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VMware Lab Manager Deployment Thinking

Posted by Ryan on September 18th, 2008 under VMware, VMworld 2008
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One of the big hot topics around VMworld this year is Lab Manager 3.  There is no doubt in my mind that this is a great tailored solution for any QA and Development environment.  One thing that came to the forefront in many of the discussions around Lab Manager was the need for some up-front [...]

VMware VI Toolkit

Posted by Ryan on September 16th, 2008 under Headlines, VMware, VMworld 2008
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As you probabaly know, VMware hosted a contest a while back that challenged admins to use the new PowerShell Toolkit to create the most valuable tool.  The winner of the contest was Hugo Peeters.  I wanted to draw attention to this because his web site is a great resource for PowerShell scripting.  Check it out [...]

Fusion 2.0 Released

Posted by Ryan on September 16th, 2008 under Headlines, Mac, VMware, VMworld 2008
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Last night VMware released Fusion 2.0. I got to see a first hand demo this morning and I was very impressed with the finished product. As I indicated in my post with the last RC released, they have really taken a great product and put the finishing touches on it.
Especially catching my eye was the [...]

VMworld 2008 Keynote Address

Posted by Ryan on September 16th, 2008 under Events, Headlines, VMware, VMworld 2008
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 9:04 - “Will it be moist and chewy?” - Additional Desktop Preview tracks now available and roadmap keynote will go more in depth.
9:02 - VMware View will provide Server-Based management capabilities, a full PC User Experience, and Universal Client capabilities.
8:56 - Live demo of VMware View.
Can successfully map virtualized apps even to 3D hardware acceleration on [...]

VMworld 2008: Day 1

Posted by Ryan on September 15th, 2008 under Events, VMware, VMworld 2008
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Things are officially under way here in Las Vegas.  There is a great deal of energy in the air with 14,000 virtualization enthusiasts running around amidst the dinging of the slot machines.
The venue for the event is perfect and things have been running smoothly.  The first things that struck me is how friendly and helpful [...]

VMworld, the big annoucement

Posted by Ryan on September 15th, 2008 under Events, Headlines, VMware, VMworld 2008
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VMware has let out the annoucement about its Virtual Data Center OS (VDC-OS).  Check out Scott Lowe’s blog for all the details:
http://blog.scottlowe.org/2008/09/15/follow-up-on-the-vdc-os-announcement/
 
Look for some more details to come out of tomorrow morning’s keynote address.

VMworld on Flickr

Posted by Ryan on September 14th, 2008 under Events, VMware
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Wish you were there?  You can check out all the photos from the event on the official Flickr group:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/vmworld2008/
Enjoy!

What happens in Vegas…

Posted by Ryan on September 14th, 2008 under Events, VMware
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Well, usually, it stays there…
but for the next week you can stay plugged in to everything going on at the VMworld 2008 conference in Las Vegas right here on VMHero!  Ok, maybe not everything… but at least all of the important stuff.
For those of you who will be out there, I’ll see you there (perhaps [...]