VMware reveals VDI for Linux

VMware reveals VDI for Linux

VMware has announced that they will launch VDI solutions for Linux in China. The technology giant bets on a solution for Linux desktops based on Desktone, their desktop as a service solution.

The option that they would be already contemplating in regards to 2015 would have an edition for companies and institutions.

In this way, the new VMware offering would be already placed in the Asian market by 2020, date when the Chinese Government will no longer use Windows.

For more information, see the following article:

Desktop Linux users beware: the boss thinks you need to be managed

VDI as disaster recovery strategy

VDI as disaster recovery strategy

Most organizations are provided with a disaster recovery plan that includes the steps to follow in case of natural disaster or a prolonged power outage that prevents them from accessing the jobs located in their offices.

Desktop virtualization is emerging as a tool of great help in these cases, since the users can access their virtual desktops from anywhere, anytime and with any device, so that production is not affected by the problems that may arise in certain facilities, thus avoiding the economic losses caused by the interruption of the activity.

Canonical officially launches its OpenStack distribution

Canonical officially launches its OpenStack distribution

Coinciding with the OpenStack Summit, which is held this week in Paris, Canonical has officially launched its distribution of Ubuntu OpenStack.

The founder of Canonical, Mark Shuttleworth, has described it as “a full autopilot for the private cloud”. Shuttleworth explained that either with one or 10 racks with Metal-as-a-Service (MaaS), you can indicate your preferences of storage, software defined network (SDN) and hypervisor. Then, the system will automatically create a personal cloud and it will manage it and control it for you, keeping it completely secure and updated to the following version of OpenStack when appropriate.

How to make the most of oVirt 3.5

How to make the most of oVirt 3.5

A few weeks ago the oVirt team announced the release of a new version of this Open Source virtualization platform, the 3.5. Among the innovations introduced by this editions it should be pointed out the possibility of eliminating snapshots of virtual machines that are no longer necessary while the virtual machine is still running, the expansion of import and export domains storage and the ability to add and provide hypervisors from bare-metal.

Persistent vs Non-persistent virtual desktops (Second Part)

Persistent vs Non-persistent virtual desktops (Second Part)

A few days ago, we analyzed in a post the advantages and disadvantages of persistent virtual desktops. To complete that information and gather all the data to decide which type of virtual desktops is the best for us to deploy, today we’re going to do the same with non-persistent virtual desktops:

When users access non-persistent desktops, none of their application data or configurations is saved with the desktop. When the session is over, the virtual desktop returns to its original state before another user can connect, or it is destroyed and assigns the user a new virtual desktop each time a connection is made.

Microsoft unveils updates to Azure

Microsoft unveils updates to Azure

More than 5,500 professionals of the technology industry are attending from yesterday until next Friday TechEd Europe 2014 in Barcelona, the Microsoft conference oriented to IT professionals and developers. During the first day the company announced new cloud services, mobility solutions, APIs, tools, and an extended ecosystem of partner solutions.

Among the innovations, we emphasize the innovations in Azure to help streamline operations:

Azure Operational Insights brings together Azure, HDInsight and Microsoft System Center to gather and analyze machine data across cloud environments and turn it into actionable insights that inform business decisions. Available in preview in November 2014.

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