février 2013

Several months back, I got up in this forum to talk about some good stuff for the branch office from our friends at Riverbed. As part of that discussion, I described a tech-preview of a VDI deployment architecture where the virtual desktops themselves are distributed to servers in the branch, while management stays centralized at the datacenter.  Well, today I’m excited to announce that we’re moving out of tech-preview and into full support of distributed branch architectures with partners like Riverbed, Ciscoand... [Lire la suite]

Are you wondering about licensing for the new VMware Horizon Suite and each of its component bundles? Following is a quick guide to Horizon Suite licensing. Because of the preponderance of multiple devices per person in the workplace, VMware decided to go with named-user licensing for the Horizon Suite. Why? Named-user licensing allows each named user to access the Horizon Suite from any of their devices. The Horizon Suite is software for a mobile workforce. An end user can sit at their desk and access their... [Lire la suite]

Did you know that with Windows Server 2012 you can now backup Hyper-V VMs with very little effort and very little configuration? Now, I'm not recommending that you throw out your existing enterprise backup system and standardize on Windows Server Backup in 2012, especially if you are using products like System Center Data Protection Manager (which is fantastic for backup) or Veeam or others. But, in a pinch Windows Server 2012's backup is quite handy. Before you can use Windows Server Backup, you must add that feature from Server... [Lire la suite]

The IT world never stands still. External forces are always conspiring to ensure that change is the only constant for IT organizations. It seems like just yesterday that IT spent most of its time focusing on only managing – employees. IT supported desktops that were owned by the company and were running company owned software. Those desktops traversed company-owned networks to company-developed applications, running on a company-owned server in a datacenter owned and operated at the company. It was in this more centralized world... [Lire la suite]

Welcome to 2013, the era of multi-device mobile workspace, BYOD and the consumerization of IT. Let’s explore each of these. Consumerization of IT doesn’t mean encouraging your users to use unaccountable, non-compliant consumer services to get their work done. But it does mean that IT has competition! IT is no longer the only game in town. Users are far more sophisticated in 2013 – they use tools and technologies in their personal lives and woe to the IT organization that doesn’t provide access to modern easy to use, business... [Lire la suite]

Avec Knox, Samsung entend fournir une solution de sécurisation des usages professionnels sur les terminaux Android. Samsung intensifie son offre de solutions de sécurité mobile pour les entreprises. Dans le cadre du Mobile World Congress de Barcelone (MWC), le constructeur annonce Knox (inspiré du Fort américain éponyme). Une solution dédiée à l’environnement Android pour l’heure. Accessible depuis une simple icône, l’environnement Knox de Samsung (ou un partenaire) se distingue par le petit logo du... [Lire la suite]

Crédit Photo: D.R En présentant ses résultats, le groupe Schneider n'a pas manqué de souligner l'importance de ses offres solutions. Sa division APC by Schneider Electric recrute et forme de nouveaux partenaires pour ces offres destinées aux petits et moyens datacenters. APC by Schneider (*) compte  un canal historique dédié à la distribution des onduleurs et un canal issu d'APC plus tourné vers l'informatique. La société propose en indirect des onduleurs, des racks, du software (avec l'offres InfraStruXure) et tout ce qui... [Lire la suite]

I recently spent some time experimenting with a really cool tool found only in the VCSA (vCenter Server Appliance) called vcsim, short for vCenter Simulator. I initially noticed vcsim during some of my early beta testing of vSphere 5.1 and during this period it is not uncommon to find various utilities and debugging tools used by developers and QE for testing. At the time, I was more focused on usability issues and reporting bugs with the product and I did not think much of this vcsim. It was only until recently, after talking to... [Lire la suite]

Last week, VMware made some major announcements with regard to the arrival of the Horizon Suite and the new pricing and packaging framework to simplify and unite the VMware EUC technologies for our customers.  This is a milestone for EUC because it marks a concerted effort by VMware to streamline the adoption and implementation of products into a solution stack that customers can easily procure and implement. One of the changes that was announced is that at the end of the year ThinApp will no longer be sold as a standalone... [Lire la suite]

  La filiale de Manpower, Proservia, ouvre plusieurs centaines de postes à l'échelle nationale, pour des missions sur sites clients ou depuis ses centres de services basés à Rennes et à Niort. Après avoir recruté 339 ingénieurs en France en 2012, Proservia table sur 500 embauches supplémentaires en 2013. Cette campagne permettra à la filiale de Manpower, spécialisée dans l'infogérance d'infrastructures, de renforcer ses activités en ingénierie, projets et infogérance. Les profils recherchés sont variés : il s'agit de... [Lire la suite]