VMware Reveals New Offerings At VMWorld 2006 49
Nirav Mehta writes to mention a Techworld article about this past week's virtualization announcements at VMWorld 2006. VMWare had several new offerings in the event's third year. From the article: "VMware has released details of ACE 2.0, which is due for release towards the middle of 2007. The product, which was demonstrated in alpha at VMworld this week, allows administrators to distribute pre-packaged virtual machines to users in a secure manner. This means, for instance, that contractors can be allowed to attach to the enterprise network using their own laptops but only via the ACE VM. The new version was created, according to VMware, because users asked for greater control over the VMs, especially when, for instance, large numbers of remote users need to attach to the enterprise network. Other areas due for improvement include security and integration with enterprise management tools. "
Still Waiting... (Score:1)
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(It depends on your perspective; enterprisey customers probably think ESX is cheap, while whiteboxers think "OMG it costs more than the server".)
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In the enterprise, host-based virtualization is pretty much the whole market.
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Boy, I hate it when people get snarky on
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Doubles (Score:2)
It also doubles as a great data compressor!
Ok, ok, bad joke, I'll continue navigating with my Firebird browser.
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vmWare for the Mac... (Score:2)
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Seemed to work ok and didn't sound/look like it was a long way until release.
But I'm not a Mac person so I didn't pay that booth much attention, not that I paid the rest any more attention
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What I don't get, though, is why this even exists? Is it for simplicity's sake? Because for me it's easy to generate a clean VM with VPN and throw that out to any machines that need it. I didn't need a separate product to do this for me.
Not to troll, but wouldn't your average IT professional rather rely on tried and true methods as opposed to a rather exotic setup for their secure enterprise attachment need
Re:Huh? (Score:4, Insightful)
Its like anything related to desktop management -- you can of course do it on your own, but a tool can make it a lot easier and save a lot of time and money in the long run.
Disclaimer: I work for one of the companies building the competing products I think the AC was refering to.
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I'm not sure how simple that is to do if you're just distributing your own VM images.
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The only question I have is this: can that be reversed, either by the distributor or by hacking it? The former would be handy, the latter is a nightmare.
Also, this is a whole lot cheaper and easier than those self-destructing DVDs I've been working with. Man, it's a pain when those go off in my hand.
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This has happened almost every place I've worked with NT user accounts. Almost always, they expire on the day of the original contract expiration date - no matter what - doesn't matter of the contract was extended, or you flipped to be an employee.
-josh
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resize hd images (Score:1, Interesting)
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"vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -x 36Gb myDisk.vmdk" for instance would expand the disk to 36GB. You can also convert from automatically resizing to fixed and vice versa.
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I don't know about that, but with workstation:
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Besides, isnt all software free anyway ?
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What's the point? (Score:4, Insightful)
- Allow me to use my laptop on their network and allow me to connect to my company's network through their corporate network or through a dedicated network they've set up on the side, using a VPN client.
- Allow me to use my laptop on their network, but do not provide me with a network for reaching my company's network.
- Do not allow me to use my laptop on the corporate network, but instead provide a "standard laptop", same as the rest of the workforce is using or a desktop to use.
In the first case, I'm always more productive and cheaper per unit of delivery than the other options, because I've got all my tools setup and on average all software (except perhaps one or two apps) I need to perform my work already licensed. I'm also able to harvest the information, knowledge and assets available through my company's network. Some clients realize the benefit of this and instead regulate which tools I may use and what I may do while connected to their network by making me sign an agreement (along with the standard NDA).In the second and third scenario, clients still require me to sign the same "usage agreement" and NDA, so there really is no benefit for them from a liability standpoint. The risk is the same for all three cases and mitigated the same way (through agreements). On the downside, each unit I deliver costs more because I don't have my toolbox and don't have the software configured for optimal productivity. However I still deliver reasonable value per dollar spent because I am still able to leverage resources from my company by using my own laptop on the side (either through a client provided network or a 3G card).
There is really no benefit that I've witnessed from a client perspective in not allowing me to use my own machine and tools.
Now, the quoted statement of having me use my own machine coupled with the limitation of not having my tools available and also not being able to use the resources available through my company's network for the client's benefit seems like a worse situation for a client than any of the previous ones.
No matter from which angle I try comparing the three typical scenarios with using ACE for the suggested purpose, I fail to see the bottom-line benefits for a company relying on consultants / contractors.
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Now, the quoted statement of having me use my own machine coupled with the limitation of not having my tools available and also not being able to use the resources available through my company's network for the client's benefit seems like a worse situation for a client than any of the previous ones.
No matter from which angle I try comparing the three typical scenarios with using ACE fo
That's fantastic, but... (Score:2)
How 'bout getting DX9 working, or maybe allowing the virtual machine direct access to the graphics card so it can use DX natively?
Still no Firewire support? (Score:3, Insightful)
I do this myself. (Score:2, Insightful)
Interesting bits from the show not mentioned (Score:2, Informative)
Most interesting comment - During Partner Day, Karthik Rau (the Vice President of Product Management) during his presention made a comment that 'Windows Vista may be the last OS of it's type', which drew a gasp from partners around me. Hyperbole? Well, we'll see.
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