V3 Systems will be acquired by Sphere 3D

We are very excited to announce our being acquired by Sphere 3D!!!

Since day one at V3 Systems we have been focused on moving desktops to the cloud where they belong. As we began, the hurdle of performance was the biggest deterrent, particularly at scale. As an appliance company with drop in guaranteed performance we received almost instant validation. It has been exciting as we have grown to watch as the industry moved from disbelief to an expectation of performance.

As a combined company yet wholly owned subsidiary of Sphere 3D we are excited to continue our pursuit of moving desktops to the cloud where they belong. We have talked for a long time about the belief going back to the early desktop days of Windows and Apple that my desktop should be available to me where ever I am. The benefits of a cloud based managed desktop moves desktop and mobile device management to a place where it is both affordable for everyone and realistic to have desktops and applications which are available anytime, anywhere, outperforming “physical desktop only” architectures in every way.

Sphere 3D brings a lot to our table and it will be very exciting to participate as new architectures which bring us closer to our desktops and applications conforming to our environment become available through service providers and partners showing us how content is best produced from the desktops we are familiar with, but with new features which only cloud based applications and desktops can provide.

As a startup in VDI we have had to deal with the successes and failures of so many of those that came before us. It seems there will be many that are the critics as well as the advocates that almost seem to flip flop when it comes to predicting success and failure of desktops and their roles in the cloud. We have read as the mobile world has brought about many that say the desktop world is shrinking while the mobile device world is growing. We have seen only growth when it comes to all of the growth and predicted growth as we describe what is really happening as a holistic content creation and management solution which incorporates the desktop, applications, and the information we interact with and become available in the way we want it, when we want it, where every we might be, utilizing the best devices and technologies available at the time.

This new combined relationship with Sphere 3D brings mobile application technology which when combined with V3’s Desktop Cloud Orchestration technology brings true hybrid Desktop as a Service as well as hybrid Applications as a Service where the lines between on premise systems, local systems, and cloud systems blur together to become just MY system and my ability to be productive once again increases exponentially.

V3 Systems and Sphere 3D bring together thought leadership in virtualization, applications, desktops, management, appliances, and service providers that will continue to grow quickly so that you can package your desktop, application, and information experience into the ways which best suit you and your environment. Whether you are just wanting a virtualized application experience on premise, local, and in the cloud linked with your perspective information, or want to add the desktop availability and management to your complete experience, any IT department, small company, or the largest enterprise will be able to simply create policies like never before which change how we look at our content creation experience as well as how we view and interact with the information we produce and use every day.

Truly we are excited about this acquisition and view it as not an exit, but as an ideal marriage for a next phase of growth and development. Now that the performance bar has been raised for desktops, and applications, can we raise it again? Yes!!!!! Can we deliver never before seen levels of SLAs which are not just competitive, but deliver experiences in services which have not been available to many market places before? Yes!!!!

Watch as this story continues to unfold and more great stuff rolls out. It will begin to happen quickly and will continue to be a great ride as our passion to move desktops and applications to the cloud continues to show how old metrics are outdated and need revision. We look forward to sharing our new stuff with you and hearing your ideas and feedback as great new architectures unfold for the marketplace before us.

Click Here to read the press release.

Virtual Desktops V3 Video

Virtual Desktops allow you to compute from wherever, however, and whenever. Whether that is on an iPad, thin client, or phone. V3 Systems is the hardware and software that makes virtual desktops possible. For more information on how you can test out your own virtual desktop please visit www.v3sys.com

Novell Open Enterprise Server 11 SP2

novellWhat’s New in Open Enterprise Server 11 SP2

Small enhancements that make a big difference

 

Novell Open Enterprise Server 11 SP2 continues to give you the industry’s most advanced file and print services on the latest SUSE Linux Enterprise platform. You get so much more than the best Linux platform—you get it along with all the extras that only Novell can offer, including significant administration improvements that come with SP2:

