Ernst Cozijnsen and John van der Sluis, two of my colleagues over at Capgemini Outsourcing presented at the VMWORLD EUROPE 2008 in Cannes. Their presentation is called “We practice what we preach? and is all about the success story of implementing a Virtual Infrastructure as a Business Critical solution. By combining intimacy, industrialization and innovation Capgemini Outsourcing has set a footprint on the world of Virtual Infrastructures. Due to extensive research a new architectural vision was created for this Business Critical solution. This new architectural blueprint is based on multiple datacenter with architectural principles like pay-per-use, flexibility, scalability and standardization. With installing new and migrating existing customers this multi vendor infrastructure lead to a growth of over 1600% last year. With shared architectural building blocks a custom solution can now be realized for any environment and future challenges. Capgemini Outsourcing offers dual site and disaster recovery at a lower cost by creating a new version of on-demand scalability for new customer potential. (Picture from Viktor van den Berg)
Thursday, February 28. 2008
Ernst Cozijnsen : “We practice what we preach�?
Wednesday, February 27. 2008
VMware VMsafe more secure than physical environments
The new VMware VMsafe Technology Allows the Virtual Datacenter to Be More Secure Than Physical Environments. Twenty Industry-Leading Security Vendors, Including CheckPoint, McAfee and Symantec, Endorse VMsafe Technology and Announce Plans to Build Interoperable Security Solutions. The global leader in virtualization solutions from the desktop to the datacenter, today announced new security technology called VMware VMsafe(tm) that protects applications running in virtual machines in ways previously not possible in physical environments. The VMsafe APIs allow vendors to develop advanced security products that combat the latest generation of malware. VMsafe technology integrates into the VMware hypervisor and provides the transparency to prevent threats and attacks such as viruses, trojans and keyloggers from ever reaching a virtual machine. Twenty security vendors have embraced VMsafe technology and are building products that will further enhance the security of virtual machines, making the virtual environment unmatched in the level of security and protection it provides compared to physical systems.
Virtualization.com interviews Richard Garsthagen
Virtualization.com interviews Richard Garsthagen, Organizer of VMworld Europe 2008 and VMware Evangelist Cannes, France and experienced virtualization industry event organizer, VMware Evangelist and coordinator of several TSX Events for VMware. Interviewer: Tarry Singh of http:// Virtualization.com bloggers Tarry Singh and Nicolas 'Charbax' Charbonnier sit down with Richard Garsthagen, organizer of the VMWorld Europe 2008 Summit in Cannes, France and experienced virtualization industry event organizer, VMware Evangelist and coordinator of several TSX Events for VMware.
Pictures from the VMworld Europe Cannes
Viktor van den Berg has taken some pictures at VMworld Europe 2008 and the official Dutch VMUG Gettogether in Cannes. Stay tuned at his Flickr landing page because more will follow.
Thursday, February 21. 2008
VI 3.5 Plugin and Extension Programming Guide
Wednesday, February 20. 2008
How to Identify Capacity Bottlenecks Workshop
Imagine being able to instantly identify capacity bottlenecks on hosts, clusters and resources pools. Currently, organizations are struggling with many VM lifecycle management issues such as controlling VM sprawl, identifying current and future capacity bottlenecks and maximizing existing VMware infrastructure. Learn best practices and effective strategies to help curb these problems in a one-hour educational workshop.
