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Updated Enterprise hypervisor comparison

Erik Scholten — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:03:49 +0000

During the last few years we published several Enterprise Hypervisor comparisons and we got very positive comments and feedback on it. With the release of vSphere 5, XenServer 6 and a service pack for Hyper-V it was time for an update. It very interesting to see how some of the products have improved over the [...]

by Erik Scholten

View 4.6 vs XenDesktop 5

Sander Martijn — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:42:51 +0000

The competition in the VDI space is fierce and VMware is slowly closing the gap with the features their products are offering compared to the competition. Although the gap is closing VMware is still very much in the lead when it comes to setting up and administrating the virtual environment. On the YouTube channel vmwareview there [...]

by Sander Martijn

VMware is still the best!

Alex Muetstege — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 10:38:53 +0000

Of course we all knew that already Paul Venezia posted an in depth article on Infoworld where he compares the four main server virtualization software competitors on a selection of criteria. Now, you can nit-pick on the measurements he made or the criteria he has chosen, but in general I think it’s a solid test [...]

by Alex Muetstege

Comparing RemoteFX to RDP, ICA/HDX, EOP and PCoIP

Anne Jan Elsinga — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 11:07:59 +0000

One of my coworkers pointed me to a video from this years Tech-Ed Europe about VDI protocols. Bernhard Tritsch did an interesting comparison between the different remote protocols used in today’s VDI solutions. In a 60 minute session Bernhard explains the differences between location (host vs client), type (hardware vs software) rendering and compression types (lossless vs [...]

by Anne Jan Elsinga

McAfee MOVE anti-virus

Erik Scholten — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 11:57:33 +0000

Last week we had a meeting with a McAfee Sales Engineer and he told us something I have been waiting for for a long time. McAfee now has a product especially for virtualized environments, McAfee MOVE (Management for Optimized Virtual Environments). After Trend Micro, McAfee is now the second anti-virus company, that I know of, [...]

by Erik Scholten

New Enterprise Hypervisor comparison

Erik Scholten — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 14:54:10 +0000

Last year we published an Enterprise Hypervisor comparison and we got very positive comments and feedback on it. During the last few weeks I received many update requests so I decided to update the old hypervisor comparison but this time I changed the setup a bit. Changes: No beta or pre-release versions are used. [...]

by Erik Scholten

Trade in XenApp for VMware View part 2

Alex Muetstege — Fri, 21 May 2010 19:08:58 +0000

It is always nice to see how Citrix fan-boys reacts on publications about VMware View. Especially when it comes to an comparison or XenApp for View trade in. It is often said that Citrix listens to their customers but they are seldom heard! People need simple solutions in a complex IT world. Why pay for [...]

by Alex Muetstege

Trade in XenApp for VMware View

Alex Muetstege — Thu, 20 May 2010 07:00:50 +0000

As a reaction on the Citrix program to trade in your VMware View licenses for XenDesktop, VMware comes with a program to trade in your XenApp licenses for VMware View. The trade in program is quite simple: For the price of 3 years XenApp SA (€ 182,-) you will get View Premier and 3 years [...]

by Alex Muetstege

A ‘real life’ View, XenDesktop, Microsoft VDI comparison

Erik Scholten — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:16:00 +0000

After attending the dutch Citrix Partner Exchange 2010 I realized that there is a lot of FUD out there: in the Citrix community with regards to VMware View and PCoIP; with me personally with regards to XenDesktop (no F, but a lot of UD) This is also what we saw when Alex shared his experience [...]

by Erik Scholten

Yet another experience posting: Citrix XenDesktop 4 Express – part 1

Alex Muetstege — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 14:00:18 +0000

Two months ago, I heard Citrix was giving away a free VDI version called XenDesktop Express for a maximum of 10 users. The general idea is that you can experience the Citrix product advantages without investing anything but time and hardware. I downloaded it but didn’t have time to actually get some hands-on experience until [...]

by Alex Muetstege