Choosing an integrated solution to host your VMware View virtual desktops can simplify your infrastructure and ultimately reduce costs associated with storage administration, power, and cooling costs. We put one such solution that combines processors, memory, and local storage, the Pivot3 vSTAC VDI P Cubed Appliance, to the test to see how many VMware View virtual desktops the solution could host while delivering acceptable performance.
As our tests show, the vSTAC VDI P Cubed Appliance can host up to 105 concurrent typical medium-workload users on VMware View virtual desktops.
Nutanix NX-2000 Series Complete Cluster with VMware View: An integrated VDI s...Principled Technologies
Choosing an integrated solution to host your VMware View virtual desktops can simplify your infrastructure and ultimately reduce costs associated with storage administration, power, and cooling costs. We put one such solution that combines processors, memory, and local storage --the Nutanix NX-2000 Series Complete Cluster--to the test to see how many VMware View virtual desktops the solution could host while running the Login VSI medium workload.
As our tests show, the Nutanix NX-2000 Series Complete cluster can host up to 200 concurrent typical medium-workload users on VMware View virtual desktops.
1) End user computing is an increasing phenomenon where end users such as managers and knowledge workers develop their own applications to meet information needs, as IT departments are often unresponsive.
2) This gives rise to both benefits like more responsive systems and risks like redundant resources, poor system design, and security issues.
3) The CIO role is important to manage information resources, build partnerships, improve processes, and provide reliable services while communicating in business terms.
Presentation end-user computing in the post-pc erasolarisyourep
VMware provides a platform to help organizations transition to the post-PC era by connecting, managing, and simplifying access to users, desktops, applications, and data across any device. The platform includes View for virtual desktops, Horizon for mobile workspaces, Project AppBlast for universal application access, and Project Octopus for secure data services. This allows IT to accelerate the transition while delivering delighted users through a common managed infrastructure.
VMworld 2013: End User Computing Solutions for Financial ServicesVMworld
VMworld 2013
Muthu Somasundaram, VMware
Erick Stoeckle, Northrim Bank
Learn more about VMworld and register at http://www.vmworld.com/index.jspa?src=socmed-vmworld-slideshare
Journey to end user computing dallas vmug may 2013Tommy Trogden
This document discusses end user computing and virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI). It addresses the changing nature of end user devices and access to computing resources. It also summarizes different VDI technologies like VMware View and Citrix XenDesktop. Key topics covered include VDI storage mapping and optimization, managing IO storms, considerations around persistent versus non-persistent desktops, and best practices for developing a holistic EUC strategy. The document recommends an all-flash storage array approach that can support both persistent and non-persistent desktops from the same infrastructure.
Technology Controls in Business - End User Computingguestc1bca2
The Use of Spreadsheets: As it relates to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
The use of spreadsheets in financial reporting and operational processes, is a key tool for some corporations, and is an integral part of the information and decision-making framework.
VMware End User Computing allows organizations to simplify desktop management, increase security and control, and provide end users flexibility. Key capabilities include VMware View for virtual desktop infrastructure, Persona Manager for user personalization, Composer for image management, ThinApp for application packaging, and Horizon for centralized management. When implemented, it can reduce costs, increase security and compliance, and provide end users an always-available desktop that can be accessed from any device.
Nutanix NX-2000 Series Complete Cluster with VMware View: An integrated VDI s...Principled Technologies
Choosing an integrated solution to host your VMware View virtual desktops can simplify your infrastructure and ultimately reduce costs associated with storage administration, power, and cooling costs. We put one such solution that combines processors, memory, and local storage --the Nutanix NX-2000 Series Complete Cluster--to the test to see how many VMware View virtual desktops the solution could host while running the Login VSI medium workload.
As our tests show, the Nutanix NX-2000 Series Complete cluster can host up to 200 concurrent typical medium-workload users on VMware View virtual desktops.
1) End user computing is an increasing phenomenon where end users such as managers and knowledge workers develop their own applications to meet information needs, as IT departments are often unresponsive.
2) This gives rise to both benefits like more responsive systems and risks like redundant resources, poor system design, and security issues.
3) The CIO role is important to manage information resources, build partnerships, improve processes, and provide reliable services while communicating in business terms.
Presentation end-user computing in the post-pc erasolarisyourep
VMware provides a platform to help organizations transition to the post-PC era by connecting, managing, and simplifying access to users, desktops, applications, and data across any device. The platform includes View for virtual desktops, Horizon for mobile workspaces, Project AppBlast for universal application access, and Project Octopus for secure data services. This allows IT to accelerate the transition while delivering delighted users through a common managed infrastructure.
VMworld 2013: End User Computing Solutions for Financial ServicesVMworld
VMworld 2013
Muthu Somasundaram, VMware
Erick Stoeckle, Northrim Bank
Learn more about VMworld and register at http://www.vmworld.com/index.jspa?src=socmed-vmworld-slideshare
Journey to end user computing dallas vmug may 2013Tommy Trogden
This document discusses end user computing and virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI). It addresses the changing nature of end user devices and access to computing resources. It also summarizes different VDI technologies like VMware View and Citrix XenDesktop. Key topics covered include VDI storage mapping and optimization, managing IO storms, considerations around persistent versus non-persistent desktops, and best practices for developing a holistic EUC strategy. The document recommends an all-flash storage array approach that can support both persistent and non-persistent desktops from the same infrastructure.
