I have already talked about the new Replay Debugging functionality that is now a part of VMware Workstation 6.5 in my previous article (”Replay Debugging: The Future of Software Development“). I truly do believe that this represents the new way that things will be done in the years to come and we will look back [...]
Possibly one of the coolest, and most relevant to the future of my field (software development) features that I had the opportunity to see at VMworld was Replay Debugging. The feature is new and included as part of the just released VMware Workstation 6.5. The feature is considered “experimental” and currently has its limits, but [...]
VMworld 2008 has come and gone and it was a great experience. The IT industry has more than a few conferences and each one has its own unique hallmarks. I wanted to share some of my observations from VMworld in Las Vegas…
1) It felt interactive. Instead of feeling like I was sitting in one [...]
One of the marks of these types of conferences is the attendee party. VMware truly went over the top on their attendee party this year. held at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The event was what I like to call a “3-ring circus” event with about 600 things going on at once. However, it provided [...]
I didn’t get a chance to spend time in the session covering this topic, but Scott Lowe has a great synopsis on his blog on the session which covers the upcoming developments in this area:
http://blog.scottlowe.org/2008/09/18/ta2644-networking-io-virtualization/
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]