You can preregister for the VMworld Europe 2008 in Cannes held from 26 February till 28 February. Don't miss the first VMworld Europe - where thousands of your peers, technology providers and industry experts from around the world will gather in Cannes, France to experience the latest and greatest in virtualization technology and business solutions. VMworld Europe will also incorporate VMware TSX Europe, the company's annual technical symposium, making it ideal for attendees of all levels of experience in virtualization - from business decision-makers to technical experts and systems architects.
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The Value of the VCP
It’s not just a certification, like the slew of them we can all put on out resumes to impress the next interviewer, it’s a career-enhancing move. Does the certification make you any more of an expert than you may or may not be? That’d be debatable on a case-by-case, person-by-person basis, but it’s definitely a mark that you know what’s hot, and aren’t “stale?. The hotness-factor of the VCP is high, the demand is there in the market, and the value a VCP can add to your career makes it worth the time and effort to earn. Read the rest of this great post from Joe Foran here.
Sunday, October 21. 2007
Vzboost, Vizioncore’s COS secret ?
Ever wondered why vRanger is copying VMDK files via the COS so fast ? Here’s the answer. Someone from Vizioncore showed me this video at the TSX in Nice. The vzboost-vmkmod module is written by a Vizioncore software engineer who studied the original VMFS module code from VMware and rewrote it into the vzboost-vmkmod module. You can take a look at vzboost in action using this link. First you see the original VMware driver running with 280 writes per second after the vzboost driver is loaded the speeds will jump to 639 writes per second.
Friday, October 19. 2007
vOptimizer FreeWare 4.0.41
vOptimizer is an advanced optimization solution that quickly and easily reduces a Microsoft or VMware virtual machines virtual hard drive to the smallest possible size while optimizing the Windows guest operating system to boost performance. vOptimizer FreeWare and Desktop Editions enable local VM optimization while Network Edition enables entire repositories of VMs located anywhere on the network to be optimized via scheduled automated jobs. Vizioncore vOptimizer Freeware may be used for a maximum of two (2) users within Licensee's organization. For more than two (2) users within an organization licenses must be obtained. This license does not entitle Licensee to receive hard-copy documentation, technical support, telephone assistance, or enhancements or updates to the Product from Vizioncore. Thanks to Alessandro Perilli over at virtualization.info for the download link.
Wednesday, October 17. 2007
Mobile VM Manager
Free Citrix product that allows for basic VM administration of ESX servers via a smartphone. You can download this cool VMware tool here. The Mobile VM Manager was developed using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and the VMware software development kit (SDK). The development of this application illustrates the advantages of using Visual Studio to develop applications that can be delivered to a smartphone through Citrix Presentation Server.
Monday, October 15. 2007
Dutch VMware User Group Event 2007
Viktor van den Berg is a busy guy these days. He contracted three new sponsors for the Dutch VMware User Group event 2007 in the Nieuwegein Business Center on December the 7th. Besides XTG, CDG, Dell, Etc and VMware the following three companies will be present with interesting new products: Equallogic, FalconStor and VeeAm. The speaker list is also available. Who is that intelligent looking guy at the bottom? ;-) Stay tuned for more information.