Technology Controls in Business - End User Computingguestc1bca2
The Use of Spreadsheets: As it relates to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
The use of spreadsheets in financial reporting and operational processes, is a key tool for some corporations, and is an integral part of the information and decision-making framework.
VMware End User Computing allows organizations to simplify desktop management, increase security and control, and provide end users flexibility. Key capabilities include VMware View for virtual desktop infrastructure, Persona Manager for user personalization, Composer for image management, ThinApp for application packaging, and Horizon for centralized management. When implemented, it can reduce costs, increase security and compliance, and provide end users an always-available desktop that can be accessed from any device.
The document discusses how end user computing is undergoing massive transformation due to new trends like consumerization of IT, bring your own device (BYOD), and the rise of mobile applications and platforms. IT now has to manage a more diverse end user landscape of personal and corporate devices, applications, and data. The VMware Horizon suite aims to enable this transformation by simplifying desktops and applications into centralized services that can be delivered and managed securely across any device. Key Horizon products discussed include Horizon View, Horizon Mirage, and Horizon Workspace.
VMware End-User-Computing Best Practices PosterVMware Academy
This document provides best practices for configuring and managing various VMware Horizon and related products in a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) environment. It includes recommendations for installing and updating agents in the proper order, sizing infrastructure components appropriately based on the number of users and sessions, optimizing master images, balancing performance and cost considerations, and leveraging tools like App Volumes and User Environment Manager to improve management and end user experience. The document emphasizes the importance of testing, monitoring, and following established norms and limits to ensure a reliable and scalable VDI deployment.
VMworld 2014: End-User Computing for the Mobile-Cloud EraVMworld
VMware presented on end-user computing for the mobile-cloud era. The presentation discussed VMware's vision of providing a secure virtual workspace to allow users to work at the speed of life. It highlighted VMware's comprehensive portfolio for desktop and application virtualization, mobile device management, and secure content management. It also demonstrated new innovations in VMware Horizon 6 including centralized image management, unified workspace, and hybrid brokering.
Notes from the field - End User ComputingJames Charter
Long View Systems presentation to VMware Knowledge Series on End User Computing. What are we seeing in the field in EUC, what are some approaches for success that can be applied to make projects and adoption more successful.
Master the Ever Expanding Puzzle of End-User Computing with a Strategy and Ro...Info-Tech Research Group
Develop a strategy and roadmap to fit all the end-user computing pieces together and prioritize trends in your organization.
Your Challenge
The end-user computing landscape continues to grow more and more complex.
Developing a strategy and roadmap that meet the capabilities of IT and the needs of end users is more and more important.
Organizations need to focus on more than just the technology – people and processes need focus too.
Our Advice
Critical Insight
The number of options available for end-user computing today—complicated by trends like mobility, consumerization, and BYOD—can be overwhelming for infrastructure managers developing a long-term strategy.
Blindly following trends results in wasted effort and spending when initiatives have not been designed to fit together.
An end-user computing strategy is not only about technology. Processes and people are equally important if a strategy is to be successful.
Most strategies are stuck years in the past. Users have evolved faster than IT. Catch up, and ensure that your strategy is ready for the next decade.
Focus on the user, not the device. A locked-down PC is obsolete.
Impact and Result
A well-planned end-user computing strategy can:
Improve the lives of users by enabling access to company resources in a way that fits their use cases.
Improve the lives of IT by implementing the most efficient tools for deploying, managing, and supporting end-user computing resources.
Improve the business by reducing wasted spending and identifying new revenue opportunities enabled by new end-user computing trends.
Develop an end-user computing strategy and roadmap that fits all the pieces together, and then communicate the plan with a set of simple documents.
VMworld Europe 2014: What’s New in End User Computing: Full Desktop Automatio...VMworld
This document discusses integrating VMware's cloud orchestration and desktop virtualization products. It begins with an agenda for the presentation and then discusses the goal of using cloud and automation to enable organizations. It describes how integrating vCloud Automation Center (vCAC) and VMware Horizon View can provide workflow control, approval tracking, and self-service for end users and delegated administrators. The rest of the document covers prerequisites, configuring workflows in vCenter Orchestrator, lessons learned, and frequently asked questions about the integration.
08 opportunities in_warehouse_process_development_after_a_pick-by-voice_imple...ECR Community
This document discusses the benefits of implementing a voice-directed picking system and automated warehouse trucks. Key points include:
1) A voice-directed picking system was implemented, improving accuracy to over 99.98% and increasing productivity by 15-35% by streamlining the picking process.
2) Automated warehouse trucks escort pickers and autonomously deliver empty containers and dispatch filled orders, eliminating non-productive walking. This cuts 30 minutes of picking time per run down to 16 minutes, a productivity increase of 87.5%.
3) By gaining this increase through fewer pickers, the example estimates replacing 50 pickers with only 27 while maintaining the same productivity.
