Brian Ducharme

Brian Ducharme

Brian is an event reporter for VMBlog.com and an expert in virtualization/cloud techonlogies.  In his 15+ years of experience in the virtualization/cloud field he has interviewed hundreds of companies, users and executives.  Brian has been an active member of the NEVMUG (NEVTUG) since 2006 and attends both vmworld and Citrix Synergy every year.  Brian works full time as a Senior Software Engineer for Liquidware Labs.

Brian also spent 5 years as the managing editor of Virtual Strategy Magazine, an online magazine focused on the virtualization industry and has been with vmblog since 2011. He has a background in Computer Graphics, Marketing, Programming, Web Design, Mobile App Development, Linux Administration and is an active member of the NHJS group. 

 

VMblog visits the Liquidware booth during VMworld 2018 in Las Vegas to learn more about new features in FlexApp, ProfileUnity and Stratusphere.

ProfileUnity, is designed for all Windows workspaces - physical, virtual, cloud, and RDSH - with policy, profile and security management in one solution. The FlexApp application layering solution (which is also available as a standalone solution) is integrated, delivering applications instantly.

Finally, their in the guest user experience monitoring and visibility solution, Stratusphere UX, has been deployed in many enterprises as its metrics supports image and infrastructure design for optimum desktop environment performance.

August 29, 2018

Pivot3 - vmworld 2018

VMblog visits the Pivot3 booth during VMworld 2018 in Las Vegas to learn about its Intelligence Engine and Hyperconverged solutions.

Pivot3 is a unique player in the market, with industry-leading performance and technology as the backbone of hybrid cloud, Internet of Things and smart city initiatives. Its Intelligence Engine with priority and policy-based management is unlike anything else available in the market, and compared to other hyperconverged infrastructure solutions, Pivot3 provides 9X performance, 3X VM density, 25% less hardware and 62% lower latency.

August 29, 2018

Densify - vmworld 2018

VMblog visits the Densify booth during VMworld 2018 in Las Vegas. Densify solves a cloud management challenge which is the inability to automate the process of quickly and correctly identifying the right resources for their applications. Densify makes applications self-aware of their exact resource requirements, enabling them to automatically optimize themselves 24/7, both on-premises and in the cloud. This could be considered a ‘next-generation' cloud optimization service.

August 28, 2018

vembu - vmworld 2018

VMblog visits the Vembu Technologies booth during VMworld 2018 in Las Vegas.

Vembu has been delivering simplified and powerful backup and cloud services through its portfolio of products to SMBs. Its flagship offering - Vembu BDR Suite - is an all-in-one solution that addresses the various backup, recovery, replication and DR needs of a diverse IT environment. At VMworld they introduced Vembu Business Essentials exclusively for SMBs having 6 Physical CPU Sockets or lesser in their VMware or Hyper-V hosts. They also did a sneak peek at their upcoming 4.0 release.

August 28, 2018

Veritas - vmworld 2018

VMblog visits the Veritas booth during VMworld 2018 in Las Vegas. Visitors of the Veritas booth experienced a new simple User Experience. The new NetBackup 8.1.2 makes data protection simple with a web-based user experience to reduce common tasks to 3-4 clicks, self-service access for application and server administrators, and an extensive REST API library to power automation in #VMware environments with ServiceNow and other operations platforms. They could also learn how to expand data protection with instant access data inside VMware backup images located on #NetApp appliance storage, which includes new deployment options for either master server or #NetBackup CloudCatalyst. They could also see how to get instant business value and data protection with a simple #AWS and VMware hybrid solution, as well as simple #hyperconverged data protection for VMware with CloudPoint. They also provided demos of Veritas Resiliency Platform and how it integrates seamlessly with VMware technology to move any workload through a single-click to a secondary VMware or AWS target allowing IT to better meet customer expectations.

VMblog visits the Runecast booth during #VMworld 2018 in Las Vegas. Runecast Analyzer is the industry-first product that correlates known issues from the #VMware Knowledge Base and other sources to discover problems with your VMware environment before they happen. Runecast Analyzer analyzes #vSphere logs in real time and performs complex configuration analysis in a matter of seconds, thanks to its patent pending rules engine. It can perform hundreds of thousands of checks in less than a minute. The Runecast team uses #AI assisted internal platform to continuously update the rules based Runecast Analyzer is fully on-premises highly scalable virtual appliance with minimal footprint. It's a simple OVA that takes minutes to deploy and configure. Runecast lets you take control of your entire SDDC stack - vSphere, NSX and vSAN. A single dashboard connects to all your vCenters and NSX Managers. Watch to learn more!

