In addition to what is included in VMware Horizon 6, VMware is offering participation in an early access program for a Linux a virtual desktop solution.
VMware is expanding its virtual desktop capabilities to include support for Red Hat and Ubuntu based Linux-based desktops.
This enables customers to simplify desktop management using the VMware Horizon platform to access Windows and Linux applications.
Red Hat announced the general availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Atomic Host, an operating system optimized for running the next generation of applications with Linux containers. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Atomic Host provides all of the components necessary to easily package and run applications written for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7 as containers.
The Citrix CEO Mark Templeton has announced that they will end sales on VDI-in-a-Box. This decision is part of a series of actions that the company is performing in order to reduce the number of products in its portfolio and give greater weight to the ones that generate higher benefits.
Templeton said that this desktop virtualization solution “will be replaced by a more simple one which will have a more competitive price”, but he hasn’t given any detail in this regard so far.
OpenStack is a huge project in which come into play many parts, and its development cycles are very fast. Thus, sometimes is difficult to keep abreast of all developments.
To make things a little easier, we collect the best tutorials, guides and tips of the month, so that you can consult all the news at a glance. Remember that if you have any questions, you always have the option to consult OpenStack Offitial documentation.
Ubuntu’s new file system for LXC, UDS Enterprise’s full support for XenServer and the presentation by our team at CRUE-TIC & RedIRIS VDI Conference were the most read posts during the past weeks.
Below you can find the links to these articles so that you may have a look at them:
Ubuntu 15.04 will come up with its own file system
UDS Enterprise 1.7 fully supports XenServer
UDS Enterprise at CRUE-TIC & RedIRIS Desktop Virtualization Conference
VMware debuted VMware vCloud for NFV, an integrated Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) platform that will combine VMware’s production-proven virtualized compute, networking, storage and management solutions with integrated OpenStack support.
With support for more than 40 different virtual network functions (VNFs) from more than 30 vendors, VMware vCloud for NFV is the only platform available today that runs different VNFs from different vendors side by side on the same unified platform for the cloud.
With vCloud for NFV, communication service providers (CSPs) can deploy NFV solutions into production on a proven platform to achieve faster time to market for new and differentiated services while driving sustainable cost reductions.
See more details at VMware press release.