During the session I would like to bring basic concepts about the performance testing and highlight the activities,
that we are running in CTCo. I believe, that primary audience for this session
would be test engineers, that do not have experience in this activity and would like to gain some knowledge in this area.
A database server health check involves analyzing the hardware, operating system, database software, and application to ensure optimal performance. Key aspects to monitor include response times, server load, capacity, and signs of potential issues. Regular load testing can help identify performance bottlenecks by simulating expected usage patterns and measuring system behavior.
SPICE MODEL of 11DQ04 (Standard Model) in SPICE PARKTsuyoshi Horigome
SPICE MODEL of 11DQ04 (Standard Model) in SPICE PARK. English Version is http://www.spicepark.net. Japanese Version is http://www.spicepark.com by Bee Technologies.
This document provides an agenda and overview of VMware solutions that can be presented, including profiles of eSky IT and VMware's vision, as well as discussions of VMware vSphere, vCloud Suite, vCenter Operation Manager, and VMware Health Check Service. Key aspects of the VMware software-defined data center approach are explained such as abstracting, pooling, and automating infrastructure resources.
Dell PowerEdge R720 with Samsung SSDs and Windows Server 2012: Supporting vir...Principled Technologies
As your business implements a virtual desktop solution, selecting the appropriate server is critical. In our hands-on tests, the Dell PowerEdge R720 with Samsung SM825 200GB SSDs supported 60 virtual desktops with resources to spare. This makes it an excellent choice for supporting your remote office workers now and in the future.
This document discusses software evolution visualization (SEV). It begins by introducing software visualization and how information visualization techniques can be applied to software. SEV aims to facilitate software comprehension by visualizing how software systems evolve over time. The document reviews the state of the field, including common data sources, metrics, perspectives, strategies, and goals of SEV research. It also presents examples of SEV tools and discusses challenges in the area, such as evaluating SEV approaches. Finally, it outlines the goals of the author's own SEV research group, which are to help developers build InfoVis tools and help analysts use such tools for software maintenance.
How to survive your migration to Microservices? LeanIX Co-CEO André Christ shared insights and learnings at the WeAreDevelopers Conference in Vienna 2018. LeanIX just completed its transition from a classical, monolithic application in LAMP stack to a state-of-the-art Microservices application based on REST-APIs, GraphQL.
The document outlines the process of refining a mobile app's user interface over multiple versions. It describes prototyping an initial version, testing it on iPhone and for usability, gathering user feedback, and iteratively releasing new versions with interface improvements. The final version, 1.2, is released in March 2011 along with an announcement that the company is hiring.
Andrey Adamovich - Enterprise flight into DevOps space - ConFuDevConFu
Enterprise adoption of DevOps is something that is already happening, but like
with other trendy methodologies it happens quite differently with different
level of success. This presentation accumulates speaker's experience in helping
different size organizations to implement DevOps initiatives and gives
interesting real life examples: war stories, jokes, myths.
During last years we accumulated a lot of experience helping our clients
automating their JVM projects starting from automated deployments and ending
with fully automated production infrastructure configuration.
What is continuous deployment? Why design for continuous deployment? How can engineers help designers think and work in this environment. An overview of how it's done at Etsy.
This document provides an overview of testing for continuous delivery using Visual Studio 2012. It discusses how Visual Studio 2012 helps speed up and automate re-testing through features that remove roadblocks in testing and debugging. The guide shows how to record and replay manual tests, transform manual tests into automated tests, monitor tests passed, and create unit, load, and performance tests. It also covers setting up the tools in Visual Studio 2012 and 2010 needed for testing, including Team Foundation Server, build systems, and lab environments.
Energy smart grid-analytics and insights of Intelen patented TechnologyVassilis Nikolopoulos
This document discusses how Intelen uses big data analytics to optimize smart grids. Intelen analyzes large datasets from smart meters and sensors to find correlated customer energy usage patterns and recommend dynamic pricing. It also analyzes building data to find optimal energy efficiency strategies. Additionally, Intelen analyzes microgrid data to find optimal renewable energy balancing nodes and nodal pricing. Intelen develops advanced algorithms to handle petabytes of real-time data and provide stream analytics, predictive maintenance, and personalized services for utilities and customers.
The document discusses Rubinius, an alternative implementation of the Ruby programming language. It highlights how Rubinius aims to improve performance, tooling, and developer experience over time compared to other Ruby implementations. It provides an example of how profiling can help identify and address slow parts of code. The document encourages readers to try Rubinius and shares how its memory layout is optimized compared to other Ruby implementations.
Alexei Vladishev - Zabbix - Monitoring Solution for EveryoneZabbix
Zabbix is an open source monitoring solution that can monitor all levels of infrastructure across various platforms. It uses triggers to define problems and collects data through active and passive agents to analyze metrics and detect issues. When problems occur, Zabbix can automatically react through escalation procedures that include notifications, tickets, and restarts. It is highly scalable and offers features like anomaly detection, forecasting, and event correlation for complex environments.
