I’m a big fan of something I like to call thought experiments, where I like to come up with quick designs which may or may not actually work in the real world. Sometimes I also like to make wild leaps when thinking about the current technologies being used in the data center, and their futures. …
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VMware Integrated OpenStack (VIO) has arrived in the slew of February 2, 2015 announcements from VMware. It was initially announced at VMworld 2014, and has been something I’ve been following closely. One of the key parts of the strategy for any OpenStack cloud is how the software itself will be consumed. Will your organization use …
Free is an interesting term to use when we talk about virtualization platforms, especially the industry leading VMware ESXi. As hypervisors have become standard fare in the data center we are starting to see more questions come up about the costs. Microsoft made a decision to take the hypervisor out of the cost equation by …
At VMworld this year, there was a great deal of talk about VMware and containers. This, of course makes a lot of sense, especially when you look at the parallels between virtual machines and containers. While there are some differences, many of the concepts are the same, and some may even consider containers to be …
My time with Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, or VDI started in 2007. We deployed VMware’s Virtual Desktop Manager for a couple of test projects, including desktops for the help desk, and desktops with admin tools for certain groups within our IT organization. This was before linked clones existed, and we had a hard time justifying the …
As part of #vDM30in30 Eric Wright wrote a great article on reducing technical debt, which got me thinking quite a bit. Mainly about automation, and the journey it takes to get there. Here’s a couple more ideas on how to get you started on the journey if you haven’t already begun. (Mission Control at NASA …