ben.hamilton.id.au » Virtualisation http://ben.hamilton.id.au what I find interesting in tech and CRM Sun, 13 Nov 2011 21:37:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Chrome VMWare http://ben.hamilton.id.au/general/chrome-vmware?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chrome-vmware http://ben.hamilton.id.au/general/chrome-vmware#comments Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:25:31 +0000 Ben Hamilton http://ben.hamilton.id.au/?p=118 Hey, this is cool, I’ve just realised that Chome will open the web interface of VMWare Server 2.0 – it didn’t last week. Neato. #]]> http://ben.hamilton.id.au/general/chrome-vmware/feed 0 What is VDI? http://ben.hamilton.id.au/virtualisation/what-is-vdi?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-is-vdi http://ben.hamilton.id.au/virtualisation/what-is-vdi#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:58:10 +0000 Ben Hamilton http://ben.hamilton.id.au/virtualisation/what-is-vdi Continue reading →]]> Found this VERY interesting read on the state of VDI: #

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) is not a product. You can’t call up a company and ask for 5 licenses of VDI. It is concept comprised of multiple solutions or products to achieve a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (though recent announcements have Citrix XenDesktop as a single product that comes very close). The concept of VDI virtualizes desktops operating systems (Vista, XP, Linux, etc) and deliver the remote view of the desktop via a display protocol. In addition, there will be management and control systems to manage the provisioning/deprovisioning of virtual machines and applications. #

All in all a comprehensive look at some of the players, the concepts and a comparison. If your looking to understand a little more about remote desktops this is a read for you. #

update: Forgot the link! Here it is now:  The Current State of VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (Thanks Stephen) #]]> http://ben.hamilton.id.au/virtualisation/what-is-vdi/feed 6 Security isn’t virtual http://ben.hamilton.id.au/virtualisation/security-isnt-virtual?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=security-isnt-virtual http://ben.hamilton.id.au/virtualisation/security-isnt-virtual#comments Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:56:52 +0000 Ben Hamilton http://ben.hamilton.id.au/virtualisation/security-isnt-virtual Continue reading →]]> When speaking with some people, it has been evident that they figured virtual servers were more secure than traditional physical servers. #

This quote: “I don’t want to be reverse engineering our products to find exploits or figure out signatures, fundamentally, that means we have to partner. Fortunately, there is a bunch that are happy to partner and I encourage that.” by VMware founder and chief scientist Mendel Rosenblum certainly indicates that there are security concerns (found via: VMTN Blog). #

My take on it is this: not only do virtual servers have the same set of security issues as a physical server, but because there are now ‘more components in the system’ there are also more ‘points of failure’, that is, there are now more things to consider in order to make things safe. #

Update 21st Sept 2007 3:32pm: see this on latest VMware bugs. #]]> http://ben.hamilton.id.au/virtualisation/security-isnt-virtual/feed 0