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Friday, August 29. 2008
Tool | Desktops v1.0
Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell over at Sysinternals created Desktops v1.0. Desktops allows you to organize your applications on up to four virtual desktops. Read email on one, browse the web on the second, and do work in your productivity software on the third, without the clutter of the windows you’re not using. After you configure hotkeys for switching desktops, you can create and switch desktops either by clicking on the tray icon to open a desktop preview and switching window, or by using the hotkeys. Run Desktops now from Live.Sysinternals.com
Thursday, August 28. 2008
VMworld 2008 | Twitter page is live
Twitter is an online service that enables you to broadcast short messages to your friends or "followers." It also lets you specify which Twitter users you want to follow so you can read their messages in one place. Twitter is designed to work on a mobile phone as well as on a computer. All Twitter messages are limited to 140 characters, so each message can be sent as a single SMS alert.
You can post to this "VMworld" feed from your Twitter account by posting:
d vmworld "message" (replace "message" with your text to display)
http://www.vmworld.com/vmworld/community/conference/twitter/
VMware Podcasts | Virtualize in Minutes with VMware ESXi
VMware ESXi is the leanest, meanest hypervisor on the market today—and it’s available for free. Discover the benefits of VMware virtualization by learning how to get started in four easy installation steps.
Speakers: John Gilmartin, Group Product Manager, Product Marketing, VMware
Amir Sharif, Sr. Product Manager, Product Marketing, VMware
New Vizioncore products to be highlighted at VMworld200
vRanger Pro v4.0 is Vizioncore’s next generation industry-standard backup and restore solution with increased speed and scalability. vRanger Pro 4.0 also shrinks the storage requirements for backups by introducing incremental support. This version will also deliver near instantaneous restores of files, finally eradicating the reason for procuring file level agents, as well as a simplified UI, upgraded reporting capability, improved load balancing, and platform support for ESXi.
vOptimizer Pro enables the reclamation of space taken on ESX datastores by automating the periodic resizing of Windows-based virtual machines. vOptimizer also improves VM performance and reduces the footprint of Windows by enabling the periodic streamlining of the operating system via the deletion of selected files and services. Results include reduced enterprise storage costs, more efficient VMs and a high return optimization best practice for ESX administrators.
vFoglight (formerly vCharter Pro) has been renamed in order to signal a software redesign to a console/cartridge architecture (as utilized by Quest Foglight). vFoglight retains key features like the single pane of glass view in multiple virtualization layers or multiple VirtualCenters, diagnostic alerting and will soon offer monitoring for key strategic resource intensive applications.
New! vAutomation Suite (Early Demonstrations)
A series of automation oriented products will be released in late 2008 and thru 2009 that will offer virtualization integration, orchestration and heterogeneous management solutions. Come see demos of:
• vWorkflow enables the creation of automated processes for leading virtualization platforms, making it possible to:
o Integrate and orchestrate existing management tools and infrastructure for greater agility and responsiveness
o Extend leading virtual server platforms with customized workflows
o Reduce manual maintenance tasks to reduce total cost of ownership
o Automate ITIL processes to improve efficiency and compliance
• vControl is an automated, orchestrated, workflow driven, virtual machine environment ‘director’ that delivers web-based virtual machine management and control, basic backup and restore, high availability (HA), and disaster recovery. Built on a highly scalable grid architecture, vControl is a heterogeneous management solution that scales to meet the needs of multi-datacenter environments.
Wednesday, August 27. 2008
VMworld 2008 | Paul Maritz will kick off VMware Partner Day
On Monday, September 15th VMware will be jumpstarting VMworld with VMware Partner Day. Come and hear first hand, Paul Maritz, President and CEO of VMware, and Carl Eschenbach, Executive Vice President of Worldwide Field Operations for VMware, deliver their vision for the partner community. In addition, you will learn about regional updates tailored with specific information that impacts your geographical sales initiatives.