Is Your #VDI Storage Melting Down Under the Load?
[Editor's Note: following is a guest blog posted with permission from The Hot Aisle by GreenBytes Chairman Steve O'Donnell.] The demand for thin-client (VDI) deployments is increasing driven by a...
View ArticleOur #VAAI (Really) is Better Than Theirs
Since the introduction of VAAI storage acceleration for VMware, we have witnessed the “big guys” blogging on the performance boost provided by this technology. For those of you with real lives, VAAI is...
View ArticleAttack of the (FAT) Clones vs. The Pagefile Menace
In our last installment, we looked at the effect of VAAI acceleration on some key VMware provisioning operations. In this article, we examine the efficacy of inline deduplication technology applied to...
View ArticleLinked Clones: The Jar Jar Binks of Virtual Desktops
The following is for my fellow Star Wars fans: Remember the first time you sat down to watch Episode I: The Phantom Menace? Episode I, the much-anticipated prequel to the beloved Star Wars trilogy,...
View ArticleTechnology Predictions for 2013
Every year I spend time thinking about what changes we will see in technology during the next year. It’s always a tough call as most changes only gain a foothold slowly and gradually over time. They...
View ArticleCreating a Culture of Social Influence is Big for Small Business
[Editor's note: posted with permission from IBM's 'A Smarter Planet' Blog] By Stephen O’Donnell, GreenBytes Chairman and CEO As a child I noticed how small businesses relied on personal relationships...
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