The document discusses how end user computing is undergoing massive transformation due to new trends like consumerization of IT, bring your own device (BYOD), and the rise of mobile applications and platforms. IT now has to manage a more diverse end user landscape of personal and corporate devices, applications, and data. The VMware Horizon suite aims to enable this transformation by simplifying desktops and applications into centralized services that can be delivered and managed securely across any device. Key Horizon products discussed include Horizon View, Horizon Mirage, and Horizon Workspace.
VMware End-User-Computing Best Practices PosterVMware Academy
This document provides best practices for configuring and managing various VMware Horizon and related products in a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) environment. It includes recommendations for installing and updating agents in the proper order, sizing infrastructure components appropriately based on the number of users and sessions, optimizing master images, balancing performance and cost considerations, and leveraging tools like App Volumes and User Environment Manager to improve management and end user experience. The document emphasizes the importance of testing, monitoring, and following established norms and limits to ensure a reliable and scalable VDI deployment.
VMworld 2014: End-User Computing for the Mobile-Cloud EraVMworld
VMware presented on end-user computing for the mobile-cloud era. The presentation discussed VMware's vision of providing a secure virtual workspace to allow users to work at the speed of life. It highlighted VMware's comprehensive portfolio for desktop and application virtualization, mobile device management, and secure content management. It also demonstrated new innovations in VMware Horizon 6 including centralized image management, unified workspace, and hybrid brokering.
Notes from the field - End User ComputingJames Charter
Long View Systems presentation to VMware Knowledge Series on End User Computing. What are we seeing in the field in EUC, what are some approaches for success that can be applied to make projects and adoption more successful.
Master the Ever Expanding Puzzle of End-User Computing with a Strategy and Ro...Info-Tech Research Group
Develop a strategy and roadmap to fit all the end-user computing pieces together and prioritize trends in your organization.
Your Challenge
The end-user computing landscape continues to grow more and more complex.
Developing a strategy and roadmap that meet the capabilities of IT and the needs of end users is more and more important.
Organizations need to focus on more than just the technology – people and processes need focus too.
Our Advice
Critical Insight
The number of options available for end-user computing today—complicated by trends like mobility, consumerization, and BYOD—can be overwhelming for infrastructure managers developing a long-term strategy.
Blindly following trends results in wasted effort and spending when initiatives have not been designed to fit together.
An end-user computing strategy is not only about technology. Processes and people are equally important if a strategy is to be successful.
Most strategies are stuck years in the past. Users have evolved faster than IT. Catch up, and ensure that your strategy is ready for the next decade.
Focus on the user, not the device. A locked-down PC is obsolete.
Impact and Result
A well-planned end-user computing strategy can:
Improve the lives of users by enabling access to company resources in a way that fits their use cases.
Improve the lives of IT by implementing the most efficient tools for deploying, managing, and supporting end-user computing resources.
Improve the business by reducing wasted spending and identifying new revenue opportunities enabled by new end-user computing trends.
Develop an end-user computing strategy and roadmap that fits all the pieces together, and then communicate the plan with a set of simple documents.
VMworld Europe 2014: What’s New in End User Computing: Full Desktop Automatio...VMworld
This document discusses integrating VMware's cloud orchestration and desktop virtualization products. It begins with an agenda for the presentation and then discusses the goal of using cloud and automation to enable organizations. It describes how integrating vCloud Automation Center (vCAC) and VMware Horizon View can provide workflow control, approval tracking, and self-service for end users and delegated administrators. The rest of the document covers prerequisites, configuring workflows in vCenter Orchestrator, lessons learned, and frequently asked questions about the integration.
08 opportunities in_warehouse_process_development_after_a_pick-by-voice_imple...ECR Community
This document discusses the benefits of implementing a voice-directed picking system and automated warehouse trucks. Key points include:
1) A voice-directed picking system was implemented, improving accuracy to over 99.98% and increasing productivity by 15-35% by streamlining the picking process.
2) Automated warehouse trucks escort pickers and autonomously deliver empty containers and dispatch filled orders, eliminating non-productive walking. This cuts 30 minutes of picking time per run down to 16 minutes, a productivity increase of 87.5%.
3) By gaining this increase through fewer pickers, the example estimates replacing 50 pickers with only 27 while maintaining the same productivity.
During the session I would like to bring basic concepts about the performance testing and highlight the activities,
that we are running in CTCo. I believe, that primary audience for this session
would be test engineers, that do not have experience in this activity and would like to gain some knowledge in this area.
A database server health check involves analyzing the hardware, operating system, database software, and application to ensure optimal performance. Key aspects to monitor include response times, server load, capacity, and signs of potential issues. Regular load testing can help identify performance bottlenecks by simulating expected usage patterns and measuring system behavior.
SPICE MODEL of 11DQ04 (Standard Model) in SPICE PARKTsuyoshi Horigome
SPICE MODEL of 11DQ04 (Standard Model) in SPICE PARK. English Version is http://www.spicepark.net. Japanese Version is http://www.spicepark.com by Bee Technologies.
This document provides an agenda and overview of VMware solutions that can be presented, including profiles of eSky IT and VMware's vision, as well as discussions of VMware vSphere, vCloud Suite, vCenter Operation Manager, and VMware Health Check Service. Key aspects of the VMware software-defined data center approach are explained such as abstracting, pooling, and automating infrastructure resources.
