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Monday November 20, 2006

Sun Desktop Virtualization Solution White Paper - Part2

Ok, I am getting overwhelmed with requests now after VMworld and Sun's Immersion Week. This is a good thing trust me, I am not complaining. We have been secretly working on some sauce for VDI based solutions. It is a long story actually, and I will not go into it now. If we ever come across each other in person just ask and I will give you the whole story. It really was secret, even my really really good buddy thinguy did not even completely know :) I felt bad because he just found out this past week at Sun's Immersion Week what we had been working on. I usually share everything but I really did keep forgetting to tell him with everything that is going on. 

We started talking about the VI Access Kit openly at VMworld. Simply put, the VI Access Kit is the glue between Sun Desktop Infrastructure Products and VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure. It introduces the ability to automate virtual desktop lifecyle management for virtual desktop environments. We introduce a concept we call a factory which dynamically creates the virtual desktops on the fly based a few different variables. It also handles the pooling and recycling of virtual desktops as well.

 The demonstrations at VMworld were well received. We are marching forward as fast as possible cleaning it up and writing part two of the Sun Desktop Virtualization solution white paper. In this paper we will explain the architecture, how its implemented and how to deploy it. We are also releasing it on a limited basis to customers moving to a VDI based solution as well.

Please bare with me, I am hammering away at the white paper as fast as possible. I hope to have  it finished in a few weeks. I am really trying to make that goal so we can push it  through the machine and get it out to you.

Stay tuned.....