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May 23, 2012 vCLI + ESXCLI Authentication Options (VMware vSphere Blog - VMware vSphere Blog)
By William Lam, Sr. Technical Marketing Engineer Did you know the vCLI (includes ESXCLI) offers several different authentication options ? This is actually not a very well known fact and I thought I share some of the different options, as this...
May 23, 2012 BriForum London 2012 – Day 1 (VirtualisedReality.com - Barry Coombs)
Today was the start of the 11th ever BriForum taking place in London at the Hilton Metropoliton near Paddington and I have been lucky enough to have been able to attend. ...
May 23, 2012 VMware vCenter Operations – Tell Your Story and Enter for a Chance to Win a Ticket to VMworld 2012 (Eric Sloof - NTPRO.NL - Eric Sloof)
vChat #28-vCenter Operations Contest and Overview – Interview with David Davis and Ben Sheerer ...
May 23, 2012 A week in virtualization (VMTN Blog - VMTN Blog)
Yesterday, VMware has announced that we are going to acquire Wanova , a company that makes Wanova Mirage, an image replication and layering technology. With the combination of VMware View and Wanova Mirage, the benefits of central image management...
May 23, 2012 System Center 2012 - Checkbox Compliant Heterogeneous Management (Virtual Reality - Virtual Reality)
If you spend any amount of time researching Microsoft System Center 2012, whether through their websites, blogs, datasheets, or any other marketing materials, you may be under the impression that Microsoft has finally delivered on their promise of a...
May 23, 2012 Knowledge Base Update (VMware Knowledgebase Blog - VMware Support Insider)
***UPDATE: The Knowledge Base is back online and available for everyone to use at this time. ...
May 23, 2012 Preparing your vCloud Director SQL Server Database Server (VMware vCloud Blog - VMware vCloud Blog)
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May 23, 2012 Cool contest: Tell your VC Ops story! (Yellow Bricks - Duncan Epping)
A couple of weeks back the VC Ops team approached me and asked if I wanted to help out judging for contest submissions. When they explained what it was exactly about I accepted and I figured I would share with you what will be announced later today! ...
May 23, 2012 VMware View Client 1.5 for MacOS Update (That's my View - Christoph Harding)
I’ve just updated my View Client for MacOS to the newest version 1.5 which is available for one week now. During the update sequence I ran into an issue (something with plist.string could not be replaced) where the client couldn’t be installed. The way...
May 23, 2012 Blog post on blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/ (frankdenneman.nl - Frank Denneman)
As part of the Technical Marketing team of VMware focusing on the vSphere platform I contribute to the vSphere blog on VMware.com. From this point forward I will post a link to new articles posted on the vSphere blog. ...
May 23, 2012 SDRS maintenance mode impossible because "The virtual machine is pinned to a host." (VMware vSphere Blog - VMware vSphere Blog)
By Frank Denneman, Sr. Technical Marketing Architect ...
May 23, 2012 vSphere Metro Storage Cluster white paper released! (Yellow Bricks - Duncan Epping)
I wanted to point you guys to a white paper that I have worked on for the last months. This white paper was written in collaboration with Lee Dilworth, Ken Werneburg, Frank Denneman and Stuart Hardman. Thanks guys for taking time out of your busy...
May 22, 2012 Desktop Virtualization (VMware View) at Foley and Lardner (That's my View - Christoph Harding)
May 22, 2012 Siemens Healthcare incorporates VMware View to solve the last mile of EMR delivery (That's my View - Christoph Harding)
May 22, 2012 Desktop Virtualization (VMware View) at Foley and Lardner (Uploads by vmwaretv - VMwareTV)
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May 22, 2012 Demo: Siemens Healthcare incorporates VMware View to solve the last mile of EMR delivery (Uploads by vmwaretv - VMwareTV)
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May 22, 2012 Siemens Healthcare incorporates VMware View to solve the last mile of EMR delivery (Uploads by vmwaretv - VMwareTV)
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May 22, 2012 VMware to acquire layering technology company Wanova (That's my View - Christoph Harding)
VMware has just announced that they entered a definitive agreement to acquire Wanova, a software vendor who has a great solution called Mirage. Mirage is a innovative image replication solution with layering technology which allows centralized...
May 22, 2012 VMware vSphere Metro Storage Cluster Case Study Technical Paper available (frankdenneman.nl - Frank Denneman)
As of today the VMware vSphere Metro Storage Cluster Case Study Technical Paper is available at http://www.vmware.com/resources/techresources/10284 ...
May 22, 2012 vSphere Metro Storage Cluster white paper released! (VMware vSphere Blog - VMware vSphere Blog)
A brand new white paper was just published. This white paper was written by Lee Dilworth, Ken Werneburg, Frank Denneman, Stuart Hardman and I. It is a white paper on vSphere Metro Storage Cluster solutions and specifically looks at things from a VMware...
May 22, 2012 NFS Block Sizes, Transfer Sizes & Locking (VMware vSphere Blog - VMware vSphere Blog)
Posted by Cormac Hogan Technical Marketing Architect (Storage) ...
May 22, 2012 Typical VXLAN Use Case (IT 2.0 - Massimo Re Ferre')
One of the problems VXLAN is supposed to solve is the possibility to decouple (and abstract) the compute capacity from the underling network configuration. A lot of people whose background is solely in the compute space now know that there is a solution...