Dell PowerEdge R720 with Samsung SSDs and Windows Server 2012: Supporting vir...Principled Technologies
As your business implements a virtual desktop solution, selecting the appropriate server is critical. In our hands-on tests, the Dell PowerEdge R720 with Samsung SM825 200GB SSDs supported 60 virtual desktops with resources to spare. This makes it an excellent choice for supporting your remote office workers now and in the future.
This document discusses software evolution visualization (SEV). It begins by introducing software visualization and how information visualization techniques can be applied to software. SEV aims to facilitate software comprehension by visualizing how software systems evolve over time. The document reviews the state of the field, including common data sources, metrics, perspectives, strategies, and goals of SEV research. It also presents examples of SEV tools and discusses challenges in the area, such as evaluating SEV approaches. Finally, it outlines the goals of the author's own SEV research group, which are to help developers build InfoVis tools and help analysts use such tools for software maintenance.
How to survive your migration to Microservices? LeanIX Co-CEO André Christ shared insights and learnings at the WeAreDevelopers Conference in Vienna 2018. LeanIX just completed its transition from a classical, monolithic application in LAMP stack to a state-of-the-art Microservices application based on REST-APIs, GraphQL.
The document outlines the process of refining a mobile app's user interface over multiple versions. It describes prototyping an initial version, testing it on iPhone and for usability, gathering user feedback, and iteratively releasing new versions with interface improvements. The final version, 1.2, is released in March 2011 along with an announcement that the company is hiring.
Andrey Adamovich - Enterprise flight into DevOps space - ConFuDevConFu
Enterprise adoption of DevOps is something that is already happening, but like
with other trendy methodologies it happens quite differently with different
level of success. This presentation accumulates speaker's experience in helping
different size organizations to implement DevOps initiatives and gives
interesting real life examples: war stories, jokes, myths.
During last years we accumulated a lot of experience helping our clients
automating their JVM projects starting from automated deployments and ending
with fully automated production infrastructure configuration.
What is continuous deployment? Why design for continuous deployment? How can engineers help designers think and work in this environment. An overview of how it's done at Etsy.
This document provides an overview of testing for continuous delivery using Visual Studio 2012. It discusses how Visual Studio 2012 helps speed up and automate re-testing through features that remove roadblocks in testing and debugging. The guide shows how to record and replay manual tests, transform manual tests into automated tests, monitor tests passed, and create unit, load, and performance tests. It also covers setting up the tools in Visual Studio 2012 and 2010 needed for testing, including Team Foundation Server, build systems, and lab environments.
Energy smart grid-analytics and insights of Intelen patented TechnologyVassilis Nikolopoulos
This document discusses how Intelen uses big data analytics to optimize smart grids. Intelen analyzes large datasets from smart meters and sensors to find correlated customer energy usage patterns and recommend dynamic pricing. It also analyzes building data to find optimal energy efficiency strategies. Additionally, Intelen analyzes microgrid data to find optimal renewable energy balancing nodes and nodal pricing. Intelen develops advanced algorithms to handle petabytes of real-time data and provide stream analytics, predictive maintenance, and personalized services for utilities and customers.
The document discusses Rubinius, an alternative implementation of the Ruby programming language. It highlights how Rubinius aims to improve performance, tooling, and developer experience over time compared to other Ruby implementations. It provides an example of how profiling can help identify and address slow parts of code. The document encourages readers to try Rubinius and shares how its memory layout is optimized compared to other Ruby implementations.
Alexei Vladishev - Zabbix - Monitoring Solution for EveryoneZabbix
Zabbix is an open source monitoring solution that can monitor all levels of infrastructure across various platforms. It uses triggers to define problems and collects data through active and passive agents to analyze metrics and detect issues. When problems occur, Zabbix can automatically react through escalation procedures that include notifications, tickets, and restarts. It is highly scalable and offers features like anomaly detection, forecasting, and event correlation for complex environments.
Most lean manufacturing system have some version of singnelling or notifications system that is used by the workers to signal issues and errors. Andon is a very important part of Lean Manufacturing process, but it's an often overlooked practice in the Agile Development process.
There are vast amounts of data produced out of an agile software development process, but most of it live in their own silos, where the access is available to only few people. The metrics on the process that are presented to the team are hard to understand, makes little sense and represents very limited scope. We champion the use of visually appealing and all round view of the development process. We also present a set of metrics that we build the andon process around, it breaks down the traditional data silos (includes source code information, deployment/bugs/story/application performance/build status) and makes information accessible to all people on the team. And when all the information is shared across the team in visually appealing way people feel empowered to detect and resolve the process problems.
Information radiators are widely used in development process.We will also present our version of the information radiator that's based on these ideas.
Energy-efficient extensions in passive optical networksradziwil
This document discusses using semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) to overcome limitations in passive optical networks (PONs). It provides background on PONs, noting their limitations in supporting high user densities in urban areas and extending to remote locations due to splitting ratios and reach distance. The document introduces SOAs as a potential solution, describing them as low-power optoelectronic devices that can provide up to 30dB of gain. It notes SOAs could help address PON limitations by universally amplifying signals to support more users over longer distances.
