Shared storage in server virtualization is a must-have for virtual machine live migration. Hyper-V supports multiple hosts accessing the same shared storage without corruption through the use of Clustered Shared Volumes (CSV). There are several things you need in order to get a CSV up and running: A private network: This can be an uplink cable from host A to host B or it can be an isolated VLAN with a private IP address space. more...
At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this year, OnLive debuted their OnLive Desktop product. This is basically a Windows 7 cloud desktop that runs on the iPad (and soon Android devices). This cloud desktop has Microsoft Office available as well as a few other applications. Files can be shared to your desktop by using OnLive Files. Check out the video below for a synopsis: [youtube]ql6VayueUjY[/youtube] So, this OnLive Desktop product has stirred up a lot of questions. more...
Amazon is the leader of public Infrastructure as a Service cloud offering. Amazon has long had a free Linux tier to try out AWS, but now Amazon is really trying to capture the Microsoft Windows crowd by offering a free instance of Windows Server for a year. Here are some of the details surrounding the free Windows instance: 750 hours of Amazon EC2 Microsoft Windows Server Micro Instance usage (613 MB of memory and 32-bit and 64-bit platform support) - enough hours to run continuously each month. more...
Although video isn't necessarily a business use case, the way a protocol handles high definition video can tell you a lot about how well the protocol will handle graphic-rich applications that are business critical to many companies. Login Consultant's Frank Anderson recently compared Citrix XenDesktop 5.5 (HDX) with VMware View 5 (PCoIP) and shared the results. more...
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