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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:43:12 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Virtualization</title><subtitle>Virtualization</subtitle><id>http://mattlesak.com/virtualization/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://mattlesak.com/virtualization/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://mattlesak.com/virtualization/atom.xml"/><updated>2011-09-06T21:47:45Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>It's all about Project Octopus...</title><category term="End User Computing"/><category term="Project Octopus"/><category term="VMware"/><category term="VMware"/><category term="VMworld"/><id>http://mattlesak.com/virtualization/2011/9/6/its-all-about-project-octopus.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mattlesak.com/virtualization/2011/9/6/its-all-about-project-octopus.html"/><author><name>Matt Lesak</name></author><published>2011-09-06T21:00:27Z</published><updated>2011-09-06T21:00:27Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[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...]]></summary></entry><entry><title>It's all about AppBlast...</title><category term="AppBlast"/><category term="End User Computing"/><category term="VDI"/><category term="VMware"/><category term="VMware"/><category term="VMworld"/><category term="View"/><id>http://mattlesak.com/virtualization/2011/9/2/its-all-about-appblast.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mattlesak.com/virtualization/2011/9/2/its-all-about-appblast.html"/><author><name>Matt Lesak</name></author><published>2011-09-02T15:01:10Z</published><updated>2011-09-02T15:01:10Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[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...]]></summary></entry><entry><title>vSphere for Desktops - Knowledge is power!</title><id>http://mattlesak.com/virtualization/2011/7/14/vsphere-for-desktops-knowledge-is-power.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mattlesak.com/virtualization/2011/7/14/vsphere-for-desktops-knowledge-is-power.html"/><author><name>Matt Lesak</name></author><published>2011-07-14T16:18:19Z</published><updated>2011-07-14T16:18:19Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>Take a look at the following post from the VMware End User Computing (EUC) website. &nbsp;It explains everything you need to know in regards to vSphere 5, licensing, and VDI.</p>
<p>&nbsp;<a href="http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/2011/07/vsphere-desktop-licensing-overview.html">http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/2011/07/vsphere-desktop-licensing-overview.html</a></p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>iPad Client &amp; VMware View 4.6 Security Server - Notes from the Field</title><category term="PCoIP"/><category term="Security"/><category term="Security Server"/><category term="Teradici"/><category term="VDI"/><category term="VMware"/><category term="VMware View"/><id>http://mattlesak.com/virtualization/2011/3/9/ipad-client-vmware-view-46-security-server-notes-from-the-fi.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mattlesak.com/virtualization/2011/3/9/ipad-client-vmware-view-46-security-server-notes-from-the-fi.html"/><author><name>Matt Lesak</name></author><published>2011-03-09T13:49:32Z</published><updated>2011-03-09T13:49:32Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[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...]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Should I have dedicated vSphere infrastructure (including vCenter) for my View environment?</title><category term="VDI"/><category term="VMware"/><category term="VMware View"/><category term="View"/><category term="vCenter"/><category term="vSphere"/><id>http://mattlesak.com/virtualization/2011/3/5/should-i-have-dedicated-vsphere-infrastructure-including-vce.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mattlesak.com/virtualization/2011/3/5/should-i-have-dedicated-vsphere-infrastructure-including-vce.html"/><author><name>Matt Lesak</name></author><published>2011-03-05T18:01:47Z</published><updated>2011-03-05T18:01:47Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[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...]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Setting a Single Sign On Timeout Value for VMware View Users</title><category term="SSO"/><category term="Single Sign On"/><category term="VDI"/><category term="VMware"/><category term="VMware View"/><id>http://mattlesak.com/virtualization/2011/3/4/setting-a-single-sign-on-timeout-value-for-vmware-view-users.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mattlesak.com/virtualization/2011/3/4/setting-a-single-sign-on-timeout-value-for-vmware-view-users.html"/><author><name>Matt Lesak</name></author><published>2011-03-05T04:32:58Z</published><updated>2011-03-05T04:32:58Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[A customer brought to my attention what they felt was a security issue within the VMware View client and SSO (Single Sign On).  They were kind enough to send me a video demonstrating the issue which indeed appeared to be a bug.  My apologies...]]></summary></entry></feed>
