Archive for November, 2009

NTPD Service – VMware schließt Schwachstelle in ESXi Server

By Roman - Last updated: Dienstag, November 24, 2009

via >> http://www.tecchannel.de/ Über eine Schwachstelle im Network Time Protocol (NTP) des VMware ESXi Server können Angreifer beliebigen Schadcode einspeisen. Ein Patch ist verfübar. Laut einem Bericht der Sicherheitsexperten von Secunia betrifft die Schwachstelle alle aktuellen Releases des VMware ESXi Server in den Versionen 3.x und 4.x. Die Sicherheitslücke entsteht durch den Einsatz einer anfälligen [...]

Top 5 Planet V12n blog posts week 47

By Roman - Last updated: Dienstag, November 24, 2009

Source: VMware Newsletter >> Top 5 Planet V12n blog posts week 47 It was very tough to pick a top 5 this time as most posts this week were about vSphere Update 1 and View 4. But I did manage to find 5 excellent articles again. Make sure you read them: Scott Sauer – More [...]

Latest Updates

By Roman - Last updated: Dienstag, November 24, 2009

Source: VMware Newsletter >> Latest Updates These are the changes or updates made to VMware Compatibility Guide since it was last published: Added support for Windows 7 Enterprise, Professional, Ultimate and Home Premium Editions on ESX 4.0 Update 1 Added support for Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise, Standard, Datacenter, and Web Server Editions on ESX [...]

Latest Updates

By Roman - Last updated: Dienstag, November 24, 2009

Source: VMware Newsletter >> Latest Updates These are the changes or updates made to the Guest Operating System Installation Guide since it was last published: Added new instructions for the following guests: “Windows Server 2008 R2” on page 19 “Oracle Enterprise Linux 4” on page 63 “Ubuntu 9.10” on page 115 “FreeBSD 7.2” on page [...]

IBM, VMware and NSEC Partner to Simplify Computing on the Go

By Roman - Last updated: Dienstag, November 24, 2009

Source: VMware Newsletter >> IBM, VMware and NSEC Partner to Simplify Computing on the Go IBM Lotus Symphony Productivity Software Available On Credit Card-Sized, Keepod Devices . ARMONK, N.Y., PALTO ALTO, Calif., and MILAN – November 17, 2009 – IBM (NYSE: IBM), VMware (NYSE: VMW) and Keepod products family manufacturer NSEC, today announced that they [...]

VMware to Present at the Credit Suisse First Boston Technology Conference

By Roman - Last updated: Dienstag, November 24, 2009

Source: VMware Newsletter >> VMware to Present at the Credit Suisse First Boston Technology Conference Palo Alto, Calif., November 17, 2009— VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in virtualization solutions from the desktop through the datacenter to the cloud, today announced that Tod Nielsen, chief operating officer of VMware, will present at the Credit [...]

Desktop-Virtualisierung mit VMware View 4

By Roman - Last updated: Donnerstag, November 12, 2009

Via >> http://www.heise.de/newsticker Als “nächste Generation der Desktop-Virtualisierung” bezeichnet VMware die dieser Tage vorgestellte und ab 19. ]November zu beziehende Version 4 von VMware View. Mit dem Nachfolger von VMwares Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) können VMware-Partner ihren Kunden Desktops als Managed Service offerieren. Von einer Konsole aus sollen Systemadministratoren oder Dienstleister Verbrauchs- und Nutzungskriterien virtueller Desktops [...]

Partner Support for VMware View™ 4

By Roman - Last updated: Dienstag, November 10, 2009

Source: VMware Newsletter >> Partner Support for VMware View™ 4 AMD“Desktop virtualization is a critical gateway between the server and client, enabling dynamic user experiences by taking advantage of advanced multi-core processors,” said Margaret Lewis, director, commercial software, AMD “VMware has delivered a great managed desktop virtualization package with VMware View™ 4, and collaborated with [...]

Energize and Save – Standing Out in a Crowd

By Roman - Last updated: Dienstag, November 10, 2009

Source: VMware Newsletter >> Energize and Save – Standing Out in a Crowd Posted by Rick Jackson Chief Marketing Officer When a company grows as rapidly as VMware has, you know there is real value being delivered to customers.  One of the challenges we faced at VMware was how best to articulate our core value [...]

Top 5 Planet V12n blog posts week 45

By Roman - Last updated: Dienstag, November 10, 2009

Source: VMware Newsletter >> Top 5 Planet V12n blog posts week 45 It was an exciting week this week. For some the VCE announcement was not a real surprise for many it seemed to be. Like always some were skeptical and others were enthusiastic about this new initiative. The first post on this Top 5 [...]

VMware, HP’s Converged Infrastructure, and the Private Cloud

By Roman - Last updated: Dienstag, November 10, 2009

Source: VMware Newsletter >> VMware, HP’s Converged Infrastructure, and the Private Cloud Posted by Steve Herrod Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of R&D This week HP introduced their Converged Infrastructure Architecture, which is appropriately described as “a blueprint for chief information officers to create elasticity in their technology environments.” This blueprint unlocks currently [...]

Cisco and EMC, Together with VMware, Form Coalition to Accelerate Pervasive Virtualization and Private Cloud Infrastructures

By Roman - Last updated: Dienstag, November 10, 2009

Source: VMware Newsletter >> Cisco and EMC, Together with VMware, Form Coalition to Accelerate Pervasive Virtualization and Private Cloud Infrastructures Unprecedented Collaboration Heralds Business-Ready IT Infrastructure Packages and Single Point of Contact for Design, Service and Support Cisco-EMC Solutions Joint Venture Also Established to Help Enable Customer Adoption. SAN JOSE, California – Nov. 3, 2009 [...]

Cisco and EMC with VMware Announce Virtual Computing Environment Coalition

By Roman - Last updated: Dienstag, November 10, 2009

Source: VMware Partner Central >> On Tuesday, Cisco and EMC, together with VMware, announced the Virtual Computing Environment (VCE) coalition. This coalition is designed to accelerate customer adoption of private cloud infrastructures by providing richly integrated joint solutions, services and support offerings – mainly through the existing partner ecosystem of Systems Integrators and Channel Partners. [...]

VEEAM SOFTWARE SAVES THE DAY AT VMWORLD 2009

By Roman - Last updated: Montag, November 2, 2009

GreenPages Pushes Virtual Desktop Infrastructure to Limit with 2,400 Desktop Images on Six ESX Servers; Veeam Successfully Monitors Vast Environment Columbus, Ohio, October 1, 2009 – Veeam Software, award-winning provider of systems management tools for VMware virtual datacenter environments, proved the importance of building scalable products from the ground up for the virtual world when [...]

Top 5 Planet V12n blog posts week 44

By Roman - Last updated: Montag, November 2, 2009

Source: VMware Newsletter >> Top 5 Planet V12n blog posts week 44 This was probably one of the toughest Top-5′s to write as I had the week off this week. I basically had to catch-up with a whole week of Planet V12n. One of the most annoying things about it is that half of the [...]