May 22, 2012 Mandarin Articles introduced to the Knowledge Base (VMware Knowledgebase Blog - VMware Support Insider)
Today we would like to introduce our Mandarin speaking customers to our first set of freshly translated Knowledgbase articles These articles have been carefully chosen from our vast repository due to their popularity and usefulness. Subscribe to...
May 22, 2012 Scheduled Maintenance – May 25, 2012 (VMware Knowledgebase Blog - VMware Support Insider)
VMware will be performing a system upgrade to several VMware web applications on Friday, May 25th, 2012 from 7:00PM until 8:30PM Pacific Time. During this time, we request that you file your Support Requests via phone. If you need to file a support...
May 22, 2012 New Articles Published for Week Ending 5/19/12 (VMware Knowledge Base Digest - VMware Knowledge Base Weekly Digest)
Apache Active MQ Creating DLQ in Apache Active MQ (2005512) Date Published: 5/15/2012 ...
May 22, 2012 VMware vSphere 5 - Optimize and Scale is ready for scheduling (Eric Sloof - NTPRO.NL - Eric Sloof)
If you’re interested in a really challenging training course that also prepares you for the upcoming VCAP5-DCA exam, then the VMware "vSphere 5 - Optimize and Scale" and is a great training course for you. I’m delivering this new training course at the...
May 22, 2012 vSphere 5 AutoLab released (UP2V - Marcel van den Berg)
Testing and demoing software usually takes some time to setup a lab. Alastair Cooke did a great job by collecting and assembling components which create a vSphere 5 lab with a lot less effort than doing it yourself! ...
May 22, 2012 Veeam close to new release of Backup & Replication (UP2V - Marcel van den Berg)
Veeam is close to the release of Veeam Backup & Replication v6.1 . My guess is v6.1 will be released at June 4 seeing the announcement at Veeam.com ...
May 22, 2012 vExpert Spotlight: Chris Kranz (VMTN Blog - VMTN Blog)
Name : Chris Kranz ...
May 22, 2012 An introduction to Storage DRS (Yellow Bricks - Duncan Epping)
Today someone asked for a Storage DRS intro, I wrote one  for our book a year ago and figured I would share it with the world. I still feel that Storage DRS is one of the coolest features in vSphere 5.0 and I think that everyone should be using this! I...

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May 23, 2012 VMware Acquires Desktop Management Company Wanova - PCWorld
VMware Acquires Desktop Management Company Wanova PCWorld VMware didn't provide any details of when the first results will become available, nor any financial details of the deal. The company's VMworld user conference will take place at the...
May 21, 2012 EMC's Gelsinger Talks Cloud Storage, Pricing Pressure - InformationWeek
ITP.net EMC's Gelsinger Talks Cloud Storage, Pricing Pressure InformationWeek See this interview from nine months ago at VMworld EMC's Pat Gelsinger: One-On-One at VMworld ] On Cloud Pricing: We asked if the public nature of cloud pricing...
May 22, 2012 Introducing the New VMware Management Solution Portfolio - Information Management
Introducing the New VMware Management Solution Portfolio Information Management At VMworld Europe 2011, VMware launched major new additions to its management portfolio. This webcast will introduce the new products and drill down into their...
May 21, 2012 DynamicOps Named to CRN Virtualization 100 List - MarketWatch (press release)
DynamicOps Named to CRN Virtualization 100 List MarketWatch (press release) Enterprises boost IT efficiency and easily embrace consumerization by empowering users with personalized, instantly available services. Awarded "Best of VMworld Private...
May 7, 2012 DynamicOps Awarded US Patent for End-to-End Management of Virtual and Physical ... - MarketWatch (press release)
DynamicOps Awarded US Patent for End-to-End Management of Virtual and Physical ... MarketWatch (press release) "That the issuance of this patent follows record-setting customer adoption, as well as recognition from top influencers such as Gartner...
May 1, 2012 Zerto Wins Red Herring Europe Award - MarketWatch (press release)
Zerto Wins Red Herring Europe Award MarketWatch (press release) The company has been previously named Best of Show at VMworld 2011 and received a Gold award in the Business Continuity and Data Protection category, also at VMworld . Zerto received a...
May 14, 2012 DynamicOps Cloud Suite Selected as 2012 MITX Innovation Awards Finalist - MarketWatch (press release)
DynamicOps Cloud Suite Selected as 2012 MITX Innovation Awards Finalist MarketWatch (press release) Enterprises boost IT efficiency and easily embrace consumerization by empowering users with personalized, instantly available services. Awarded...
May 10, 2012 What's Next From VMware: CTO Steve Herrod - InformationWeek
GigaOM What's Next From VMware: CTO Steve Herrod InformationWeek Asked how close we are to a software-defined data center today, Herrod said VMware customers will talk about the steps they've taken to achieve one at VMworld in San Francisco at...
May 3, 2012 VMWare announces View 5.1 for post-PC era - ARNnet
VMWare announces View 5.1 for post-PC era ARNnet VMware Australia and New Zealand systems engineers account manager, Tim Hartman, said the journey to View 5.1 started last year at the company's VMworld event, where a three stage approach was...
May 8, 2012 For Acorda Therapeutics, disaster recovery protects vital enterprise assets ... - ZDNet (blog)
For Acorda Therapeutics, disaster recovery protects vital enterprise assets ... ZDNet (blog) Bauer: It all really started at VMworld . That's been a fantastic way for me to learn what's out there, what's coming up, and just staying in the...