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vNews – May 2012With @Mike_Laverick and @Stu_McHugh ofwww.rtfm-ed.co.uk and www.stumchugh.wordpress.com

+On this Months vNews

VMworld voting open

New books

Blogger with Sheexy website

Icons, case studies, exams and videos

View 5.1

......and more!

+VMworld Voting for Sessions Open

And yes you can vote for yourself!

+New Books & Publications

VMware View 5: Building a Successful Virtual Desktop By Paul O'Doherty (VMware Press: Due Aug, 2012)

VMware Press Facebook Sweepstakes - http://ow.ly/aBkvE

+Gabrie Van Zanten gabesvirtualworld.com and @gabvirtualworld

He’s got a new blog design – very ssshexy!

+Eric Sloof (Independent) www.ntpro.nl and @esloof

New Icon Library for Q2/2012 http://communities.vmware.com/thread/400678

VMware vSphere Metro Storage Cluster Case Study http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/vsphr-cs-mtro-stor-c

lstr-uslet-101-web-1.pdf

VCAP5-DCD (Datacenter Design) Exam ready for scheduling

Video: Enabling Storage Accelerator in View 5.1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=X

EtGBbCHXHo by Cormac Hogan (@VMwareStorage)

+Andre Leibovici (VMware)

myvirtualcloud.net and @andreleibovici

A Raft of “What’s New” in View 5.1 Articles What’s New in VMware View 5.1 (Beyond Marketing) http://myvirtualcloud.net/?p=3194

+... Also coming up More View 5.1

Open Compute Project

VMware Insight Magazine

VMware View Leads the Small and Mid-sized Business

VMware Acquires Wanova

SAP for Virtualization

Hyper-V secret weapons

Books, training and little bit of Citrix…..

+VMware Advances VMware View™ and End-User Computing Solutions for the Post-PC Era

PALO ALTO, Calif., May 2, 2012

http://www.vmware.com/company/news/releases/vmw-euc-portfolio-05-02-12.html

VMware View 5.1: Simplifying the Delivery of a Better Desktop

Reduced TCO Simplified Management and Increased IT Control Industry’s Best Virtual Desktop Experience

+Also…..

VMware vCenter™ Operations for VMware View: Cloud Infrastructure Insight Performance and troubleshooting

VMware Horizon Application Manager™: Your Personal Cloud Broker Broker access to application

VMware Project Octopus: Your Personal Data Cloud Online storage

VMware Personal Cloud Applications: Share More, Send Zimbra and Socialcast

+VMware Certifies vSphere™ 5 To Run on Open Compute Project ArchitecturePALO ALTO, Calif., May 3, 2012 VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in

virtualization and cloud infrastructure, today announced that it has joined the Facebook Open Compute Project, with VMware vSphere® 5 now certified to run on open AMD- and Intel-based hardware according to the project’s specifications. The Open Compute Project is an initiative created by Facebook to increase technology efficiencies and reduce the environmental impacts of datacenters. The new certifications enable users of Open Compute servers to virtualize production workloads, including business-critical applications, using validated joint solutions.

These platforms are listed on the VMware Compatibility Guide.

+VMware Insight Magazinehttp://blogs.vmware.com/smb/2012/05/hot-off-the-virtual-press-vmware-insights-magazine-

issue-2.html

Read how one growing business used virtualization and management tools to reduce costs and improve customer service.

Learn how to optimize your virtual environment with VMware IT management solutions.

+VMware To Acquire Wanova, Intelligent Desktop Solutions Providerhttp://www.vmware.com/company/news/releases/vmw-wanova-05-22-12.html

PALO ALTO, Calif., May 22, 2012 “Today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Wanova Inc.,a leading provider of intelligent desktop solutions that centralize and simplify the management of physical desktop images while enabling users to take advantage of the native performance of a PC. “

+VMware View™ Leads the Small and Mid-sized Business Segment with the Majority of Desktop Virtualization Installationshttp://www.vmware.com/company/news/releases/vmw-smb-spiceworks-05-08-12.html

PALO ALTO, Calif., May 8, 2012 Spiceworks Study Finds Desktop Virtualization Market

Poised to Grow Among SMBs in 2012

“today announced the results of a recently commissioned study conducted by Spiceworks that investigated desktop virtualization industry trends among small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs). The research revealed that more than 60 percent of SMBs who responded to the survey plan to roll out or evaluate desktop virtualization in 2012. In addition, the study showed that VMware View™ is the leading desktop virtualization solution deployed by SMBs. “

+VMware Cloud Infrastructure Validated by SAP for Virtualization of SAP’s Database Portfoliohttp://www.vmware.com/company/news/releases/vmw-sap-database-05-14-12.html

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- (May 14, 2012) SAP® Sybase® Adaptive Server® Enterprise (SAP

Sybase ASE) running on VMware vSphere® has achieved high performance levels comparable to results of physical infrastructure.

+One of Windows Server 2012's secret weapons: Hyper-V Replicahttp://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/one-of-windows-server-2012s-secret-weapons-hyper-v-replica/12707http://www.aidanfinn.com/?p=11419

There are more than 300 new features coming in Windows Server 2012. One worth noting is Hyper-V Replica

“The list of new features in Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V is staggering but the new one that stands out to me is Hyper-V Replica (HVR). HVR is built into Hyper-V at no extra cost and is designed specifically for those branch offices and small/mid-size enterprises that cannot afford an expensive SAN-based or host-based replication solution with their required expensive bandwidth. In fact, HVR has been designed to work on commercial broadband with no special hardware. “

+Microsoft Private Cloud Computing Book Nearing The Storeshttp://www.aidanfinn.com/?p=12585

+New Jump Start! Windows Server 2012! http://borntolearn.mslearn.net/btl/b/weblog/archive/2012/05/23/new-jump-start-who-s-ready-for-windows-2012-register-now.aspx Microsoft Learning and the Windows Server Product

Marketing team are excited to bring you a new two-day Jump Start covering Windows Server 2012! Of course, the entire IT industry is excited about this new release and we believe this Jump Start will show you why. On June 21-22, from 9:00am – 4:00pm PDT, join Microsoft Senior Technical Evangelist Rick Claus and Microsoft Partner Corey Hynes as they walk you through their personal favorite feature sets and answer why and how each can improve your day-to-day IT environment.

+Citrix Project Avalon Delivers Windows as a Cloud Servicehttp://www.citrix.com/English/NE/news/news.asp?newsID=2324087SAN FRANCISCO » 5/9/2012 “Today, at Citrix Synergy™, the conference where cloud

computing, networking and virtualization meet, Citrix announced Project Avalon, the next phase in the evolution to transform any Windows application or desktop into a cloud service delivered across any network, to any device.”

Project Avalon empowers customers to rapidly deploy personalized Windows apps and desktops in a private cloud across single or multiple sites, and to utilize public clouds in a “capacity on demand” fashion in support of business initiatives such as business continuity, integrating mergers and acquisitions, or offshoring projects.

+…And Finallyhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18257043

Who bought Facebook shares?

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