August 28, 2018

nanovms - vmworld 2018

VMblog visits the NanoVMs booth during #VMworld 2018 in Las Vegas. NanoVMs can produce incredibly tiny VMs - 10-20mb large. The reason they are so small is that they contain only a single application. This eliminates a lot of remote code execution attacks out of the gate by design but

August 22, 2018

Bitdefender

Bitdefender is led by a vision to be the most trusted cybersecurity technology provider in the world, which means constantly anticipating, innovating and going the extra mile.

We deliver robust security you can rely on. With a global security delivery infrastructure protecting half a billion users, visionary solutions, and a wealth of awards, we have been a trusted security provider since 2001.

Bitdefender works with government organizations, large enterprises, SMEs and private individuals across more than 150 countries. We are dedicated to providing solutions to each of their challenges and needs – and our dedication proves to be successful.

With over 1,300 employees, and a team of 600+ engineers and researchers, Bitdefender is one of the most innovative IT security software vendors in the world today.

Bitdefender has consistently produced award-winning business and consumer security technology, and is a provider of choice in both hybrid infrastructure security and endpoint protection.

Powered by its depth of security expertise and rapid pace of research and development, Bitdefender’s long-standing mission is to deliver transformative security technologies to the world’s users and organizations. We are innovators, creating breakthrough technology that radically improves our customer’s experience with security.

From IoT to Data Centers, from endpoints to hybrid infrastructures - Bitdefender plays a transformational role in how security is best consumed, deployed, and managed. We strive to deliver products and services that radically alter the customer’s experience with security, in terms of efficacy, performance, ease of use and interoperability.

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July 31, 2018

Liquidware

Liquidware is the leader in desktop transformation solutions for next-generation Windows physical and virtual desktops, including VMware Horizon, Citrix® XenApp and XenDesktop, as well as RDSH, DaaS (Amazon WorkSpaces) and cloud platforms. The company's innovative Stratusphere™ UX solution supports assessment, onboarding, monitoring and diagnostics of desktop environments. Liquidware’s award-winning ProfileUnity™ solution supports migration to current Windows OS and User Environment Management. FlexApp offers cutting edge application layering technology to support application delivery strategies. Liquidware’s solutions are available through a global network of partners. Visit www.liquidware.com for further information.

Website Links:
http://www.liquidware.com/products/stratusphere-ux
http://www.liquidware.com/products/profileunity
http://www.liquidware.com/products/flexapp


SPOTCHECK INSPECTION WITH STRATUSPHERE UX
http://www.liquidware.com/company/whitepapers/spotcheck-inspection-stratusphere-ux

USING PROFILEUNITY TO MIGRATE WINDOWS 7 TO WINDOWS 10
http://www.liquidware.com/company/whitepapers/using-profileunity-migrate-windows-7-windows-10

OPTIMIZING PERFORMANCE FOR OFFICE 365 AND LARGE PROFILES WITH PROFILEUNITY PROFILEDISK
http://www.liquidware.com/company/whitepapers/optimizing-performance-office-365-and-large-profiles-profileunity-profiledisk

July 23, 2018

IGEL

IGEL delivers powerful unified endpoint management software that is revolutionary in its simplicity and purpose-built for the enterprise. The company’s world-leading software products include the IGEL OS™, Universal Desktop Converter™ (UDC)IGEL Cloud Gateway™ (ICG)IGEL UD Pocket™ (UDP) and Universal Management Suite™ (UMS). These solutions enable a more secure, manageable and cost-effective endpoint management platform across nearly any x86 device. Additionally, IGEL’s German engineered and manufactured thin, zero and all-in-one client solutions deliver the industry’s best warranty (5 years), support (3 years after end of life) and management functionality. IGEL enables enterprises to precisely control all devices running IGEL OS as well as Windows OS from a single dashboard interface. IGEL has offices worldwide and is represented by partners in over 50 countries. For more information on IGEL, visit www.igel.com.

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