Virtualization by Davis: “Microsoft releases Tech Preview of Windows Server 2012 R2, System Center 2012 R2 and Windows Azure Pack” plus 14 more |
- Microsoft releases Tech Preview of Windows Server 2012 R2, System Center 2012 R2 and Windows Azure Pack
- To assuage Dept of Defense security concerns, UYOD may be the first step to true Federal BYOD
- Microsoft and Oracle announce enterprise partnership
- Genericization and VMware Studio: The steps to virtualize applications
- Citrix Partner Hubbub: “Take advantage of the Partner Training Subscription program”
- Paper: Desktop Hosting Reference Architecture Guide
- Hyper-V Management Pack Extensions for System Center 2012 Operations Manager
- Release: Oracle VM VirtualBox 4.2.14
- XenDesktop 7 Reference Architecture Newsflash: Cisco+NetApp
- Paper: Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Extensible Switch and Cisco N1KV Switch Extension Whitepaper
- Paper: Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 Reference Architecture on Dell PowerEdge VRTX
- Citrix Partner Hubbub: “University of São Paulo Chosen as Winner of 2013 Citrix Innovation Award”
- VMware's free vCenter Certificate Automation Tool simplifies updates
- Triple play: CRN honors 3 Citrix channel leaders
- Follow-up: XenDesktop – Is upgrade for everyone?
| Posted: 25 Jun 2013 12:18 AM PDT
At the beginning of this month, Microsoft announced the next release of their Operating Systems Windows and Management Platform System Center. At that time Microsoft announced that a Tech Preview would be supplied later that month. The Tech Preview downloads of Windows Server 2012 R2, System Center 2012 R2 and SQL Server 2014 CTP1 are now available to both MSDN and Technet Subscribers and on Microsoft's evaluation center. No signs yet of the Tech Preview of Windows 8.1. CONTINUE READING ON CLOUDCOMPUTING.INFO… Labels: Microsoft            | ||
| To assuage Dept of Defense security concerns, UYOD may be the first step to true Federal BYOD Posted: 24 Jun 2013 06:38 PM PDT We all know that the topic of Bring-Your-Own-Device always prompts a riveting discussion amongst Government agencies. Dept of Defense agencies are especially averse due to the underlying security concerns of exposing non-GFE personal devices to a secure defense network. It was no different at the Mobility Work Exchange townhall meeting just a few short weeks ago where I had the dubious honor of moderating the…  | ||
| Microsoft and Oracle announce enterprise partnership Posted: 24 Jun 2013 02:25 PM PDT
Microsoft and Oracle today announced a partnership allowing customers to run Oracle Software, including Java, Oracle Database and Oracle WebLogic Server on top of Windows Server Hyper-V and in Windows Azure and receive full support from Oracle. Oracle will certify and support Oracle software — including Java, Oracle Database and Oracle WebLogic Server — on Windows Server Hyper-V and in Windows Azure. Microsoft will also offer Java, Oracle Database and Oracle WebLogic Server to Windows Azure customers, and Oracle will make Oracle Linux available to Windows Azure customers. Labels: Microsoft, Oracle, Partnership      | ||
| Genericization and VMware Studio: The steps to virtualize applications Posted: 24 Jun 2013 10:02 AM PDT VMware Studio converts applications into VMware virtual appliances quickly and for free. But first you need to genericize the application and OS.  | ||
| Citrix Partner Hubbub: “Take advantage of the Partner Training Subscription program” Posted: 24 Jun 2013 01:01 PM PDT Want to learn more about the new Partner Training Subscription program? Well, we have all the hubbub and more on this great new benefit and all it has to offer you. Read on to see how it will help Platinum and Gold Citrix Solution Advisors, as well as Large Account Resellers, obtain Citrix certifications. The new Partner Training Subscription program, announced in Q2, benefits Platinum…  | ||
| Paper: Desktop Hosting Reference Architecture Guide Posted: 24 Jun 2013 01:37 PM PDT
Microsoft has released a paper titled:"Desktop Hosting Reference Architecture Guide". The paper which contains 19 pages defines a set of architectural blocks for creating a multitenant, hosted Windows desktop and application service. The primary goal is to enable hosting providers to create secure, scalable, and reliable desktop hosting solution offers for small- and medium-sized organizations with up to 1500 users.
