VMworld 2007 - All Comments

herr

Guest — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 19:33:07 GMT

test

download 3i

Guest — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:03:27 GMT

interesting that I can't find anywhere to download this software even though they gave it out to everyone who went to vmware world 2007

is the 3i version native 64bit?

Guest — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 02:35:38 GMT

is the 3i version native 64bit?

Remote clients is more than Citrix & VDI

Guest — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 20:56:47 GMT

Citrix and VDI are only half the story of thin client solutions. Blade PCs and workstations are going to continue to keep VDI in the task worker space until VMWare/Xen/Virtual Server can get a lot more efficient in terms of resource sharing and resource consumption. And now that IBM is joining the fray, there will be a lot more activity in this space too.

Re: Desktop Server 2.0 beta?

Guest — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:23:07 GMT

"Send me info about the Desktop Server Rapid Setup tool, a wizard-driven utility that quickly implements an environment with Desktop Server, Ardence, and XenSource or VMware."

Desktop Server Rapid Setup tool? Sounds interesting...

Desktop Server 2.0 beta?

Guest — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 01:41:44 GMT

Also at the booth they were encouraging people to sign up to get notified when the Desktop Server 2.0 beta is released - sometime next month, I guess targeting iForum. The sign up site seems to be open to the public: www.citrix.com/vmworld

Re: Even 1 VM per server is worth doing...

adam baum — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:42:13 GMT

Yes and No. If yoyu tell me I can get HA/DRS, think again. A single guest per VM won't use DRS. As for HA, maybe. Rather than invest in ESX licenses I would go with something like MSCS. It's cheaper and I have a lot of familiarity with it. There are no "green" savings with a single guest per host either. I am no genius when it comes to VM so please educate me (I am not being sarcastic in this request).

adam

Re: Addition

Rene Vester — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:38:21 GMT

Hey Pete,

Yea, they were showing the 2.0 when i was by, however i was talking to one of the Citrix guys as well. Anything in particular? :-)

/René

Addition

Pete Downing — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:30:58 GMT

Rene,

Did you see the Citrix Desktop Server Demo that featured version 2.0?

Pete

Re: Re: Killer Wyse Announcements @ VMWorld!!

Guest — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 02:46:26 GMT

No doubt! Let's hope that smart car is more stable than the Wyse hardware and software. You forgot in your response to mention the video client, does that ring a bell?

Re: Killer Wyse Announcements @ VMWorld!!

Guest — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 12:25:30 GMT

I guess being the "first" to market is relative.... It doesn't matter how "fast to market" you are if the devices are unmanagable and unstable. 9235, Rapport, Expedian ring a bell to anyone?

First to market? I thought NEC made this announcement at VMWorld '06 with Wyse?: Wyse Technology Advances Its Enterprise Desktop Virtualization Offering on Thin Clients with Extensions for VMware Infrastructure
http://www.wyse.com/about/news/pr/2007/0910_TCX.asp

The same could be held true for: Wyse Technology Enhances Multimedia Capabilities on Thin Clients for Citrix Application Virtualization Environments
http://www.wyse.com/about/news/pr/2007/0910_TCX_MM.asp

Real trailblazers.... This is a reaction to a market being dominated by NeoWare. The M100 is making way for the M2000 which has an assortment of bells and whistles, not to mentioned it is manageable through Altiris now..... Does the 3820 ring a bell?: Wyse Introduces Thin Notebooks Offering Integrated Smart Card and Bluetooth(TM) Support
http://www.wyse.com/about/news/pr/2007/0910_notebook.asp

iGel has had an easier to manager multimonitor configuration with dual, and quad head options based off a 1.2GHz platform: Wyse Technology Announces Breakthrough Speed and Performance With New V Class LE Thin Computer
http://www.wyse.com/about/news/pr/2007/0910_VclassLE.asp

I will hand it to them here. It is a great thought, too bad Citrix bought Ardence..... I wonder is this was a strategic conflict of interest.... : Wyse Unveils New Product Line Up Highlighting Zero Client Computing Vision
http://www.wyse.com/about/news/pr/2007/0910_ZeroClientComputing.asp

Re: A small correction

Beav — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 13:10:12 GMT

Rene I agree completely. The VDI environment is where one of the battles will be fought. I keep hearing about Citrix's offering along with VMware's. The only problem is that nothing is mainstream as of yet and so it is still a waiting game.

The thing that was frustrating was when you spoke with people they gave you the top layer of what you wanted. Then if you asked how you could do more with it you would then get the message of "talk to your sales rep and they can tell you under NDA". It seems that if they're going to announce some new products at the conference that they would have the complete infrastructure details available. I understand where they're coming from but it would be best to get the entire story in one location rather than having to talk to various people in various locations.

Mark

Even 1 VM per server is worth doing...

Guest — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 06:20:06 GMT

> Heck, if I can't share the host why virtualize?

There are many reasons to virtualize that don't include consolidation

A small correction

Rene Vester — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 03:27:58 GMT

It seems the VMworld Europe is announced to be in Cannes on February 26th, so no more rumors in the corners it seems :-) source: http://blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/

VDI vs PCAnywhere

Guest — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 00:02:02 GMT

Many folks (VMWare, Citrix, Microsoft, Xen, Cube and many others) have been embracing the wave of vitualization and it makes tremendous sense for consolidation, hardware independance, testing, portability, disaster recovery and a multitude of others. Virtualization comes in as many forms (device, component, memory, drive, application, OS, data center and LAN.) The term virtualizationSometimes technology does come back around so if VDI looks good to you right now then you can buy PCAnywhere for $49 and start stacking some pc's in the data center. :)