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Tuesday
Sep062011

It's all about Project Octopus...

Another VMware End User Computing annoucement that happened at VMworld 2011 was Project Octopus. In a nutshell, "Project Octopus is the enterprise version of Dropbox". Like my AppBlast post from last week, I wanted to post a summary blog to make it easy for everyone to find information about this project...

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Friday
Sep022011

It's all about AppBlast...

One of the most talked about technologies at VMworld 2011 within the EUC (End User Computing) space was AppBlast. I've been asked by several people for more information on this topic and I figured I would try to put everything...

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Thursday
Jul142011

vSphere for Desktops - Knowledge is power!

Take a look at the following post from the VMware End User Computing (EUC) website.  It explains everything you need to know in regards to vSphere 5, licensing, and VDI.

 http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/2011/07/vsphere-desktop-licensing-overview.html

Wednesday
Mar092011

iPad Client & VMware View 4.6 Security Server - Notes from the Field

With the launch of View 4.6 along with the iPad client posting to the App Store, there's been several customer discussions around getting Security Server setup and running since it now supports PCoIP. For the most comprehensive blog that covers all things Security Server...

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Saturday
Mar052011

Should I have dedicated vSphere infrastructure (including vCenter) for my View environment?

Here's a question I get, a lot! Answer -> Yes! IMO Here's a few reasons why... Boot storms - Imagine powering on 50 desktops @ 8AM and having that workload impacting server workloads on the same host and/or vCenter activity. Yes, you can configure several features of vSphere to mitigate the risk, but I'm a firm believer of keeping things simple. Mitigating risk for other infrastructure components should also factor into...

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