Expect over the next 6 months to see VMware’s net drag deeper and wider.
While VMware might have a a black eye with some clients due to the new FLEXnet licensing server. The technology is pretty mature and should be a better way than the old method; however VMware’s rollout of FLEXNet and their bottleneck with limited resources to deal with all that was new hit hard for a few weeks.
In June, VMware’s parent entity EMC Corporation announced the agreement to purchase RSA Security. VMware users’s should see why this may be of interest to them with secure , virtualized desktops. Expect to see something involving key fobs.
a key fob is a type of security token
The VDI story continues to get better, especially with financial services clients.
Many clients are looking to VMware for more of the VDI solution – look for VMware to sign an OEM agreement with one of the players here – Dunes, Propero or LeoStream – Propero seems to be the front runner.
If you’re one of those clients who was hit with a large upgrade quote for ESX3/VI3 (50K, 100K , more…), didnt plan on this so you don’t have a budget and you don’t want to pay TRIPLE for many items in 07 – there is another way…..to get your licences in late 06 before the price triples and pay in early 07.
If open to learning more , please call me at 603-315-5662
or my email is sshea@expert server.com.
Last Sunday was a BIG day in Milford, NH (caution proud parent alert) – my son Liam needed to play QB for the Milford Mustangs (ages 7-9) since one of the 2 QBs was hurt. Liam weighs 52 lbs so he needs to be quick and avoid a 80lb’er from hitting him. Well, the QB position and the shotgun formation seemed to do the trick for him as he scored on 2 touchdown runs of 18 and 82 yards. Yes 82 yards !
