Microsoft to forbidd virtualization?

On a not-so-serious side… MSTV where at Banverket (where I do some consultant work) a while ago and shot a film for a case study…
The ending isn’t the best for Microsoft Sweden.

Forbidden = “Förbjudet” in swedish.

Source: http://www.microsoft.com/Virtualization/casestudy-banverketict.mspx


SCCM 2007 R2

Wooohoo.

SP1 beta for SCCM is out… Ok, thats nice… but I want to check out the R2-beta.

Application Virtualization Management support

More at Omar’s blog


VMware to Acquire Thinstall

Looks like Microsoft Softgrid/Application Virtualization is gonna get some more competition… VMware have a huge customerbase.

VMware is excited to announce the acquisition of Thinstall, a complementary virtualization solution provider. By using Thinstall’s unique, agentless application virtualization technology, desktop administrators can realize immediate benefits. Thinstall enables the rapid delivery of complex software applications cost effectively and with increased security. Thinstall products require no pre-installed software on physical clients, no new deployment infrastructure or systems management tools, and make it easy for IT staff to quickly, safely and securely deploy virtualized applications.

http://www.vmware.com/company/news/releases/thinstall.html