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VMTurbo today released version 4.0 of its virtualization management platform Operations Manager. This release is the follow up of version 3.3 which was released in February this year.
Version 4.0 offers extensions for monitoring storage and hybrid clouds.
The Storage extension, which is available as of today provides:
Bromium today released version 2.0 of its Security product based on the Xen hypervisor called vSentry. vSentry is a security product which uses a so called Microvisor which is a security-focused hypervisor that automatically, instantly and invisibly hardware-isolates each vulnerable Windows task in a micro-VM that cannot modify Windows or gain access to enterprise data or network infrastructure. Bromium vSentry 2.0 secures both 32- and 64 bit versions of Windows 7, and virtual desktops delivered with Microsoft Remote Desktop Services (including Citrix XenDesktop and VMware View). This version is the follow-up of version 1.1 which was released in December last year.
We just noticed, thanks to a tweet by Eric Sloof, that VMware’s new product for log management and analysis, VMware vCenter Log Insight, is now available in an Open Beta program.
Delivered as a vApp, deployable with the standard OVF procedure, Log Insight collects and analyses syslog data from ESXi 4.1, 5.0, 5.1, vCenter Server Appliance and other arbitrary sources and can be integrated with vCenter Operations Manager to send notification and enable Launch in Context.
Veeam has released its annual SMB Virtualization Data Protection Report. The reports is based on a survey held under 500 Small and Medium Businesses across the USA and Europe and explorers the impact of virtualization on SMBs’ data protection, backup and recovery strategies.
The outcome of the reports states that 85% of SMBs are experiencing cost-related challenges with backup and recovery, 83% with lack of capabilities and 80% with complexity.
Savision, a company providing added solution on top of Microsoft System Center has released a paper titled: "Unraveling the Network with SCVMM 2012 SP1". The paper which was written by Damian Flynn a Microsoft MVP provides insight in understanding Microsofts Software Defined Network (SDN) implementation and contains 9 pages. The paper can be downloaded from the Savision website after registration.
The paper covers the following topics:
Citrix last week announced version 5.3 of its all-in-one Virtual Desktop Infrastructure solution VDI-in-a-Box. Version 5.3 will share technologies with XenDesktop 7, which was also announced recently. Version 5.3 will provide full Windows 8 support with HDX connections, personal desktops (PVD) on Windows 8, Single Sign-On for remote users through Citrix NetScaler/Access Gateway, and a new wizard-based SSL certificate installation and management.
Dell has released a new paper titled: "Dell DVS Enterprise Reference Architecture for Dell vWorkspace 8.0". The paper which contains 71 pages addresses the architecture, design, configuration and implementation considerations for the key components of the architecture required to deliver virtual desktops, RD Session Host sessions or applications via Dell vWorkspace on Hyper-V 2012.
During its annual Synergy event Citrix announced version 7 of its Virtual Desktop Infrastructure product XenDesktop. Version 7 will be the first release of XenDesktop as an outcome of Project Excalibur (part of Avalon) providing one install, one architecture and one console for both Citrix’s Desktop and Application virtualization platform XenApp and XenDesktop.
FlexPod is a CISCO Systems base data center solution built upon Cisco Unified Computing System, Cisco Nexus switches and NetApp Fabric-Attached Storage (FAS) components.
The advantage of using pre-designed and pre-validated configurations is the opportunity of reducing administrative effort maintaining a stable and compliant architecture while delivering, in this case, Windows desktops and applications.
This paper, published by VMware, describes the Flexpod reference architecture for VMware View 5.1 with the technologies above mentioned.
