Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware for $61 billion, finalized in November 2023, has sent shockwaves through the tech industry. The deal gives Broadcom a massive foothold in the enterprise market, with the potential to bundle its hardware offerings with VMware’s software suite. However, the acquisition has been met with mixed reactions from the VMware customer community, […]
An introduction to Hyper-V: What can it do for me?
VMware started a revolution with virtualization. Suddenly, you could use one server and installed several server operating systems on one physical server. You see, in the past, you needed one physical server for the one role. For example, one physical server was used for MS Active Directory; one server was used for the File and […]
OS and Application Virtualization for everyone
Not long ago running operating systems inside on top of the installed system seemed like impossible. Now almost every computer has the power to run multiple systems on a computer. You can run Linux, Multiple Windows, OS X and even Unix on top of your primary operating system. You can run OS X on a company […]
NAKIVO Backup & Replication v3.0 released
NAKIVO Backup & Replication v3.0 released New features: – Web inrerface is based on Web 2.0 technologies. User interface is web based and is completely responsive. That means that you can log in the the Nakivo console via your Computer, Tablet or even you phone. Interface will be adjusted in a way that important information is visible […]
PHDVirtual Backup & Replication 6.2 released
PHDVirtual Backup & Replication 6.2 released with new module called CloudHook New In 6.2 CloudHook for VMware: The easiest, most affordable solution for backup to the cloud PHD Virtual Backup 6.2 features the first installment of the new cloud strategy from PHD Virtual. It’s called PHD Virtual CloudHook, and it’s the first virtual data protection […]
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 5.1 Beta Released
Finally, VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 5.1 Beta Released. The most anticipated feature at least for me, is support for GPT partitions / disks. You see, I still have some servers to convert to Virtual infrastructure and once released I won’t have any excuses. What’s New The VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 5.1 Beta includes the following […]
Free tool: RVTools 3.5 Released
RVTools RVTools is a windows .NET 2.0 application which uses the VI SDK to display information about your virtual machines and ESX hosts. Interacting with VirtualCenter 2.5, ESX Server 3.5, ESX Server 3i, ESX Server 4i, VirtualCenter 4.0, ESX Server 4.0, VirtualCenter 4.1, ESX Server 4.1, VirtualCenter 5.0, VirtualCenter Appliance, ESX Server 5, VirtualCenter 5.1 […]
Veeam released Backup & Replication Cloud Edition
Veeam released Backup & Replication Cloud Edition Veeam just released Backup & Replication Cloud Edition. Cloud edition is all about… wel cloud. Now that cloud storage got cheap it really makes sense to send backups to cloud. Key features Cloud-agnostic Support for more than 15 different public storage clouds: Microsoft Azure,Amazon S3, Amazon Glacier,Rackspace HP […]
Review: Unitrends Backup
Recent events forced me to find a solution for backing up physical servers. I got spoiled a bit by virtual infrastructure and forgot how difficult it is to have a solution that in case of worst scenario works like charm. It’s important that backup is reliable and that restore to another server goes by the plan. Unfortunately, backup solutions […]
50 Free Oops! Backup licenses for ALL Hyper-V admins
Oops!Backup is Time Machine for Windows. Simplicity and reliability. Same experience Mac users have. You see, Mac OSX users have a great backup built right in to the OS. You don’t have to install anything. Just plug in the external HDD drive. Time Machine would ask you if you want to use that drive for the backup […]
