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- ISVs: XenDesktop, VDI, SolidICE offer no panacea for IT managers
- ISVs: XenDesktop, VDI, SolidICE offer no panacea for IT managersDesktop Virtualizaton is SalvationIf you have lobied users for thin clint then you know that once a PC user has learned to creat a shortcut he/she will not be happy with it. Hence, I disagree with the author. Desktop Virtualization is...
- Tags: Desktops, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, SolidICE, XenDesktop, VDI, desktop
- Discussion threads 2008-05-20
- Qumranet's SolidICE ships as Citrix XenDesktop debut nears
- Qumranet's SolidICE ships as Citrix XenDesktop debut nearsIt's what's for dinnerBeef!Just when you thought VM couldn't get any more sizzle, here comes another player and a meaty one at that.Waiting for my SolidICE eval copy
- Tags: SolidICE, Citrix XenDesktop, Qumranet, Citrix Systems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-30
Additional Resources
- Red Hat's KVM play should give Citrix and VMware pause
- When I heard last week that Microsoft and Red Hat would cooperate on Xen virtualization, I knew the Linux leader's long awaited KVM strategy would be right around the corner. It's no secret that Red Hat has chosen KVM in the Linux kernel over Xen as...
- Tags: Red Hat Inc., Citrix Systems Inc., Xen, VMware Inc., KVM, Virtualization, Linux, Open Source, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Storage, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-02-24
- Tough Love with openSUSE 11.1
- openSUSE 11.1 is packed full of features, but a lack of QA and user acceptance testing in this release may cause Linux newbies to seek out other distributions, such as Ubuntu Ibex. I wanted to love openSUSE 11.1. I really did. ...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Release, QA, Server, openSUSE 11.1, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-12-18
- Desktop virtualization on display at VMworld
- One of the three pillars of Paul Maritz's VMworld Keynote address (see Notes from VMworld and Maritz: VMware’s Virtual DataCenter OS, VMware View is better next gen operating system than Windows and Hyper-V) focused on virtualizing the user desktop computing experience. He spoke of this like it was a new...
- Tags: Solution, Thin Client, High-performance, VMware Inc., Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Thin Clients, Desktop Virtualization, Desktops, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-09-17
- Microsoft: It's time to consummate the marriage with Citrix already
- The relationship between Microsoft and Citrix is much like that of a man who has been serially dating the same woman for 15 years, but never seems to be able to consummate the deal. He's afraid of commitment, or perhaps like that old expression goes, why...
- Tags: Citrix MetaFrame, Citrix Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Hyper-V, Virtualization, Microsoft Windows, Desktop Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Open Source, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Storage, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-09-13
- Red Hat draws its line in the virtual sand with Qumranet
- Red Hat draws its line in the virtual sand with QumranetKVM is solid and cleanA lot of it is marketing, but the technology is excellent and can dominate the virtual desktop. The issue comes down to VDI already being a cost effective product compared to stand alone desktops and...
- Tags: Desktops, desktop, Red Hat Inc., Qumranet, KVM
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- Red Hat draws its line in the virtual sand with Qumranet
- The caves of Qumran, located in in the highly disputed region of the West Bank that sits between Israel and Jordan and is populated by both Palestinians and Jews, is where the famous Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered. The scrolls are said by many Judaic scholars...
- Tags: Hypervisor, Red Hat Inc., Virtual Desktop, Qumranet, Open Source KVM, Virtualization, Hardware, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Red Hat acquires Qumranet
- I just received a press release telling me that one of my clients, Qumranet, has been acquired by Red Hat.This was not entirely unexpected. Here's what the release said Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced...
- Tags: Red Hat Inc., Qumranet Inc., Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Open Source, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- 2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel."
- July 24th, 2016. Josef Konsumer, a home-based employee and portfolio manager for ICBC/CiticorpChase, a Chinese-owned multinational investment bank, wakes up to hear his alarm clock go off at 8am, and gets out of bed, his 47-year old body aching from an aggressive personal trainer session from the...
- Tags: PC, Linux, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- ProxMox: The high-performance virtualization server for the rest of us
- What sounds like a cross between a Ferengi mating practice and an OREO cookie clone, but is actually the latest and greatest in Open Source turnkey virtualization servers? It's the ProxMox Virtual Environment, a new open source project that has been flying under the hypervisor radar, but may pose a...
- Tags: High-performance, OpenVZ, Server, VMware Inc., Virtual Machine, VM, ProxMox VE, Virtual Machine Setup, Virtualization, Linux, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Open Source, Operating Systems, Hardware, Software, Storage, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-06-24
- News to know: Hactivists; XO-2 laptop; HP; Virtualization
- Notable headlines: Dancho Danchev: Pro-Serbian hacktivists attacking Albanian web sites Over 1.5 million pages affected by the recent SQL injection attacks DoS Attacks Using SQL Wildcards Revealed Ryan Naraine: Secunia finds 'highly critical' Foxit Reader Flaw Are you wary of...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Hewlett-Packard Co., Virtualization, Network, Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, Sales Strategy, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Sales Force Management, Sales, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software
- Blog posts 2008-05-21
- XenDesktop, VDI, SolidICE offer benefits but no panacea for IT managers
- I am always skeptical about new technologies that "threaten" to transform the traditional PC desktop. In my 20 years following the PC industry, I’ve seen them all â€" server-based models, thin clients, application streaming technologies, hosted ASP and newer software-as-a-service models, even Linux. I still use a...
- Tags: Desktop Management, Benefit, Server, ScriptStart, Leostream, Desktops, Hardware, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-05-20
- Wyse, HP hope XenDesktop will drive thin client sales
- Wyse and HP have launched new lines of thin clients that are optimized for Citrix’s XenDesktop and the virtualized desktop. Citrix’s much anticipated XenDesktop, which will compete against VMware’s VDI technology as well as Qumranet’s KVM-based desktop virtualization solution SolidICE, was officially introduced to the market here...
- Tags: Desktop, Desktop Virtualization, Hewlett-Packard Co., Thin Client, Citrix Systems Inc., Sales, Wyse Technology Inc., XenDesktop, Thin Clients, Hardware, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-05-20
- KVM and Xen cofounders engage in war of words
- Xen cofounder and project lead Ian Pratt said predictions about his virtualization hypervisor’s demise to the newer kernel-based virtual machine KVM technology are unfounded, a by-product of his competitors’ imaginations. “There’s no evidence for it. The Xen community is alive and well. Xen is a true...
- Tags: Linux, Hypervisor, Linux Kernel, Xen, KVM, Xen Community, Virtualization, Hardware, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
- News to know: Microhoo; Adobe; MacBook Air; OLPC; RIAA
- Notable headlines: Microsoft: We'll raise our bid for Yahoo, but can't make up our mind yet. Techmeme Jason O'Grady: Excess thermal paste causing high temps in MacBook Air Ryan Stewart: Adobe Open Screen Project Dan Farber: IBM...
- Tags: TIBCO Software Inc., Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., Advertisement, RIAA, Apple MacBook, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., One Laptop Per Child Project, 3G, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Professional Development, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Career, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- Qumranet's SolidICE ships as Citrix XenDesktop debut nears
- KVM sponsor Qumranet launched its long awaited desktop virtualization solution today, just weeks before rival Citrix launches its own XenDesktop solution. The Sunnyvale, calif. company announced on April 30 the release of Solid ICE Independent Computing Environment, a hosted desktop virtualization product that promises desktop-like performance with...
- Tags: Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Citrix Systems Inc., Qumranet, Citrix XenDesktop, Solid ICE, Desktops, Hardware, prooney
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
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