Today Citrix release XenClient 2.1 which was originally announced at the Synergy show in Barcelona this part October. It is now available for download. Citrix is also offering a Master Class Webinar on XenClient 2.1 on December 7th at 11am ET/ 5pm CET for a more technical insight into the new release. Citrix XenClient is the next […]
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Archive | November, 2011
VMware Paper – vSphere High Availability Deployment Best Practices
November 29, 2011 
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Recently VMware released a new paper called – vSphere High Availability Deployment Best Practices. Description Downtime, whether planned or unplanned, brings with it considerable costs. However, solutions that ensure higher levels of availability have traditionally been very costly, hard to implement and difficult to manage. Not so with VMware. This paper describes best practices for […]
Read moreVMware KB Digest – New Articles Published for Week Ending 11/26/11
November 29, 2011 0 Comments
As I have been doing I continue to follow the VMware KB articles being published and share what I think is interesting and informative. This week the VMware KB Digest Community made available a full list of the all the articles published for the week ending 11/26/11. This makes for a nice consolidated list and […]
Read moreInfoWorld’s Top 10 Emerging Enterprise Technologies
November 28, 2011 0 Comments
I came across this article today and I thought it was interesting as we look towards 2012. It is not totally virtualization specific which are topics I usually post about but more general IT enterprise technology. InfoWorld discusses in the article their view of the top 10 emerging enterprise technologies. They looked at the vast amount of […]
Read moreVMware KB Digest – New Articles Published for Week Ending 11/19/11
November 23, 2011 0 Comments
As I have been doing I continue to follow the VMware KB articles being published and share what I think is interesting and informative. This week the VMware KB Digest Community a full list of the all the articles published for the week ending 11/19/11 were made available. This makes for a nice concise list […]
Read moreCitrix Survey Results – How Consumer-focused Communications Devices Are Being Adopted in the Workplace.
November 22, 2011 0 Comments
Yesterday 11/21, Citrix announced the results of a survey they did on how consumer-focused communications devices are being increasingly adopted in the workplace. I thought the results were interesting. It showed what a lot of are probably seeing that there is a definite movement for employees to want to use model devices such as personal […]
Read moreVMware Thinapp 4.7 Released
November 21, 2011 0 Comments
Last week on November 15th, VMware released ThinApp version 4.7. The main focus on the ThinApp 4.7 was the ThinApp integration with Horizon Application Manager, which includes the following features: The ThinApp Setup Capture wizard includes an option to manage with Horizon Application Manager. When the checkbox is selected, ThinApp checks if the Horizon agent is installed natively on the […]
Read moreVMware Workstation 8.0.1 Released 11/17
November 19, 2011 1 Comment
This past week on 11/17/11 VMware released the 8.0.1 update for VMware Workstation. This is a free update from VMware for any Workstation 8 users. From the Release Notes – Highlights of VMware Workstation 8.0.1 functionality include: Graphics performance and compatibility enhancements. Improvements in creating and using shared virtual machines and remote virtual machines. Ubuntu […]
Read moreVMware Fusion 4.1 Released
November 18, 2011 1 Comment
Today on the VMware Fusion Blog page it was announced that the VMware Fusion 4.1 release was now available. The tag line from the blog being ‘Smarter, Faster, Better Than Ever’. It is available as a free update to all Fusion 4 customers. Some of the new features and enhancements highlighted in the blog release […]
Read moreVMware KB Article – Installing ESXi 5.0 in VMware Fusion
November 17, 2011 0 Comments
I came across this KB Article today that I was thought was interesting so I wanted to share it here. It talks about the steps for installing vSphere/ESXi 5.0 in a Virtual Machine running Fusion. This gives a nice way for those Mac users running Fusion to install ESXi 5.0 in a VM for simple testing and vSphere […]
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