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Latency Sensitivity Troubleshooting Tool by VMware Labs

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VMware vSphere 5.5 has introduced support for applications which do have special requirements concerning Latency sensitivity. Perhaps it’s your interest and you should know that there is a new free utility at VMware Labs website called Latency Sensitivity Troubleshooting Tool. The tool has been released recently to help troubleshoot options concerning application latency. The tool is available […]

How-to Install VMware Horizon Workspace Portal 2.1

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VMware Horizon Workstation Portal 2.1 recently released as a part of the Horizon 6 suite brings much easier deployment options (single VM now) and also integration of AirWatch and Deskstone can be leveraged to secure mobile apps and brings DaaS desktops. While the previous release has had already integrated technologies like Octopus, the deployment and […]

ESX Virtualization (@vladan) at VMworld Barcelona

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This year I’ll be at VMworld Barcelona again. Thanks to VMware for the blogger pass. VMworld US was certainly awesome for those who managed to attend, but not everyone can. The event has been covered great manner by many bloggers and medias, including myself. My VMworld 2014 page is packed with links, however will get […]

Thinapp 5.1Allows Control of Thinapped Apps via GPO

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Recent release of Thinapp 5.1 brought new features to the software. Thinapp now creates a new directory called Policy on the system where it’s installed where he puts ADMX, ADML files which are used for managing thinapp applications configuration over a GPO. Thinapp runtime features (AppSync, AppLink) can be controlled through those GPO. The administration […]

Virtualizing Oracle DB on VMware vSphere – The Book

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There is a new book (currently in pre-order) which targets administrators who will be virtualizing Oracle DB on VMware vSphere. The book is written by Kannan Mani and Don Sullivan, is available in pre-order at Amazon. It detailes the architecture, performance, design, sizing, and high availability. It focuses on current versions of Oracle and vSphere, while highlighting […]

Virtual SAN Network Design Guide

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VMware has released a new whitepaper helping out for VSAN network design. The paper provides an outline of VSAN functions and then focuses on different network scenarios. It walks through the possibilities and best practices for configuring networking with putting an accent on 10GbE which is actually not required but strongly recommended. Quote from the […]

Secure Content Sharing And Messaging with End to End Security – Places from Reunion Island

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I was quite surprised by discovering this new startup from Reunion Island – an Island where I live, trying to solve quite painful problem these days – privacy and security for individuals. What if the way to go to the personal security and privacy lead through our own protection, without letting the others spy at our data […]

PowerCLI 5.8 R1 Announced as well as VMware SRM 5.8

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During VMworld, VMware has announced upcoming release of vSphere PowerCLI 5.8 R1 and VMware Site Recovery Manager 5.8 (SRM). The new vCloud Suite 5.8 when available, will also have new PowerCLI 5.8 R1, which will start faster and will have new cmdlets for storage policy. The new PowerCLI 5.8 U1 will also support the upcoming […]