The paper covers the following sections:
Thanks to Michel Roth for providing the news. Labels: Microsoft, Paper      | ||
| Hyper-V Management Pack Extensions for System Center 2012 Operations Manager Posted: 24 Jun 2013 01:24 PM PDT
Cristian Edwards and Diego Martinez Rellan both, Premier Fiel Engineers working for Microsoft have released the Hyper-V 2012 Management Pack Extension. The goal of the Management Pack Extensions is to add performance monitoring to the already existing Hyper-V Management Pack provided by Microsoft. The MP has monitors, rules and views. To avoid huge database consumption all rules are disabled by default. You can use these rules for creating your environment baselines.
The Management Pack provides the following monitoring features:
Thanks to Kevin Holman for providing the news. Labels: Microsoft      | ||
| Release: Oracle VM VirtualBox 4.2.14 Posted: 24 Jun 2013 01:10 PM PDT
Oracle has released a maintenance release, version 4.2.14 for its virtualization platform VM VirtualBox. The release can be installed on top of VM VirtualBox 4.2 which was released in September last year. The update can be downloaded from the VirtualBox binaries page. Some of the fixes in this version (from the changelog):
Labels: Oracle, Release      | ||
| XenDesktop 7 Reference Architecture Newsflash: Cisco+NetApp Posted: 24 Jun 2013 10:39 AM PDT In anticipation of activities at Cisco Live, Citrix solution architects are collaborating closely with Cisco and NetApp engineers to develop a series of reference architectures based on the Citrix XenDesktop 7 release. Citrix XenDesktop 7 transforms the delivery of Microsoft Windows apps and desktops, creating secure, centrally managed services that users can access on any device, anywhere. The new release follows a common architecture for…  | ||
| Paper: Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Extensible Switch and Cisco N1KV Switch Extension Whitepaper Posted: 24 Jun 2013 12:45 PM PDT
Microsoft has released a paper titled:"Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Extensible Switch and Cisco N1KV Switch Extension Whitepaper". The paper which contains 16 pages provides an overview of the Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Extensible Switch and the Cisco technologies. It provides a general discussion of the key benefits for customers in using these technologies together, including the ease of adding extensions, migrating switches and virtual machines, and working in a unified management environment. It also provides at-a-glance descriptions of common scenarios.
The paper contains the following main sections:
Thanks to Aidan Finn for providing the news. Labels: Cisco, Microsoft, Paper      | ||
| Paper: Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 Reference Architecture on Dell PowerEdge VRTX Posted: 24 Jun 2013 12:35 PM PDT
Dell has released a paper titled:"Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 Reference Architecture on Dell PowerEdge VRTX". The paper which contains 36 pages describes a reference architecture for a remote office infrastructure using a Dell PowerEdge VRTX chassis. Dell PowerEdge VRTX is an all-in-one solution, which has server, integrated storage, and networking, as well as an efficient management console, allowing you to easily build branch office infrastructures.
The paper covers the following sections:
Labels: Dell, Microsoft, Paper      | ||
| Citrix Partner Hubbub: “University of São Paulo Chosen as Winner of 2013 Citrix Innovation Award” Posted: 24 Jun 2013 10:09 AM PDT The Citrix Innovation Award recognizes visionary customers that are using Citrix solutions for cloud and collaboration services, networking and virtualization to drive innovation and IT simplicity. At Citrix Synergy, the University of São Paulo was announced as the winner of the company's eighth annual Citrix Innovation Award. Using Citrix technology, the University of São Paulo has created one of the largest IT cloud environments in Latin America. Find out…  | ||
| VMware's free vCenter Certificate Automation Tool simplifies updates Posted: 24 Jun 2013 07:36 AM PDT VMware's vCenter Certificate Automation Tool is barely out of beta, but users are optimistic it will ease the nightmarish certificate update process.  | ||
| Triple play: CRN honors 3 Citrix channel leaders Posted: 24 Jun 2013 07:47 AM PDT Recently, the Citrix channel organization was honored not once, not twice, but three times by CRN, one of the industry's top channel publications. Meika Darville, director, Worldwide Channel Programs, Tammy Richards, managing director, Worldwide Channel Marketing, and Junelle Swan, senior director, Americas Channels and Distribution, were named to CRN's Women of the Channel 2013. They are part of an elite group of 295 female executives chosen…  | ||
| Follow-up: XenDesktop – Is upgrade for everyone? Posted: 24 Jun 2013 02:33 AM PDT Further to our recent poll around in place upgrade, I'd like to now share with you our analysis of the results. There were 48 responses to the poll which is very good so we'd like to say a HUGE thank you to everyone who responded. There were some interesting results and a few surprises which we didn't really expect. The results have been analysed and…  |
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