Monday, January 5, 2015
Are tablets the 'sweet spot' of BYOD policies?
ZDNet's Charlie Osborne shares predictions from Gartner, which reveal that tablets will become the "sweet spot" for bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policies in the future and through 2017. The firm expects 90 percent of organizations will come to support "some aspect" of BYOD. Osborne poses the question, "Will [tablets] one day become dominant in BYOD for business users who own a device for both work and play?" What do you think?....more 2015JANNWS
Software Defined Networking (SDN) Showdown
CRN's Kevin McLaughlin discusses how VMware got its SDN product to market first, in comparison to Cisco, and shared some examples of how VMware is trying to capitalize on that head start. McLaughlin reports, "VMware and Cisco were close partners for a long time, but in a relatively short time, they've devolved into the Hatfields and McCoys of the data center. And according to partners on both sides, this skirmish is quickly morphing into a full-blown philosophical dispute." ....more 2015JANNWS
Time is Running Out- VCP's Must Recertify by March 2015
Last Spring 2014 VMware announced a new recertification policy for (VCP). If you are a VCP, it will be imperative that you maintain your VCP status by recertifying, or your company will be at risk of losing its current Program Status, and possibly, its benefits. More on this topic: http://emadyounis.com/vrealize-automation/vrealize-automation-6-1-formally-vcac-iaas-install-2/#XTR 2015JANXTR
Two New Certifications Released on Cloud and Network Virtualization
Just in time to wrap up the year, we are releasing two new certifications. VMware Certified Professional 6 – Cloud (VCP6-Cloud) VCP-Cloud certification validatesthat you have the skills and experience needed to effectively install, configure, and administer a cloud environment using VMware vCloud® Automation Center and its related components. VCP6-Cloud status shows that you not...more » 2015JANXTR
NetApp joins the EVO:RAIL party and includes a FAS
NetApp announced that they are now part of the EVO:RAIL partner program. Although I have been part of the EVO:RAIL team it is not something I would have seen coming. But I can see why they decided to join and find their announcement interesting. I wasn't planning on writing about it as Mike Laverick already did, but as I received 8 emails over night on this topic I figured I would share what is going to be included in this package.
NetApp has created a rapid deployment mechanism for theNetApp FAS unit that will be integrated with the NetApp EVO:RAIL appliance. The FAS unit will connect into the same top of rack switch that the EVO:RAIL appliance will connect into. We have created a link and launch capability that NetApp can leverage from within the EVO:RAIL configuration engine to rapidly configure/integrate the FAS unit with the EVO:RAIL appliance.More on this post from Duncan Epping: http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2014/12/04/netapp-joins-evorail-party-includes-fas/ 2015JANSDC
Can You Spare 60 Seconds on Virtual SAN?
Two logical PCIe flash devices for VSAN
A couple of days ago I was asked whether I would recommend to use two logical PCIe flash devices leveraging a single physical PCIe flash device. The reason for the question was the recommendation from VMware to have two Virtual SAN disk groups instead of (just) one disk group....more 2015JANSDC
Get up to Speed on vRealize Operations
Leverage our new enablement resource guide to learn how to sell, support, and configure vRealize Cloud Management solutions. It provides a simple learning path for product competency, access to product assets and demos, Hands-on-Labs (HOL Labs), mToolbooks, and Solution Enablement Toolkits. And, it’s available on the Partner University Mobile app....more 2015JANHBD
VMware vCloud Air Customer Success Stories
It's nearly a year since we launched VMware vCloud® Air™. In that time VMware's hybrid cloud service has been a massive success, as you'll have seen on the blog. As a sign of this success, we wanted to share with you an interview with vCloud Air customers talking about their reasons for pursuing a hybrid strategy with VMWare, their experience in implementing and running a vCloud Air infrastructure and the operational and cost benefits resulting from it....more 2015JANHBD
Top Five Reasons Why Your Organization Should Consider Cloud-Based Disaster Recovery
Few organizations can afford the downtime caused by a disaster. Those capable of weathering such events usually have the datacenters, internal expertise and budget to do so — options that aren't available for most mid-market organizations. However the tides are changing, as many organizations look away from traditional disaster recovery solutions and to the cloud... more » 2015JANHBD
Driving Your Investment in Citrix XenApp Toward a Future of VMware Horizon 6: If It’s Not Completely Broken, Should I Fix It?
By Debra Perrin Coltoff, Technical Writer, End-User Computing Technical Marketing, VMware With significant contributions from Mark Ewert, End-User Computing Architect, VMware My car hasn’t passed 150,000 miles yet and it works just fine. Why would I buy a new one? For many of us, investing in an updated technology for business, much like a new....more 2015JANECP
Enhanced Windows Media Redirection in VMware Horizon with View
By Tony Huynh, Product Line Manager, End-User Computing, VMware It has been a great year for the VMware Horizon team, and we are closing out the year strong! You may have seen the recent blog post announcing the Horizon 6.0.2 with View release and the Horizon Client 3.2 release. There were many exciting features announced...more 2015JANECP
VMware Horizon 6 and Hardware Accelerated 3D Graphics
A recently published paper presents best practices and performance data for Horizon 6 support for hardware accelerated 3D. Awhile back, we published a paper about the same subject with VMware Horizon View 5.2. The new paper updates all the graph data for Horizon 6 and shows the improvements in performance. The View Planner 3.5 benchmark.... more » 2015JANECP
A whitepaper on VMware Horizon 6 RDSH Performance and Best Practices
VMware Horizon 6 delivers remote desktops and applications from a single platform. With Horizon 6, IT can deliver seamless applications and users can access their desktops or applications from anywhere on devices running Windows, Linux, MAC, iOS, and Android operating systems. In this blog, we present the Horizon 6 RDSH Performance whitepaper that shows the VMware Horizon 6 delivers remote desktops and applications from a single platform.... more » 2015JANECP
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