Browsing Posts published in April, 2013

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn the April 2013 issue of VMUG Voice Magazine, there is a Featured Blogger about me: In this space, VMUG Voice features prominent VMware- and virtualization-focused blogs. This month we feature Andrea Mauro and his popular vInfrastructure Blog. Mauro has worked in IT since 1996 and held several technical certifications (including VCP, VCAP, VCDX, MCITP, MCSA, MCSE, CCA) and earned several accreditations and honors (including vExpert in 2010, 2011 and 2012). As CIO of Assyrus, an Italian IT company, Mauro is a virtualization expert, and he founded Italy’s VMware User Group. Check out Mauro’s blog, […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesVMware Press is a publishing alliance between Pearson and VMware, and is the official publisher of VMware books and training materials that provide guidance for the critical topics facing today’s technology professionals and students. There are several interesting book already available, and lot that must be published on the next months. Of course is not the only VMware books related repository, considering that some “best sellers” like (for example):VMware vSphere 5 Clustering Technical Deepdive and Mastering VMware vSphere 5. Also for certifications there are several other study books (like this one for VCP).

Reading Time: < 1 minuteYou have “only” 12 months to plan you upgrade (or better your migration) to Windows 7 or Windows 8. On April 8th 2014 Windows XP goes end of life (after a very long period)! Note that this will impact both Windows XP SP3 and also Office 2003. How migrate has not a single possible response: you can use VDI, but also other solutions like, for example, VMware Mirage, Liquidware solutions, Dell Quest Migration services, …

Reading Time: 4 minutesSoftware Defined Networking (SDN) is revolutionizing the traditional networking approaches that have become too complex, closed, proprietary and/or difficult to program. The technology has the potential to enable network innovation by allowing network owners and operators more control of their infrastructure, thus allowing customization, optimization, and the reduction in overall capital and operational expenses. SDN is still early in its lifecycle, and has not yet crossed the chasm. The technology today is maturing fast and growing its ecosystem, but there is still much to be discussed, explored, innovated and built. Analyst firm IDC predicts the […]

Reading Time: 4 minutesNAKIVO Inc. has announced (on 25 march 2013) that it has released NAKIVO Backup & Replication v3.0 with support for file recovery from local and cloud based VM backups, single click integration with Amazon cloud, and advanced reporting. Downloading an entire backup from the cloud to recover just a few critical files can consume an unacceptable amount of time. However, with NAKIVO Backup & Replication v3.0, files can be instantly accessed and restored from any VM backup, regardless whether it’s a few feet or few thousand miles away, enabling rapid operational recovery from anywhere, including […]

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