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 fashion. Hypervisors have become a …
VMware Network Virtualization Free eLearning – VCA-NV prep course (hopefully)
Well, I should be careful what I put here in saying that it is a VCA-NV (VMware Certified Associate – Network Virtualization) prep course, but I am guessing the release of this 3-hour self-paced learning module is a sign of the pending availability of the VCA-NV certification. This is a high level course, much like the other VCA oriented self-paced …
Software Defined Networking – The policy, programmability and bedlam as VMware NSX prepares for public release
These are very exciting times in virtualization as we prepare for the general availability launch of VMware NSX, the product of the Nicira integration over the past 14 months. The product received heavy focus at this year’s VMworld in San Francisco, so much so that it was referred to by many as “NSXWorld”. I’ve been lucky enough to have some …