Monday October 30, 2006 Ponder This
Monday October 30, 2006 VMworld 2006 - The Fast Path to Desktop Virtualization
For anyone interested in Sun's Desktop Virtualization capabilities, I will be speaking at VMworld November 8th 2006.
We are also completing some new capabilities for the solution. The new capability is basically a small add on kit and collection of tools to simplify the lifecycle management of virtaul desktop instances. Currently, we are calling it the VI Access Kit. Unfortunately, my content was already submitted, and we will not cover these new features in any great detail. However, we are working quickly on another white paper that explains how it works, what it does and how you can leverage it. Stay tuned for more details on that.
I will be available most the week to field any questions you might have or for general discussions. You can either find me at the session or around the Sun booth. You can also visit the VMworld networking site and schedule a specific meeting time as well. This will ensure we can speak without any interruptions.
http://vmworld.leveragesoftware.com
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Wednesday October 18, 2006
Sun Desktop Virtaulization Solution White Paper - Published
The Sun Desktop Virtualization White Paper has been published externally. You can find it here
Sun Desktop Virtualization Solution
This version is an overview of how we use Sun's Desktop Infrastructure
Software along with VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3 to deliver desktop
virtualization solutions.
We are already in the planning phases of a second version that covers
more details of how it works and a new component, the VI access kit that adds the features
for VM provisioning from a single golden image, pooling, check-in,
check-out and other VM lifecycle management features.
Stay tuned... I will provide updates as we get closer to wrapping it up.
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( Oct 18 2006, 02:19:00 PM EDT )
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Tuesday October 17, 2006 Reuters selects Sun for Desktop Virtualization
Here is the first press release from the Reuters deployment of the Sun Desktop Virtualization Solution.
As one of the early customers to deploy our desktop virtualization solution, this was in my opinion the worst case deployment we could have taken on. Going after a developer environment is not an easy task as most developer environments typically have advanced needs and requirements. However, with the suite of applications that needed to be supported and the security goals the customer had, desktop virtualization was the best route to take. We were able to collect a ton of data on desktop virtualization from a real world deployment that allows us to help customers make the best decisions in even the most challenging environments.
Reuters desktop users will benefit from a seemless virtual desktop solution. Our solution is not what I call a “Desktop on a Desktop” similar to what session brokers such as Leostream, Propero and Citrix's RDB solution, due out later this year are. Most solutions being positioned as session brokers are webbased and require a thin client device or PC that has a browser and in some cases Java support. This means the end user experiance will require interaction wih the local device OS as well as the virtual desktop. In some cases, this could lead to dual licensing costs, added cost for the thin client management software and the continued day to day management of the end user device's OS. Because these solutions are typically webbased the use must gain access to the device and then launch a connection to the virtual desktop Tis is a non-seemless two step process. This can be a painful learning curve for most desktop users.
With the Sun Desktop Virtualization Solution users have a seemless experience when connecting to their virtual desktop. Because the Sun Ray virtual display client does not use a local OS. The virtual desktop is “Displayed” to the end user in a single seamless step. Statically assigned users are connected to a static virtual desktop and dynamic users are assigned a virtual desktop from a pool. It is a seamless experience to the end user. When connecting remotely using a secure remote access component we do leverage a webbased solution to simplify the deployment and any client device software management burden from the IT staff.
Our solution offers a seamless access tier that requires little to no management allowing the desktop management team to focus on the Virtual Desktop Tier. We can offer and end to end solution that delivers a Virtual Display client, session mobility from device to device, secure remote access, desktop application publishing, pooled VM's static VM's, VM recycling, load balancing as well as other features.
Monday October 02, 2006
Desktop Virtualization Day - Germany This week I leave for Germany. The bad part is, I will not get to
attend or participate in CEC. CEC is a yearly gathering of Customer
facing engineers at Sun. Its a great opportunity for networking and
learning. Every year I am invited to attend and most years I do.
The good part is I am going to Germany to meet with customers, partners
and sales and will be having another Desktop Virtualization Day. So far
these have been a great success. As I visit geographical
areas, I am trying to coordinate these prior to arriving. I work
with the local sales teams and bring in their partners and VMware and
we spend a day going over and discussing Desktop Virtualization
Solutions using Sun's Desktop infrastructure products and
components from partners.
This is where the real activity occurs front line with partners and
sales that are interfaced with their customers on a daily basis. This
allows for the opportunity to bring the local VMware, Sun and
joint partners together work toward the same goal.
If your interested in have a Desktop virtualization day in your area
shoot em a message and we will see what we need to do to pull
something together.
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( Oct 02 2006, 07:37:15 AM EDT )
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