  • Better, faster installation. We’ve made two main changes to the installation process. First, we created an express installation that requires minimal user intervention. Second, you can now clone a server running Open Enterprise Server after installation or upgrade.
  • Unified quota management. Dynamic Storage Technology now provides a unified quota management system so you can manage disk space easier. You can easily add, modify or delete directory quotas or user-space quotas on your primary volumes, then transfer those same settings for your secondary volumes.
  • Tools that improve management. Novell Open Enterprise Server 11 SP2 gives you the tools you need, including a new Novell Remote Manager health monitoring function; plugins to monitor and manage a Common Internet File System (CIFS) or Apple Filing Protocol (AFP); a utility to identify files and folders with obsolete owners; and the ability to delete dynamic leases in DNS.
  • File and Storage Services. We’ve introduced better integration with third-party antivirus, backup and hardware security module (HSM) solutions for file and storage. Now it’s easier to protect and back up your storage.
  • Domain Services for Windows. We’ve introduced a new sites and subnets feature that lets you configure multiple sites, even though domain controllers might be geographically distributed. Also, with the new Novell client support, Windows operations like domain login and password change will work.
  • NetIQ eDirectory 8.8 SP8. NetIQ eDirectory 8.8 SP8 offers improvements in scalability and performance. It now takes advantage of a server’s processing power, resulting in faster change processing by orders of magnitude. In addition, the new version of eDirectory includes a new iManager and LDAP enhancements that allow for improved integration with LDAP applications.

Novell Filr en iPrint werken samen met Samsung KNOX

Novell Filr en iPrint zijn beschikbaar op het zakelijke beveiligingsplatform KNOX van Samsung. Door KNOX te combineren met Filr en iPrint kunnen organisaties hun gebruikers een gebruiksvriendelijke, veilige manier bieden om bestanden te delen en mobiel te printen. Samsung KNOX beveiligt zakelijke gegevens op Android. De privacy van de gebruiker wordt daarbij niet geschonden omdat de zakelijke en persoonlijke omgevingen op het apparaat worden gescheiden.

Horizon View™ 5.3 Now Available!

The VMware End-User Computing team is pleased to announce the general availability of VMware Horizon View 5.3 and the Horizon View 5.3 Feature Pack.
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Announced earlier this month, VMware Horizon View 5.3 with the latest Feature Pack brings full workstation-class user experience with high-performance 3D graphics with vDGA, media redirection of H264 encoded Windows Media files to Windows clients, support for Windows 8.1 desktops, support for deploying Windows Server 2008 as a desktop, enhanced abilities to access virtual desktops from any HTML5-capable web browser and a brand new way to use Horizon View in Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) deployments using View Direct Connect.

In addition to Horizon View 5.3, we released the new Horizon View 2.2 clients last week that complement Horizon View 5.3. The new Windows client supports H264 media redirection, the Linux clients brings Real-Time Audio-Video and the new iOS client is optimized for iOS 7 including the new iPads.

For more details on the Horizon View 5.3 release, read the release announcement or get all details in the Horizon View release notes and documentation.

For more details on the Horizon View Clients 2.2 release, read the release announcement or get all details in the client release notes and documentation.

Stay tuned for upcoming blog posts with more details on storage optimization enhancements, workstation-class graphics with vDGA, improved HTML access and other new features in Horizon View 5.3.

Click here to download Horizon View 5.3.
Click here to download the Horizon View Clients 2.2.

We hope you enjoy the new Horizon View releases!

Install VMWare View Horizon linux Client on OpenSuSE – PCiOP

How to Install VMWare View Horizon Linux Client 2.1 on OpenSuSE

Download VMWare View Horizon Client for Linux 2.1
Install libatk-1_0-0-32bit, libgtk-2_0-0-32bits, libgthread-2_0-0-32bis, libpng12-0-21bist, libopenssl0_9_8-32bis, , libXtst6-x32 and gt2-theming-engine-adwaita-32bit

Extract vmware-view-client-2.1.0.tar.gz and sudo cp /usr/* /usr/ -r
start VMware View Client /usr/bin/vmware-view

instructions for VMware View Horizon 2.2 for linux flows as it is out.

Marc