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  VMware MVP runs multiple OSes on one phone

  02.26.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Oh yes…you read that right: this video shows a demo of a Nokia N800 running VMware’s MVP (Mobile Virtualisation Platform), a hypervisor which virtualises the phone hardware, basically allowing you to run most any mobile device OS or more than one at once. In this demo the phone is running Windows CE and Android at [...]

• ict / computers, networking

  Cisco Nexus 1000V – a true switch for Vmware

  02.25.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  The Cisco Nexus 1000V has been available for a while but I just realised I hadn’t raved about it yet, so here goes: it’s quite possibly one of the best examples of ‘technology A meets technology B and creates a beautiful baby’ I’ve seen in the past year. The ‘normal’ Cisco Nexus series of switches [...]

• ict / computers, networking

  Network performance on VMware

  12.08.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  For the past month or so I’ve been working on a problem a client has with his VMware farm(s). They’re using Vizioncore vReplicator to replicate VMs from their production farm (containing three VMware ESX 3.5 servers connected to an HP EVA fibre SAN) to their backup facility (two VMware ESX 3.5 servers with a similar [...]

• ict / computers

  VMware ESX 3i is now free

  07.30.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  As a professional user of VMware‘s Virtual Infrastructure 3 (and thus ESX Server 3, which is the backbone of the VI3 suite) I personally think VMware is the leader in virtualisation right now. But as virtualisation, server consolidation through virtualisation and “Green IT” are hot focus points in the industry at the moment, Microsoft, Citrix [...]

• ict / computers, work

  Tips for the VMware VCP exam

  07.28.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  As I’ve been studying (well…) for the VCP (VMware Certified Professional) exam over the past days, and here’s my take on getting ready for the exam: Take the VMV13IC course (not so much a tip, but an official  prerequisite for the exam) Splash out on the optional 5th day of the course, because it’s a [...]

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  Getting my brain detailed

  06.18.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  The blog is low on updates now, I’m getting my brain detailed on a VMware training this week. In case you’re wondering: it’s pretty good. Good teacher, and I’m actually learning some new facts and features here and there. Plus the lunches are good

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