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Written by David Davis, VCP, the intention of this blog is to share with readers the most relevant and important information, news, tips and tweaks for all aspects of Virtualization, focusing on Microsoft Hyper-V. VMware, and Citrix. We will discuss topics such as high availability, migration, performance, recovery, product add-ons, and more. We will also cover practical information to help with administration and management of your virtualization infrastructure.

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Welcome to the Blog of Jason Conger. Here, we will focus on Server Based Computing environments including Microsoft Windows Terminal Services and Citrix Presentation Server, Application and Server virtualization, Application streaming and delivery technologies such as Microsoft Softricity, and many other server-centric topics. Also, I will point out tools and tips to help you with your Terminal Services environments.

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What are companies spending on M&A in the Virtualization space?: Date - Jun 30th, 2009; Author - Jason Conger; Back in 2007, Citrix acquired XenSource for a reported $500 million. A lot of people at the time either thought that was lunacy or brilliance. I remember someone asking Doug Brown about what he thought of the purchase during Citrix iForum 2008. Doug didn't skip a beat when he answered, "I think it is the best $500 million Citrix could have ever spent on marketing." I can 100% agree with that statement because any time an article or news source mentions VMware, Citrix XenServer is mentioned too. more...
Application Virtualizaiton Overview and Feature Matrix: Date - Jun 30th, 2009; Author - Jason Conger; The vendor landscape for application virtualization has continued to grow. The question a lot of people have when trying to choose a vendor in the application virtualization space is "which vendor is the best fit for my organization?". The answer to this question is naturally "it depends". more...
VMware releases VMware View Reference Architecture Kit: Date - Jun 30th, 2009; Author - Jason Conger; VMware recently made a VMware View Reference Architecture kit available for download. This reference architecture kit is contains papers written by VMware and supporting partners to serve as a guide to assist in the architectural design of large-scale VMware View based solutions. more...
Oracle snuffs out Virtual Iron after buying them: Date - Jun 30th, 2009; Author - Jason Conger; Just last month, software giant Oracle purchased Virtual Iron. Apparently, Oracle only wanted pieces of the company (like the VM management) as Oracle has killed the brand by firing all but 10 Virtual Iron employees. Also, just this week, Oracle has closed the Virtual Iron reseller channel. It is yet to be seen how much of the Virtual Iron IP will be integrated into Oracle's Oracle VM offering. more...
How to: Convert VMware Windows VMs to Citrix XenServer VMs: Date - Jun 29th, 2009; Author - Jason Conger; Now that Citrix XenServer 5.5 is free, a lot of people want to try it out to see if it can fill some of their virtualization needs. One of the strategies I have seen for people running VMware shops is to migrate some smaller workloads from VMware to XenServer. This gives them a nice introduction and way to compare functionality and performance. more...
7 Awesome Things you can do with Hyper-V: Date - Jun 28th, 2009; Author - David Davis; My friends over at Train Signal just posted a new article that I think all the Virtualization Admin's would be interested in! Checkout: 7 Awesome Things you can do with Hyper-V. more...
VIDEO - vSphere in a Box - Running VMware ESXi 4 inside Workstation: Date - Jun 28th, 2009; Author - David Davis; I am working on my new Train Signal VMware vSphere training course. It will soon be released but, until then, click on the video below to watch an 18 minute demo that shows how to run VMware ESX 4 / vSphere inside VMware Workstation. This is a great way to test and learn about VMware ESX 4 / vSphere and, best of all, using evaluations, you can do it all at no cost for 60 days. . more...
VMware's vSphere vCenter Linked Mode is awesome!: Date - Jun 28th, 2009; Author - David Davis; vSphere has a ton of new features, without doubt. In my opinion, one of the features that doesn't get a lot of press is the new vCenter Linked Mode. No, this isn't important for small companies but it could be a huge feature for any company that has multiple virtual infrastructures requiring multiple vCenter servers. That's because with the new linked mode, you can manage multiple vCenter servers from a single vSphere Client. more...
Disappointed with Oracle killing Virtual Iron: Date - Jun 28th, 2009; Author - David Davis; I admit it, I'm not a Virtual Iron user but I did attend a seminar on it and I was impressed with what they were offering and the low cost that they were offering it for. When I read the story about how Oracle bought, then killed Virtual Iron's product line, I was disappointed (see VirtualizationReview.com - Oracle Kills Virtual Iron). It was a good product, why kill it? It served a purpose to thousands of SMBs. more...
What does Hyper9 offer you?: Date - Jun 25th, 2009; Author - David Davis; Likely you saw my blog post about how you can Manage VMware and Hyper-V with your iPhone or Blackberry using Hyper9's VMM. However, Hyper9's core business is not mobile management, it is their Hyper9 flagship product. Their hyper9 tool collects information on your virtual infrastructure and provides "higher intelligence" (as they call it). more...