http://www.vmware.com/support/product_renaming.html

Old Name –> New Name

VMware VirtualCenter –> VMware vCenter Server

VMware Lifecycle Manager –> VMware vCenter Lifecycle Manager

VMware Converter –> VMware vCenter Converter
(for the version integrated into vCenter)

–> VMware vCenter Converter Standalone
(for the separately downloadable version)

VMware Lab Manager –> VMware vCenter Lab Manager

VMware Stage Manager –> VMware vCenter Stage Manager

VMware Update Manager –> VMware vCenter Update Manager

VMware Site Recovery Manager –> VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager

VirtualCenter Foundation –> vCenter Server Foundation

VMFS –> VMware vStorage VMFS

VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure –> VMware View

Virtual Desktop Manager (VDM) –> VMware View Manager

VMware Administrator Interface –> VMware View Administrator

VDM Agent –> VMware View Manager Agent

VDM Web Access –> VMware View Portal

VDM Client for Windows –> VMware View Client for Windows

VDM Client for Linux –> VMware View Client for Linux

The Cisco Unified Fabric – California – is getting a lot of buzz lately.

This video gives some idea of the implications…

“All your base are belong to us”

Let the debates begin…

Will IBM buy SUN as part of this?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/19/ibm_sun_deal_comment/

Juniper lowers CAPEX and OPEX and ensures flexibility and choice, and customer feedback verifies that we deliver a high-performance network.

http://forums.juniper.net/t5/Architecting-the-Network/California-Dreamin/ba-p/16488

http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2009/03/interesting-dialog-on-the-cisco-ucs-stuff-and-a-bit-of-detail.html

http://www.internetworkexpert.org/2009/01/01/nexus-1000v-with-fcoe-cna-and-vmware-esx-40-deployment-diagram/

http://www.breakingpointsystems.com/community/blog/unified-computing-begets-unified-testing