Container technologies, led by Docker, are on the rise in virtualization sector. Now there is an interesant alternative for Unix operating systems. It is called Tredly and enables application virtualization inside containers.
As with Docker, applications run isolated from the OS, improving security and making it more easy to migrate to other operating systems.
Dell‘s decision to stop developing and selling new vWorkspace licenses, a detailed explanation about what a connection broker is and how to manage virtual desktops lifecycle were the most read topics in our blog for the last weeks.
Find below the links to the articles dealing with these topics so that you don’t miss the chance to keep up to date with the most outstanding news about virtualization and Open Source according to our community:
EMC introduced yesterday at EMC World 2016 the following new datacenter products and services:
EMC Unity family of storage is the new all-flash array, ideal for small and medium-size IT deployments. It sets the new standard for simplicity, affordability and flexibility. It is available in all-flash, hybrid, converged and software-defined configurations and is designed to help customers make an affordable and simple transition from disk to flash.
A few days ago we explained what exactly a connection broker is, but many of you will be wondering what it is mainly used for. One of the most common uses is desktop virtualization, in fact many solutions in the market only highlight or feature this functionality.
Apart from provisioning and managing virtual desktops, a connection broker can enable the administration and centralized management of users access to any other remote desktop service, like virtualized applications, IP phones, IP cameras, shared resources… Some of the most comprehensive ones integrate with different cloud services, even enable access to physical PCs and e-Learning platforms.
This year, the term Hyper-V nested virtualization is everywhere, and not only because it is a new Hyper-V Server 2016 feature, but because od the implications on another technology whic is becomng more and more popular: containers.
The support for containers is one key benefit of Hyper-V nested virtualization, since it brings a new take on VMs, with less overhead and more flexibility to develop and deploy applications.