This document provides information about Pierre-Majorique Léger and his research using neurophysiological measures to understand user experience (UX). It contains the following key points:
1. Léger is a professor who directs laboratories studying serious games, enterprise systems, and using neuroscience (e.g. eye tracking, physiological sensors) to optimize UX.
2. His neuroscience-based approach called Tech3Lab aims to understand the emotional and cognitive journeys of users, identify friction points, and compare different prototypes and versions of interfaces.
3. Examples are given of analyzing an online shopping experience and comparing two website prototypes to determine which generates a better UX based on emotional valence, cognitive load,
Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Red Hat OpenShift: An easily deployable and powe...Principled Technologies
The 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processor‑powered solution deployed in less than two hours and ran a generative AI workload effectively
Conclusion
The appeal of incorporating GenAI into your organization’s operations is likely great. Getting started with an efficient solution for your next LLM workload or application can seem daunting because of the changing hardware and software landscape, but Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Red Hat OpenShift powered by 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors could provide the solution you need. We started with a Dell Validated Design as a reference, and then went on to modify the deployment as necessary for our Llama 2 workload. The Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Red Hat OpenShift solution worked well for our LLM, and by using this deployment guide in conjunction with numerous Dell documents and some flexibility, you could be well on your way to innovating your next GenAI breakthrough.
Improve security, sustainability, and administrator efficiency with the Dell ...Principled Technologies
Infographic: Improve security, sustainability, and administrator efficiency with the Dell server management portfolio vs. comparable tools from HPE
Anytime you make a hardware purchase, you’re also getting the portfolio of management tools the hardware vendor offers to manage and monitor your infrastructure. Specifications are important, but so is end-to-end security, meeting sustainability goals, and the ability to streamline administrator tasks. In our data center, we compared the features and capabilities of server management tools from Dell and HPE, comparing iDRAC9 against iLO 6 for embedded server management and OME against OneView for one-to-many device and console management and monitoring.
In the areas of security, sustainability, and management/monitoring features, we found that Dell server management tools had more to offer than comparable HPE tools—giving administrators more remote management options, reducing the time to lock down systems, and offering more granular control to help meet sustainability goals. By reducing the administrator time and effort for certain routine monitoring and maintenance tasks with the Dell management portfolio, you can give your team time back to innovate and support other initiatives.
Improve security, sustainability, and administrator efficiency with the Dell ...Principled Technologies
Anytime you make a hardware purchase, you’re also getting the portfolio of management tools the hardware vendor offers to manage and monitor your infrastructure. Specifications are important, but so is end-to-end security, meeting sustainability goals, and the ability to streamline administrator tasks. In our data center, we compared the features and capabilities of server management tools from Dell and HPE, comparing iDRAC9 against iLO 6 for embedded server management and OME against OneView for one-to-many device and console management and monitoring.
In the areas of security, sustainability, and management/monitoring features, we found that Dell server management tools had more to offer than comparable HPE tools—giving administrators more remote management options, reducing the time to lock down systems, and offering more granular control to help meet sustainability goals. By reducing the administrator time and effort for certain routine monitoring and maintenance tasks with the Dell management portfolio, you can give your team time back to innovate and support other initiatives.
Help skilled workers succeed with Dell Latitude 7030 and 7230 Rugged Extreme ...Principled Technologies
Instead of equipping consumer-grade tablets with rugged cases
Conclusion
In our hands-on testing, the Dell Latitude 7030 and 7230 Rugged Extreme Tablets showed that they are better equipped to help skilled workers than consumer-grade Apple iPad Pro and Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 tablets in multiple ways. They provide more built-in capabilities and features than the consumer-grade tablets we tested. And, while they were more expensive than the rugged-case fortified consumer-grade options we tested, their rugged claims were more than skin deep.
In our performance and durability tests, the Dell Latitude 7030 and 7230 Rugged Extreme Tablets performed better in demanding manufacturing, logistics, and field service environments than consumer-grade tablets with rugged cases. Both Rugged Extreme Tablets, with their greater thermal range, suffered less performance degradation in extreme temperatures, never failed and were merely scuffed after 26 hard drops, survived a 10 minute drenching with no ill effects, and were easier to view in direct sunlight than Apple iPad Pro and Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 tablets.
Bring ideas to life with the HP Z2 G9 Tower Workstation - InfographicPrincipled Technologies
We compared CPU performance and noise output of an HP Z2 G9 Tower Workstation in High Performance Mode to a similarly configured Dell Precision 3660 Tower Workstation in its out-of-box performance mode
Investing in GenAI: Cost‑benefit analysis of Dell on‑premises deployments vs....Principled Technologies
Conclusion
Diving into the world of GenAI has the potential to yield a great many benefits for your organization, but it first requires consideration for how best to implement those GenAI workloads. Whether your AI goals are to create a chatbot for online visitors, generate marketing materials, aid troubleshooting, or something else, implementing an AI solution requires careful planning and decision-making. A major decision is whether to host GenAI in the cloud or keep your data on premises. Traditional on-premises solutions can provide superior security and control, a substantial concern when dealing with large amounts of potentially sensitive data. But will supporting a GenAI solution on site be a drain on an organization’s IT budget?
