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VMware View brings virtual desktops to iPad with touchscreen-friendly controls (video)

EasyReadArticles.com — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 12:00:00 +0000

Remote controlling your personal desktop from an iPad is one thing, but today VMware is offering something a little heftier — a streamlined app to connect to enterprise-class virtual desktops. Like Citrix Receiver, the idea is that you’ll get the iPad client for free, and hopefully pay to have the cloud computers served up, but instead of streamlining applications for tablet use, VMware’s app hands you customizable PC-like controls. There’s a handy-looking virtual touchpad you can use for fine control over the mouse cursor if your fingers prove too pointy, a set of Windows shortcut keys at the top of the virtual keyboard, multi-finger gestures and more — but why not just watch the video after the break to see what’s in store?

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VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V4]

Momo — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 07:11:22 +0000

Well on Monday I go for my course in Brisbane for VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V4]

I thought I’d put some notes up of my study and any other resources that I come across, what you may find handy is who, where and how much has it cost to take this course; information that wasn’t clear until I liaised with HP.

The course is under HP Education and payment can be made by:

Credit Card, Cheque, TrainingPack, CarePack ID or the option I have opted for; “Customer Account No.”

Price ex GST% was $3000.00 which course goes over 4 days in a classroom format, lunch is provided and approx class time is 7.5-8hrs per day.

Note. VMWare Education Services makes mention of Training Credits.. more info

I am doing my course in Brisbane, QLD Australia using the company:

Venue: CTS

LEVEL 6, 288 EDWARD STREET

BRISBANE QLD

If you plan on needing some accommodation The Treasury Brisbane Hotel is a short walk to CTS on Edward St, about 11 minutes walk (approx 800 meters)

A site I have found interesting with some good reading is Virtualised Reality here

Summary of VMWare Course: HH627S

Format: Classroom

Length: 4 Days

Overview

This hands-on training course explores installation, configuration, and management of VMware® vSphere™, which consists of VMware ESXi/ESX™ and VMware vCenter™ Server. Upon completion of this course, you can take the examination to become a VMware Certified Professional. The course is based on ESXi 4.0, ESX 4.0, and vCenter Server 4.0.
Students who complete this course may enroll in any of several more-advanced vSphere courses. See www.vmware.com/education for options.

Objectives

•  Install and configure ESX
•  Install and configure vCenter Server
•  Configure and manage ESX networking and storage using vCenter Server
•  Deploy and manage virtual machines
•  Manage user access to the VMware infrastructure
•  Increase scalability using vCenter Server
•  Monitor resource usage using vCenter Server
•  Apply patches using VMware vCenter Update Manager
•  Manage higher availability and data protection using vCenter Server

Best practices and lab exercises are interspersed throughout the course.

Who Should Attend?

System administrators, systems engineers, and operators responsible for ESXi, ESX, and/or vCenter Server

Prerequisites

System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems

Outline

Module 1: Course Introduction

Module 2: Introduction to VMware Virtualization

• Discussion of virtualization and vSphere components

Module 3: Configuring ESXi/ESX

• Configuration of ESXi and ESX

Module 4: Installing and Using VMware vCenter Server

• Install and configure vCenter Server, and use the VMware vSphere Client to manage vCenter Server inventory hierarchies

Module 5: Networking

• Configuration of vNetwork standard and distributed switches, network connections, and port groups

Module 6: Storage

• Storage management technologies

Module 7: Virtual Machines

• Deploy virtual machines using templates, VMware vCenter Converter, Guided Consolidation
• Modifying, managing, and migrating virtual machines

Module 8: Access Control

• Controlling user access through roles and permissions

Module 9: Resource Monitoring

• Workload assessment, monitoring using vCenter Server

Module 10: Scalability

• VMware VMotion™ migrations
• Setup of resource pools and VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler cluster

Module 11: High Availability and Data Protection

• Setup of a VMware High Availability cluster
• Backup and recovery of virtual machines using VMware Data Recovery

Module 12: Configuration Management

• Patching using vCenter Update Manager

Module 13: Installing ESX

• Installation of ESX

For more information go to VMWare Website

HDX versus PC-over-IP

Momo — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 02:45:09 +0000

Article posted by Brian Madden.

At a recent conference, I said, “The remote protocol no longer matters. Both options [Citrix HDX and VMware PC-over-IP] are good enough.” While I stand behind that statement — both protocols are good enough (with caveats of course) — that doesn’t mean that the remote protocol war is over.

For years, there were only two Windows remoting protocols: Microsoft’s built-in Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) and Citrix’s add-on Independent Computing Architecture (ICA). Lots of others popped up here and there, some standalone and some that enhanced RDP, but really it was RDP or ICA.

