Score with Virtualization

We just got back from the Citrix virtualization seminar in Washington D.C.  The seminar was very informative with live demos of their products.  They pretty much covered all their virtualization products and how they work together: XenApp (application virtualization), XenDesktop (desktop virtualization), and XenServer (server virtualization).  They also had three of their customers come in to share their experiences with Citrix virtualization technologies.

Now for the free stuff.  Attendees received a small bag (man purse?), a notepad, a pen, and a 1GB flash drive.  Citrix XenServer is also now free with XenMotion (live migration) and XenCenter (let’s see how VMware responds to this ).  Picture of the free stuff below.

Free Stuff

Occasional Teleworkers On the Rise

Working from home is an increasingly popular option for U.S. employees - at least occasionally.

The number of U.S. employees, contractors and business owners who worked remotely at least one day per month increased 17% in the past two years, from approximately 28.7 million in 2006 to 33.7 million in 2008, according to global HR association WorldatWork. In the five-year period since 2003, the total number of once-a-month telecommuters in the U.S. has risen 43%.

Read the full article.

Citrix Virtualization Event

Our team is attending this event next week in Washington D.C.  Click here to register.  It’s free!

Score with Virtualization

Date: 2/24/2009
Time: 9:00 am EDT - 3:00 pm EDT
Location:
555 12th St NW
Washington, DC
Hosted by: Citrix Systems Inc.
Venue: ESPN Zone

Agenda

9:00am Registration, breakfast and partner networking
9:30am Opening remarks
10:00am Virtualization Today
10:30am Dynamic Demos
12:30pm Lunch with roundtable discussions
1:30pm Customer panel with moderator intro and Q&A
2:30pm Closing remarks, evaluations, and raffles

More info here: http://www.citrix.com/English/NE/events/event.asp?eventID=1685694

Untangle 6.1 Beta Now Available

The biggest change in 6.1 is it’s now based on Debian Lenny (kernel 2.6.26).  Here’s the full changelog.  You can download the beta here.

New Theme!

I finally got bored with my old theme (Talon) so I decided to change it to this.  I like the simple look/layout and it also has more options than my old theme, making it easier to customize.  This one has only one sidebar, giving my posts a little bit more space!

Here’s a screenshot of my old theme: