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Video: VMware Horizon Mobile for iOS

Video: VMware Horizon Mobile for iOS

VMware announced their new mobility platform at VMworld 2012 US, called Horizon Suite. They showed a demo on Horizon Mobile for iOS during the keynote. The video can now be found on YouTube. The demo shows how it can securely deliver workers the set of applications and data they need regardless of the devices they use including iPads and iPhones. Also in this demo you will see that copy/paste isn’t allowed and will be blocked by the application. Horizon enables…

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New VMware Certifications coming up

New VMware Certifications coming up

VMware has announced new certifications at VMworld. The new certification structure should help to test individuals in line with their job role (Architect, Engineer Administrator, Developer, & Governance/Operator) and solution focus (Cloud, Datacenter Virtualization, End User Computing, & Cloud Application Platform). The biggest change is that their will be 3 types of VCDX certifications now. The new roadmap is easy to understand and there are quite some certifications which you can collect: The complete list of current and pending VMware…

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vSphere Data Recovery (VDR) is dead! Welcome vSphere Data Protection (VDP)!

vSphere Data Recovery (VDR) is dead! Welcome vSphere Data Protection (VDP)!

With the new release on vSphere 5.1 VMware also released a new backup tool called vSphere Data Protection (VDP). This will replace the previous tool called vSphere Data Recovery. With this tool VMware will compete with other third-party software vendors like Veeam and PHD. What is it? vSphere Data Protection (VDP) is a new disk-based backup and recovery solution which is released as an appliance (again based on SuSE Linux 11). This solution is fully integrated with VMware vCenter Server…

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VMworld 2012 US (day 1): Some keynote highlights

VMworld 2012 US (day 1): Some keynote highlights

VMworld 2012 in San Francisco has started. The keynote has(/had) some great highlights. Here is quick list which I found to be the most interesting. Paul Maritz introduced Pat Gelsinger as the new CEO VMware introduces vCloud Suite VMware introduces vSphere 5.1 VMware kills vRAM and returns to per-CPU pricing 1M IOPS per VM More focus on the SMB market More focus on Hadoop Enhanced vMotion introduction: vMotion without Shared storage requirement Web client introduction: your new manager! vXLAN is…

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Free NFR license for Veeam ONE

Free NFR license for Veeam ONE

Great news from Veeam for those who run a lab. They announced NFR (Not For Resale) licenses for Veeam One! If you are a VMware vExpert, VMware Certified Professional (VCP), Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP), Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) or a Most Valuable Professional (MVP), you can get a FREE 6-socket NFR license for Veeam ONE for your home or work lab. You can request your license via this link.