VMworld 2010 – Wrap Up
September 2, 2010 – 11:13 am | No Comment

VMware throws a good party, but maybe I’m getting old. A week of late nights ‘networking’ and catching up with old friends takes its toll. Couple that with hours of PowerPoint slides each day, and you’ve got a bunch of…

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Pre-VMworld – Podcast Galore…
August 27, 2010 – 1:09 pm | No Comment
Pre-VMworld – Podcast Galore…

By Mike Laverick

It’s been a busy, busy week – and VMworld 2010 hasn’t even started!
I’ve been doing a couple of podcast this week. The first over on the APAC VMware Communities Round-table. In the podcast …

Some companies have the wrong sales pitch on Blade Servers
August 27, 2010 – 9:17 am | No Comment
Some companies have the wrong sales pitch on Blade Servers

By Brian Suhr
This is not the first time that I have heard someone take a strange approach to pitching the use of blade servers to a application owner within their own organization. The other day …

vCenter Heartbeat – To be vCSHB or vCHB that is the question…
August 25, 2010 – 12:57 pm | No Comment
vCenter Heartbeat – To be vCSHB or vCHB that is the question…

By Mike Laverick
Well, there’s been a little bit of confusion about what to call this thing. vCenter Hearbeat Service? vCenter Server Heartbeat? vCenter Heartbeat – and of course, from then comes an alphabet soup of …

What’s on your VMworld Wish List? Prizes Up To $500
August 24, 2010 – 8:06 am | No Comment
What’s on your VMworld Wish List? Prizes Up To $500

So, what’s on your list?
Most people are heading to VMworld with a specific list of virtualization management capabilities to research on the show floor.

Microsoft updates Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 3.0 Beta
August 23, 2010 – 9:13 am | No Comment
Microsoft updates Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 3.0 Beta

This tool continues to interest me for one main reason, the ability to patch offline virtual machines. That feature is something that has come up in a couple of projects recently. I look forward to …

Veeam Reporter Free Edition is Ready for Prime Time
August 20, 2010 – 11:50 am | No Comment

The team over at Veeam has been hard at work and is releasing a Free version of their Veeam Reporter tool. The free version joins several other popular free tools that Veeam already offers. The …