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1 Workday Full Performance 55% Less Power

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This morning, I had this video that shows VMware’s Distributed Power Management (DPM) in action come across my inbox this morning.  DPM is an idea that is easy to understand but hard to visualize at times, this video makes DPM crystal clear.  It was created by a number of VMware engineers just before VMworld 2008.

Today, every enterprise is looking at ways to save money and help the environment…turning off the computers (in this case expensive power sucking servers) when they are not needed is an easy way to achieve both.

Update: For some reason the formatting of the blog theme is messing with the embedding of the video. I’ll work on fixing this in the next day. Until then, click through on first link for video directly from YouTube.

Update 2: Formatting was adjusted, the inline video should no longer looked “squished”.

VMware View 3 Released

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Today VMware announced the general availability of VMware View 3.  VMware View is more than just the next release and rebranding of VMware’s VDI solution, it is the first step in the vClient initiative that was announced at VMworld 2008.

VMware View 3 is the solution that allow corporate desktops to be centrally managed and run from within the data center.  VMware View consists of the following pieces:

  • VMware View Composer – utilizes Linked Clone technology to speed the creation of virtual desktops while reducing the operating cost of the desktops through utilizing less storage
  • VMware ThinApp – enables simplified application packaging and deployment to virtual desktops and allows the application layer to be separated from the Operating System layer
  • Offline Desktop – provides the flexibility to intelligently and securely move virtual desktops between the data center and a local laptop or desktop (experimental mode only)
  • Unified Access – provides end users with a single point of access to seamlessly connect to their desktop environment and administrators with a single point of administration
  • Virtual Printing – enables end users to print to any local or network printer without installing specific printer drivers
  • Multimedia Redirection – improves the user experience with rich multimedia playback capabilities processed remotely in the data center and delivered to the end user’s device

In the past few weeks I have been briefing a number of my Fortune 500 clients on the VMware View solution for managing their desktops.  VMware View allows them to reduce not only their capital expenditures but also their operational expenditures while providing a much more secure and robust desktop experience to their end users.  These same benefits can be applied to companies large and small.  VMware even provides a TCO/ROI calculator that incorporates all the new benefits of VMware View 3, so you can measure the benefits yourself.

I’ll be sharing more of my experiences working with these customers and VMware View in the comming months.

Virtualization Forums in Boston & San Diego

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VMware is holding a pair of Virtualization Forums, one day mini-conference designed to bring together virtualization experts and clients from within a region of the United States.  There are two Forums happening in December:

  • December 3, 2008: San Diego
  • December 11, 2008: Boston

A customer of mine attending one last year in Atlanta and indicated it was an excellent networking and learning event.  If you happen to be in one of these two cities, look into attending the Virtualization Forum.