EMC today releases its Project Lightning PCIe flash cards. The 300GB VFCache cards are used to cache and store information directly on the server. This acts as a bridge between the storage layer and the processor offering very high throughput and low-latency alone the way.   Couple this with FAST – Fully Automated Storage Tiering [...]

  Kingsoft Office Suite Free 2012 is a free office suite that offers a number of features for creating, viewing and editing personal and business documents. Kingsoft Office Free 2012 includes Kingsoft Writer, Kingsoft Presentation and Kingsoft spreadsheets. These three reliable and versatile programs are perfect for both personal use at home and for professional [...]

Mozy Stash is now in public Beta.   A new product arrives into public beta from Mozy.  Mozy Stash is a file syncronisation feature that allows users to keep their most frequent data up to date.  Once you place a file in your stash it becomes available across all your computers instantly – no need for a [...]

Over 1 million IT pros rely on SolarWinds free network monitoring, application monitoring, and storage monitoring tools.   Download yours today! Inactive User Account Removal Tool Enables you to scan Active Directory and optionally remove users who have not logged in for a certain amount of time  Inactive Computer Account Removal Tool Enables you to scan [...]

From the How to series – Bootable ESXi 5 USB in 5 easy steps   ESXi 5 has been out in the wild for quite some time now and most of you should be looking at upgrading at some stage.  Here is a quick way to make a bootable USB stick in 5 easy steps… [...]

If you have to enter credential twice when accessing VMware  check the following: Confirm that the Agent/Client installation or configuration is correct. During installation, select Log in as current user. Verify that disclaimers or login banners are not being used when using PCoIP as the display protocol.  This issue occurs if a legal disclaimer GPO is configured. When this [...]

If you are having issue with multi-monitor setting while using PCoIP resulting in any of the following Unable to connect to a multi-monitor PCoIP session on a VMware View virtual desktop Sessions do not span the desired number of screens Sessions span in the middle of your displays Check the following: Ensure that sufficient video memory (VRAM) is configured [...]

  System Center 2012 Server Management Licensing License required only for endpoints being managed.  Consistent licensing model across editions.  Same capabilities across editions differentiated by virtualisation rights.        To be released in two editions:  Datacenter: Maximizes cloud capacity with unlimited Operating System Environments Standard: For lightly or non-virtualised private cloud workloads. Both editions have the [...]

Sure we know all about the cloud – or do we.   Technology has moved at an unbelievable pace over the past few years.  The days of having the standard windows/UNIX, storage, network engineers, while still valuable may be numbered.  No longer can you just rely on this to get by, achieve company goals and [...]

If you need to download a copy of VMware Tools manually then click the following link http://packages.vmware.com/tools   You will see the available options.  There are quite a few but then VMware supports multiple OS’s so that’s to be expected Browse to the required directory and click to download Run the installer and away you go.