In our research, we found that the value proposition is just the opposite: Hosting GenAI workloads on premises, either in a traditional Dell solution or using a managed Dell APEX pay-per-use solution, could significantly lower your GenAI costs over 3 years compared to hosting these workloads in the cloud. In fact, we found that a comparable AWS SageMaker solution would cost up to 3.8 times as much and an Azure ML solution would cost up to 3.6 times as much as GenAI on a Dell APEX pay-per-use solution. These results show that organizations looking to implement GenAI and reap the business benefits to come can find many advantages in an on-premises Dell solution, whether they opt to purchase and manage it themselves or choose a subscription-based Dell APEX pay-per-use solution. Choosing an on-premises Dell solution could save your organization significantly over hosting GenAI in the cloud, while giving you control over the security and privacy of your data as well as any updates and changes to the environment, and while ensuring your environment is managed consistently.
Workstations powered by Intel can play a vital role in CPU-intensive AI devel...Principled Technologies
In three AI development workflows, Intel processor-powered workstations delivered strong performance, without using their GPUs, making them a good choice for this part of the AI process
Conclusion
We executed three AI development workflows on tower workstations and mobile workstations from three vendors, with each workflow utilizing only the Intel CPU cores, and found that these platforms were suitable for carrying out various AI tasks. For two of the workflows, we learned that completing the tasks on the tower workstations took roughly half as much time as on the mobile workstations. This supports the idea that the tower workstations would be appropriate for a development environment for more complex models with a greater volume of data and that the mobile workstations would be well-suited for data scientists fine-tuning simpler models. In the third workflow, we explored tower workstation performance with different precision levels and learned that using 16-bit floating point precision allowed the workstations to execute the workflow in less time and also reduced memory usage dramatically. For all three AI workflows we executed, we consider the time the workstations needed to complete the tasks to be acceptable, and believe that these workstations can be appropriate, cost-effective choices for these kinds of activities.
Enable security features with no impact to OLTP performance with Dell PowerEd...Principled Technologies
Get comparable online transaction processing (OLTP) performance with or without enabling AMD Secure Memory Encryption and AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization - Encrypted State
Conclusion
You’ve likely already implemented many security measures for your servers, which may include physical security for the data center, hardware-level security, and software-level security. With the cost of data breaches high and still growing, however, wise IT teams will consider what additional security measures they may be able to implement.
AMD SME and SEV-ES are technologies that are already available within your AMD processor-powered 16th Generation Dell PowerEdge servers—and in our testing, we saw that they can offer extra layers of security without affecting performance. We compared the online transaction processing performance of a Dell PowerEdge R7625 server, powered by AMD EPYC 9274F processors, with and without these two security features enabled. We found that enabling AMD Secure Memory Encryption and Secure Encrypted Virtualization-Encrypted State did not impact performance at all.
If your team is assessing areas where you might be able to enhance security—without paying a large performance cost—consider enabling AME SME and AMD SEV-ES in your Dell PowerEdge servers.
Improving energy efficiency in the data center: Endure higher temperatures wi...Principled Technologies
In high-temperature test scenarios, a Dell PowerEdge HS5620 server continued running an intensive workload without component warnings or failures, while a Supermicro SYS‑621C-TN12R server failed
Conclusion: Remain resilient in high temperatures with the Dell PowerEdge HS5620 to help increase efficiency
Increasing your data center’s temperature can help your organization make strides in energy efficiency and cooling cost savings. With servers that can hold up to these higher everyday temperatures—as well as high temperatures due to unforeseen circumstances—your business can continue to deliver the performance your apps and clients require.
When we ran an intensive floating-point workload on a Dell PowerEdge HS5620 and a Supermicro SYS-621CTN12R in three scenario types simulating typical operations at 25°C, a fan failure, and an HVAC malfunction, the Dell server experienced no component warnings or failures. In contrast, the Supermicro server experienced warnings in all three scenario types and experienced component failures in the latter two tests, rendering the system unusable. When we inspected and analyzed each system, we found that the Dell PowerEdge HS5620 server’s motherboard layout, fans, and chassis offered cooling design advantages.
For businesses aiming to meet sustainability goals by running hotter data centers, as well as those concerned with server cooling design, the Dell PowerEdge HS5620 is a strong contender to take on higher temperatures during day-to-day operations and unexpected malfunctions.
Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Red Hat OpenShift: An easily deployable and powe...Principled Technologies
The 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processor‑powered solution deployed in less than two hours and ran a Kubernetes container-based generative AI workload effectively
Upgrade your cloud infrastructure with Dell PowerEdge R760 servers and VMware...Principled Technologies
Compared to a cluster of PowerEdge R750 servers running VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)
For organizations running clusters of moderately configured, older Dell PowerEdge servers with a previous version of VCF, upgrading to better-configured modern servers can provide a significant performance boost and more.
