It’s vMDM time! – Welcome AirWatch to the VMware family

As you may have read this morning, there was an announcement that VMware will purchase AirWatch (@AirWatch  on Twitter – http://www.air-watch.com), a mobile device security firm. With this move, there is a fairly clear message being sent that VMware is fully embracing workforce mobility from every angle. This wasn’t the first move A few people … Read more

Guess who’s going to be at Virtualization Field Day 3?

It has started off as an incredible year in 2014 already. One of the reasons I am so excited is that I am super honored to have been invited to be a delegate for Virtualization Field Day #3 presented by the team at Tech Field Day (www.techfieldday.com). If you didn’t see my earlier post on … Read more

Double-Take Move – vSphere to Hyper-V migration

For anyone who has had to move virtual guests from a VMware vSphere environment to a Microsoft Hyper-V environment, you know the challenges that are involved. Now, if you read my blog you’ll find it surprising that I’d be moving content from vSphere to Microsoft Hyper-V since I haven’t highlighted this as a need before. … Read more

Why it is always, and never, the year of VDI, but network virtualization is here to stay

You’ve all heard it: The Year of VDI. It has consistently been the mantra of the launch of each calendar year since Citrix and VMware gained significant adoption during recent years. But why is it both true and false at the same time? Desktop versus Server Virtualization Server virtualization has taken hold in an incredible … Read more