updates or even OS upgrades
  • Roll back instantaneously, enabling customers to streamline management and guarantee that all user systems are up to date
  • Reduce the number of images to manage

VMware Offline Desktop – Access virtual desktops whether online or offline to:

  • Backup critical user data and applications for remote employees
  • Create transparent user environments on the road or in the office
  • Increase user productivity while decreasing management complexity and risks
  • Harness local compute power for a superior PC-like end user experience while maintaining data back ups and settings

VMware Client Virtualization – With virtualization for laptops and desktops PCs you can:

  • Reduce the number of PC images with hardware independent virtual desktops that run on each PC
  • Provide centralized management of VDI users and virtual client users from the same management console
  • Enable users to take advantage of local PC hardware for superior user experience and offline usage

So what more can I say than just wow… and again everything resolves around easier management, automation and reductions in resource needs… And indeed VMware View is what used to be VMware VDI.

update: you can find the formal announcement here.

vStorage

Duncan Epping · Sep 16, 2008 ·

Chad just wrote an amazing article about what vStorage actually is. Besure to read this one!

vStorage has been something that VMware and EMC have been working together on for a long time, in fact, before it was called vStorage (which was recent) – it used to be called VMAS a name only engineers would like.  In fact, we’ve been working on this from almost right after the original acquisition before the program even existed formally.

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Duncan Epping is a Chief Technologist and Distinguished Engineering Architect at Broadcom. Besides writing on Yellow-Bricks, Duncan is the co-author of the vSAN Deep Dive and the vSphere Clustering Deep Dive book series. Duncan is also the host of the Unexplored Territory Podcast.

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