MIT researchers develop the most fabulous gesture control technique yet

EasyReadArticles.com — Mon, 24 May 2010 02:41:00 +0000

When looking for a cheap, reliable way to track gestures, Robert Wang and Jovan Popovic of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory came upon this notion: why not paint the operator’s hands (or better yet, his Lycra gloves) in a manner that will allow the computer to differentiate between different parts of the hand, and differentiate between the hand and the background? Starting with something that Howie Mandel might have worn in the 80s, the researchers are able to use a simple webcam to track the hands’ locations and gestures — with relatively little lag. The glove itself is split into twenty patches made up of ten different colors, and while there’s no telling when this technology will be available for consumers, something tells us that when it does become available it’ll be very hard not to notice. Video after the break.

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Flash 10.1 on Froyo goes tete-a-tete with Flash Lite 4 on Eclair: butter vs. stutter (video)

EasyReadArticles.com — Sun, 23 May 2010 04:33:00 +0000

Believe it or not, your newly-upgraded Nexus One isn’t the first Android smartphone to have Adobe Flash video capability, nor even the first to play said content on a 1GHz Snapdragon CPU — Europe’s been rocking the HTC Desire since April, which sports a little something called Flash Lite even on the older Android 2.1 OS. Will frozen yogurt outperform puff pastry on its home turf? Find out in a blind taste test video showdown after the break.

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Netflix iPad app updated to support video out to TVs and monitors

EasyReadArticles.com — Thu, 20 May 2010 01:13:00 +0000

We’re still not exactly sure why so many people have complained about the Netflix iPad app‘s lack of video-out support, but rest easy folks — your cries of despair have been heard. Version 1.0.2, now live in the App Store, supports video out using the component, composite, and VGA dongles, as well as addressing some lingering bugs. To be perfectly honest, we’d much rather stream Netflix in HD using one of the many set-top options out there while hanging on to the iPad for some casual surfing on the side, but we won’t tell you how to rock it… just so long as you rock it raw.

[Thanks, Dave]

Netflix iPad app updated to support video out to TVs and monitors originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 May 2010 21:13:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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iPhone OS 4 beta 4 drops in

EasyReadArticles.com — Wed, 19 May 2010 01:31:00 +0000

If you like living on the brutal, life-altering bleeding edge the same way we do, odds are you’ve got iPhone OS 4 beta 3 installed on that 3GS of yours — assuming you have an iPhone 3GS, naturally. That also means that you’ll likely be interested to hear that beta 4 is now out and ready for you to download, install, and not brick your phone if everything goes according to plan, just as long as you’ve got access to an Apple iPhone Developer Program account. Go forth, intrepid readers — and do report back on your exploits, won’t you?

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

iPhone OS 4 beta 4 drops in originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 18 May 2010 20:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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HTC Hero spied with Cox firmware?

EasyReadArticles.com — Tue, 18 May 2010 02:27:00 +0000

We’ve known for some time that Cox — a name traditionally associated with cable television — is on the cusp of turning over its trial CDMA networks in a handful of markets to the public as it marches towards LTE on a swath of 700MHz bandwidth, but what we don’t know is the kind of hardware selection we can expect once these guys go live. Take it for what you will, but it seems that an unbranded CDMA HTC Hero that looks suspiciously like Sprint’s version of the handset has just changed hands on Craigslist, and — you guessed it — it’s got a Cox splash screen when you power it on. Cox’s strategy boss said just last week in an interview with Light Reading Cable that there’d be Android devices in the mix for the launch, but he played coy when pressed on details; the Hero could certainly be on the short list, but doesn’t it seem a little long in the tooth to kick off a brand new network launch? Of course, this could be a hoax or a cobbled-together prototype to help test the trial network, so we’ll just have to hang tight and see how this cookie crumbles; in the meantime, follow the break for the damning video evidence of the Cox Hero in the wild.

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HTC Hero spied with Cox firmware? originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 17 May 2010 21:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Radio Shack taking EVO 4G preorders for $50 deposit, will toss in $20 for accessories

EasyReadArticles.com — Fri, 14 May 2010 23:47:00 +0000

Between Sprint and Best Buy locations, there shouldn’t be any shortage of opportunities to score an EVO 4G next month — assuming inventory holds up, of course — but Radio Shack’s getting in the game, too, and it’s sweetening the deal just a little bit. If you reserve a phone prior to launch by purchasing a $50 gift card (which you’ll presumably use in June to help pay for the purchase), they’ll toss in a $20 credit toward accessories when you come back in. Of course, these days, that doesn’t even get you all the way to affording a freaking wall charger, but it’s better than a punch in the nose.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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