Malaysia VMware Communities » Vcloud http://malaysiavm.com/blog Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:54:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Require a vCloud Director Beta User http://malaysiavm.com/blog/require-a-vcloud-director-beta-user/ http://malaysiavm.com/blog/require-a-vcloud-director-beta-user/#comments Wed, 03 Nov 2010 15:14:31 +0000 jlchannel http://malaysiavm.com/blog/?p=2102

VMware vCloud Director was announced some time ago and it’s still consider new to me. I was contacted by William from StratoGen and they are looking for vCloud Director Beta user.

StratoGen will shortly be launching an exciting new cloud platform based on VMware vcloud Director. This breakthrough product offers a huge range of exciting features allowing you to build, deploy and manage your own private cloud using our class leading infrastructure.

Original message follows:
StratoGen are seeking experienced VMware users to join the StratoGen vCloud Beta Program which is based on VMware vCloud Director.

Beta testing is a crucial element in the cycle of our product releases, and we work closely with the VMware community to ensure our products are the best they can be. vCloud Director is a powerful but complex product and as such we are seeking experienced users to provide informed feedback on our product offering.

By participating in the program you will be provided with resources on our enterprise platform enabling you to build, deploy and manage virtual machines, vApps and networks using the StratoGen vCloud Director portal. You will be contacted on a periodic basis for feedback.

StratoGen is a leading VMware Service Provider Partner (VSPP) with an extensive cloud hosting platform based in London, UK.

If you would like to take part in the program please register at
http://www.stratogen.net/products/vmware-hosting-vcloud.html

]]> http://malaysiavm.com/blog/require-a-vcloud-director-beta-user/feed/ 0 VMware Accquire Zimbra to boost the vCloud Effort http://malaysiavm.com/blog/vmware-accquire-zimbra-to-boost-the-vcloud-effort/ http://malaysiavm.com/blog/vmware-accquire-zimbra-to-boost-the-vcloud-effort/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:04:42 +0000 craig http://malaysiavm.com/blog/?p=1715 VMware had officially announced the acquisition on Zimbra to boost the company vCloud effort. Zimbra provide free email client and collaboration software to the users. Zimbra was previously owned by Yahoo Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, VMware will purchase all Zimbra technology and intellectual property. Yahoo! will have the right to continue to utilize the Zimbra technology in its communications services, including Yahoo! Mail and Yahoo! Calendar.

You can view the official press release from VMware Official Website.

]]> http://malaysiavm.com/blog/vmware-accquire-zimbra-to-boost-the-vcloud-effort/feed/ 0 VMware ESX 4 http://malaysiavm.com/blog/vmware-esx-4/ http://malaysiavm.com/blog/vmware-esx-4/#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:02:17 +0000 craig http://malaysiavm.com/blog/?p=622 According to VMware Seminar today, the future of the VMware Enterprise Edition Virtualization which name as ESX 4 will be launched next year, will contain some of the features which been show case during the seminar to the public. Below is some of the information which had been shared by VMware for reference

1. 64 bits kernel VS the current 32 bits kernel on ESX server
2. Thin Provisioning
3. Fault Tolerance
4. 8 way virtual SMP
5. 256 GB memory per single VM

There are more to come in the road map of year 2009 which will be specified on the Vcloud, virtual data center and etc. At lease for today, this had been presented to the end user about some of the technology road map and features in the next version. ESX 4 is still under private beta test at this moment, which aim to be launched at 1st quarter next year.

]]> http://malaysiavm.com/blog/vmware-esx-4/feed/ 3