Virtualization by Davis: “Why PVS isn’t going away” plus 9 more

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• Why PVS isn’t going away
• SYN416: Best practices for managing personal virtual desktops
• VMware quiz: Do you know vMotion requirements for network, storage?
• Midokura announces availability of MidoNet
• Amazon adds support for Microsoft Hyper-V to its Storage Gateway
• Citrix Ready Technical Webinar with NComputing
• New Study Highlights Growth of Open Source as Development and Deployment Model for Public Sector IT
• Simply Serve @ Synergy – Give back and make a difference!
• What are the best backup methods and tools for my VMs?
• Designing a virtual desktop environment? Take a modular approach.

Why PVS isn’t going away Posted: 17 Apr 2013 03:53 PM PDT There seems to be quite a bit of discussion on Citrix replacing Provisioning Services (PVS) with Machine Creation Services (MCS), especially in the new release hopefully going GA soon. In light of the new release, while MCS is expanding and finding more uses, I think people forget why PVS is still relevant and the best use cases for it. Let's start with the common objections… Read More

SYN416: Best practices for managing personal virtual desktops Posted: 17 Apr 2013 12:50 PM PDT For the past few Synergy events, we've talked at breakout sessions about what Personal vDisk (PvD) is, and how it can fit into your XenDesktop deployments. During that time, we've seen PvD deployments grow from "tire kicking" to proof-of-concept deployments to production environments. Some customers now have PvDs deployed for thousands of users. We're continuing to see increased interest from customers in what PvD can… Read More

VMware quiz: Do you know vMotion requirements for network, storage? Posted: 17 Apr 2013 08:26 AM PDT VMware vMotion enables live migration of virtual machines between ESXi hosts. Test yourself on vMotion's network requirements, storage rules and more.

Midokura announces availability of MidoNet Posted: 17 Apr 2013 02:29 PM PDT As promised few days ago, Japanese Midokura announced the availability of MidoNet at this week's OpenStack Summit, running April 15-18 in Portland, Oregon. MidoNet, is a network virtualization solution is integrated with OpenStack Quantum networking project, the product is specifically designed for Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). The solution was introduced las autumn to the US market, after  three years of development. Dan Mihai Dumitriu, co-founder and CEO of Midokura, said: We are excited to disrupt the market and offer the industry general access to our MidoNet network virtualization technology, unlike other solutions out there, MidoNet pushes intelligence to the edge of the network, as it takes an overlay-based approach to network virtualization and sits on top of any IP-connected network. Given this, MidoNet makes it easier for enterprises to build fully featured, secure and scalable clouds. Labels: Midokura, OpenStack, Release

Amazon adds support for Microsoft Hyper-V to its Storage Gateway Posted: 17 Apr 2013 09:59 AM PDT Amazon last week announced that it added support for running its Storage Gateway on top of Microsoft Hyper-V. Amazon already supported running the Storage Gateway on top of a VMware ESXi VM. The Storage Gateway is a virtual appliance which makes Amazon S3 storage available to an on-premise environment. The Storage Gateway keeps copies of recently accessed files on-premises, while other files are moved to Amazon S3 storage. The AWS storage gateway allows you to create two types of Storage volumes. The Gateway-Cached Volumes, which stores primary data in S3 and retains frequently accessed data locally and the Gateway-Stored Volumes, which stores all data locally with an asynchronous backup to S3. More information about how to configure the storage gateway can be found here. CONTINUE READING ON CLOUDCOMPUTING.INFO… Labels: Amazon, Microsoft

Citrix Ready Technical Webinar with NComputing Posted: 17 Apr 2013 09:26 AM PDT NComputing and Citrix are working together to transform the economics and accelerate the adoption of desktop virtualization. With NComputing's breakthrough N-series devices developed specifically for the Citrix HDX Ready System-on-Chip program, customers can expand their deployments of key Citrix capabilities at dramatically lower costs and without compromising the HDX experience NComputing's N-series thin clients are optimized specifically and only for Citrix HDX, delivering 100% of… Read More

New Study Highlights Growth of Open Source as Development and Deployment Model for Public Sector IT Posted: 16 Apr 2013 09:00 PM PDT By the Red Hat Public Sector Team

Simply Serve @ Synergy – Give back and make a difference! Posted: 17 Apr 2013 07:31 AM PDT Citrix has always understood the importance of giving back to our communities. Today, being a good corporate citizen is more important than ever, as customers, employees, business partners, and even investors have higher expectations of the role business can play in helping to solve social problems. Citrix believes in a world where people can experience work and life in harmony. Inventing and delivering fantastic technologies… Read More

What are the best backup methods and tools for my VMs? Posted: 12 Apr 2013 11:44 AM PDT Choosing the wrong VM backup methods and tools could cause major problems in your infrastructure. Avoid the headaches by remembering the basics.

Designing a virtual desktop environment? Take a modular approach. Posted: 17 Apr 2013 06:26 AM PDT Questions: How do you successfully design a virtual desktop solution for 1,000 users?  How about 10,000 users?  What about 50,000 users?  What are the questions you should be asking?  Most importantly, where do you start? Answer: Hire Citrix Consulting for your next virtual desktop project!  OK, that is one right answer, but not the only way to do it.  The successful way to design a… Read More

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