+ vNews – May 2012 and and

+ On this Months vNews VMworld voting open New books Blogger with Sheexy website Icons, case studies, exams and videos View and more!

+ VMworld Voting for Sessions Open And yes you can vote for yourself!

+ New Books & Publications VMware View 5: Building a Successful Virtual Desktop By Paul O'Doherty (VMware Press: Due Aug, 2012) VMware Press Facebook Sweepstakes -

+ Gabrie Van Zanten gabesvirtualworld.com He’s got a new blog design – very ssshexy!

+ Eric Sloof (Independent) New Icon Library for Q2/ VMware vSphere Metro Storage Cluster Case Study clstr-uslet-101-web-1.pdf clstr-uslet-101-web-1.pdf VCAP5-DCD (Datacenter Design) Exam ready for scheduling Video: Enabling Storage Accelerator in View EtGBbCHXHo by Cormac Hogan EtGBbCHXHo

+ Andre Leibovici (VMware) myvirtualcloud.net A Raft of “What’s New” in View 5.1 Articles What’s New in VMware View 5.1 (Beyond Marketing)

+... Also coming up More View 5.1 Open Compute Project VMware Insight Magazine VMware View Leads the Small and Mid-sized Business VMware Acquires Wanova SAP for Virtualization Hyper-V secret weapons Books, training and little bit of Citrix…..

+ VMware Advances VMware View™ and End-User Computing Solutions for the Post-PC Era PALO ALTO, Calif., May 2, portfolio html portfolio html VMware View 5.1: Simplifying the Delivery of a Better Desktop Reduced TCO Simplified Management and Increased IT Control Industry’s Best Virtual Desktop Experience

+ Also….. VMware vCenter™ Operations for VMware View: Cloud Infrastructure Insight Performance and troubleshooting VMware Horizon Application Manager™: Your Personal Cloud Broker Broker access to application VMware Project Octopus: Your Personal Data Cloud Online storage VMware Personal Cloud Applications: Share More, Send Zimbra and Socialcast

+ VMware Certifies vSphere™ 5 To Run on Open Compute Project Architecture PALO ALTO, Calif., May 3, 2012 VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, today announced that it has joined the Facebook Open Compute Project, with VMware vSphere® 5 now certified to run on open AMD- and Intel-based hardware according to the project’s specifications. The Open Compute Project is an initiative created by Facebook to increase technology efficiencies and reduce the environmental impacts of datacenters. The new certifications enable users of Open Compute servers to virtualize production workloads, including business-critical applications, using validated joint solutions.VMware vSphere® 5Open Compute Project These platforms are listed on the VMware Compatibility Guide.VMware Compatibility Guide

+ VMware Insight Magazine Read how one growing business used virtualization and management tools to reduce costs and improve customer service. Learn how to optimize your virtual environment with VMware IT management solutions.

+ VMware To Acquire Wanova, Intelligent Desktop Solutions Provider PALO ALTO, Calif., May 22, “Today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Wanova Inc.,a leading provider of intelligent desktop solutions that centralize and simplify the management of physical desktop images while enabling users to take advantage of the native performance of a PC. “Wanova Inc.,

+ VMware View™ Leads the Small and Mid- sized Business Segment with the Majority of Desktop Virtualization Installations 12.html PALO ALTO, Calif., May 8, html Spiceworks Study Finds Desktop Virtualization Market Poised to Grow Among SMBs in 2012 “today announced the results of a recently commissioned study conducted by Spiceworks that investigated desktop virtualization industry trends among small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs). The research revealed that more than 60 percent of SMBs who responded to the survey plan to roll out or evaluate desktop virtualization in In addition, the study showed that VMware View™ is the leading desktop virtualization solution deployed by SMBs. “VMware View™

+ VMware Cloud Infrastructure Validated by SAP for Virtualization of SAP’s Database Portfolio 12.html PALO ALTO, Calif. -- (May 14, 2012) 12.html SAP® Sybase® Adaptive Server® Enterprise (SAP Sybase ASE) running on VMware vSphere® has achieved high performance levels comparable to results of physical infrastructure.VMware vSphere®

+ One of Windows Server 2012's secret weapons: Hyper-V Replica There are more than 300 new features coming in Windows Server One worth noting is Hyper-V Replica “The list of new features in Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V is staggering but the new one that stands out to me is Hyper-V Replica (HVR). HVR is built into Hyper-V at no extra cost and is designed specifically for those branch offices and small/mid-size enterprises that cannot afford an expensive SAN-based or host-based replication solution with their required expensive bandwidth. In fact, HVR has been designed to work on commercial broadband with no special hardware. “list of new features in Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V is staggeringHVR is built into Hyper-V at no extra cost

+ Microsoft Private Cloud Computing Book Nearing The Stores Microsoft Private Cloud Computing Book Nearing The Stores

+ New Jump Start! Windows Server 2012! jump-start-who-s-ready-for-windows-2012-register-now.aspx Microsoft Learning and the Windows Server Product Marketing team are excited to bring you a new two-day Jump Start covering Windows Server 2012! Of course, the entire IT industry is excited about this new release and we believe this Jump Start will show you why. On June 21-22, from 9:00am – 4:00pm PDT, join Microsoft Senior Technical Evangelist Rick Claus and Microsoft Partner Corey Hynes as they walk you through their personal favorite feature sets and answer why and how each can improve your day-to-day IT environment.

+ Citrix Project Avalon Delivers Windows as a Cloud Service SAN FRANCISCO » 5/9/2012 “Today, at Citrix Synergy™, the conference where cloud computing, networking and virtualization meet, Citrix announced Project Avalon, the next phase in the evolution to transform any Windows application or desktop into a cloud service delivered across any network, to any device.”Citrix Synergy™ Project Avalon empowers customers to rapidly deploy personalized Windows apps and desktops in a private cloud across single or multiple sites, and to utilize public clouds in a “capacity on demand” fashion in support of business initiatives such as business continuity, integrating mergers and acquisitions, or offshoring projects.

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