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VDI – Adding new life to aging desktops

Posted on 04/11/2014 by Mark Vaughn

Around 5 years of age, desktop computers may begin to lack the processing power required to meet the ever-growing demands of operating systems and applications. By this point, many people are looking to swap out desktops. With Windows XP finally … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, EMC, Presidio, Storage, Technology, VCE, VDI, Virtualization, VMware | Tagged Desktops, ROI

Blades rule! But don’t ignore the value of rack mount servers.

Posted on 04/07/2014 by Mark Vaughn

I have always liked blade servers, since I first began deploying blades on HP platforms. Then, when I was introduced to Cisco UCS blades, I saw that the data center world was being reinvented. In fact, when I left the … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, EMC, HP, Storage, Technology, UCS, VDI, Virtualization, VMware | Tagged Software Denied Storage, VSAN

VDC-OS: Is it finally here?

Posted on 09/20/2013 by Mark Vaughn

VMware first announced its concept of the virtual data center operating system (VDC-OS) at VMworld 2008. Paul Maritz, VMware Inc.’s CEO at the time, took the stage and began to share his vision of a software-defined data center. Maritz is … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Technology, Virtualization, VMware, VMWorld | Tagged Software-Defined Data Center, VDC-OS

The Changing Hypervisor Role

Posted on 06/20/2013 by Mark Vaughn

Not all hypervisors have reached a level of parity in features, functionality and performance (regardless of what some marketing campaigns might say). However, the virtualization heavyweights are beginning to see real competition, and they realize that the gaps between the … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Citrix, Linux, Microsoft, Technology, Virtualization, VMware | Tagged Feature Parity, Hypervisor

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