Prior to the keynote, VMware showed a great video clip. It’s a song called “If the server goes down? it ‘s also the winner of the VMworld 2007 video contest. John Chambers the CEO of Cisco systems delivered the first keynote and talked about the fundamental shift in the IT industry. He emphasized the importance of a good CEO that must have a clear vision and a good reaction on market transitions. John expects a second innovation that will be driven on new inventions. At the end of his speech there was a great applause.
Wednesday, September 12. 2007
Opening keynote John Chambers
VMware Unveils VMware Tools as Open Source
Linux Vendors Now Enabled to Integrate VMware Tools into Operating Systems. SAN FRANCISCO, September 11, 2007 — VMware, Inc., the virtualization leader, today at VMworld 2007 announced that it has released a majority of VMware Tools as open source software as part of the project Open Virtual Machine Tools. VMware Tools is a set of guest operating system virtualization components that enhance performance and improve management of VMware virtual machines. Open Virtual Machine Tools (open-vm-tools) is hosted at http://open-vm-tools.sourceforge.net, and the source code is available today to enable Linux vendors to integrate open-sourced VMware Tools into upcoming versions of their operating...
The man behind the virtual MAC tool
It took a while but finally I met Robert Baumstark. The creator of the virtual MAC tool is running his weblog on the Virtual Rob weblog. Rob is an infrastructure specialist at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology in Canada where he is responsible for keeping the place running. He is the one who has built the VIClient.dll and helped me tremendously. I created a new version of the Virtual Machine MKS Client, this version has better sizing, very handy when working on a small desktop. I conducted an interview about the future of the viclient.dll.
Tuesday, September 11. 2007
VMworld 2007 Day One Video
I created a video compilation of the events that took place in the Moscone Convention Center San Francisco. You can watch how we enjoyed our breakfast, a part of the keynote, the exhibition, Bouke Groenescheij ;-) the lunch and two sessions. Please visit my YouTube page to watch the video footage.
Dunes confirms the VMware takeover
Stefan Hochuli Paychère confirms the Dunes acquisition by VMware. This morning I interviewed Stefan the co-founder of Dunes and asked him if the takeover by VMware has any impact on the Dunes products. I also asked him if the VMware VDI solution will be integrated with the Dunes VDI product. You can listen to the interview online using this link.
VdeskTools Launched
Trusted Network Technologies Launches VdeskTools with Full Support for VMware® Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Providing Visibility and Extensive Policy Monitoring for Virtual Desktops and the Virtual Network VMworld, SAN FRANCISCO (Sept. 11, 2007) – Trusted Network Technologies, Inc. (TNT) today unveiled Vdesk™Tools, which relies on TNT’s patent-pending technology to instrument virtual desktops and the virtual network for unparalleled visibility and policy assurance. VdeskTools currently supports the VMware® Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and VMware® ACE 2.