Upgrade your cloud infrastructure with Dell PowerEdge R760 servers and VMware...Principled Technologies
Compared to a cluster of PowerEdge R750 servers running VMware Cloud Foundation 4.5
If your company is struggling with underperforming infrastructure, upgrading to 16th Generation Dell PowerEdge servers running VCF 5.1 could be just what you need to handle more database throughput and reduce vSAN latencies. As an additional benefit to IT admins, we also found that the embedded VMware Aria Operation adapter provided useful infrastructure insights.
Realize 2.1X the performance with 20% less power with AMD EPYC processor-back...Principled Technologies
Three AMD EPYC processor-based two-processor solutions outshined comparable Intel Xeon Scalable processor-based solutions by handling more Redis workload transactions and requests while consuming less power
Conclusion
Performance and energy efficiency are significant factors in processor selection for servers running data-intensive workloads, such as Redis. We compared the Redis performance and energy consumption of a server cluster in three AMD EPYC two-processor configurations against that of a server cluster in two Intel Xeon Scalable two-processor configurations. In each of our three test scenarios, the server cluster backed by AMD EPYC processors outperformed the server cluster backed by Intel Xeon Scalable processors. In addition, one of the AMD EPYC processor-based clusters consumed 20 percent less power than its Intel Xeon Scalable processor-based counterpart. Combining these measurements gave us power efficiency metrics that demonstrate how valuable AMD EPYC processor-based servers could be—you could see better performance per watt with these AMD EPYC processor-based server clusters and potentially get more from your Redis or other data intensive applications and workloads while reducing data center power costs.
Improve performance and gain room to grow by easily migrating to a modern Ope...Principled Technologies
We deployed this modern environment, then migrated database VMs from legacy servers and saw performance improvements that support consolidation
Conclusion
If your organization’s transactional databases are running on gear that is several years old, you have much to gain by upgrading to modern servers with new processors and networking components and an OpenShift environment. In our testing, a modern OpenShift environment with a cluster of three Dell PowerEdge R7615 servers with 4th Generation AMD EPYC processors and high-speed 100Gb Broadcom NICs outperformed a legacy environment with MySQL VMs running on a cluster of three Dell PowerEdge R7515 servers with 3rd Generation AMD EPYC processors and 25Gb Broadcom NICs. We also easily migrated a VM from the legacy environment to the modern environment, with only a few steps required to set up and less than ten minutes of hands-on time. The performance advantage of the modern servers would allow a company to reduce the number of servers necessary to perform a given amount of database work, thus lowering operational expenditures such as power and cooling and IT staff time for maintenance. The high-speed 100Gb Broadcom NICs in this solution also give companies better network performance and networking capacity to grow as they embrace emerging technologies such as AI that put great demands on networks.
Boost PC performance: How more available memory can improve productivityPrincipled Technologies
With more memory available, system performance of three Dell devices increased, which can translate to a better user experience
Conclusion
When your system has plenty of RAM to meet your needs, you can efficiently access the applications and data you need to finish projects and to-do lists without sacrificing time and focus. Our test results show that with more memory available, three Dell PCs delivered better performance and took less time to complete the Procyon Office Productivity benchmark. These advantages translate to users being able to complete workflows more quickly and multitask more easily. Whether you need the mobility of the Latitude 5440, the creative capabilities of the Precision 3470, or the high performance of the OptiPlex Tower Plus 7010, configuring your system with more RAM can help keep processes running smoothly, enabling you to do more without compromising performance.
Deploy with confidence: VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1 on next gen Dell PowerEdg...Principled Technologies
A Principled Technologies deployment guide
Conclusion
Deploying VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1 on next gen Dell PowerEdge servers brings together critical virtualization capabilities and high-performing hardware infrastructure. Relying on our hands-on experience, this deployment guide offers a comprehensive roadmap that can guide your organization through the seamless integration of advanced VMware cloud solutions with the performance and reliability of Dell PowerEdge servers. In addition to the deployment efficiency, the Cloud Foundation 5.1 and PowerEdge solution delivered strong performance while running a MySQL database workload. By leveraging VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1 and PowerEdge servers, you could help your organization embrace cloud computing with confidence, potentially unlocking a new level of agility, scalability, and efficiency in your data center operations.
Upgrade your cloud infrastructure with Dell PowerEdge R760 servers and VMware...Principled Technologies
Compared to a cluster of PowerEdge R750 servers running VMware Cloud Foundation 4.5
Conclusion
If your company is struggling with underperforming infrastructure, upgrading to 16th Generation Dell PowerEdge servers running VCF 5.1 could be just what you need to handle more database throughput and reduce vSAN latencies. We found that a Dell PowerEdge R760 server cluster running VCF 5.1 processed over 78 percent more TPM and 79 percent more NOPM than a Dell PowerEdge R750 server cluster running VCF 4.5. It’s also worth noting that the PowerEdge R750 cluster bottlenecked on vSAN storage, with max write latency at 8.9ms. For reference, the PowerEdge R760 cluster clocked in at 3.8ms max write latency. This higher latency is due in part to the single disk group per host on the moderately configured PowerEdge R750 cluster, while the better-configured PowerEdge R760 cluster supported four disk groups per host. As an additional benefit to IT admins, we also found that the embedded VMware Aria Operation adapter provided useful infrastructure insights.
Based on our research using publicly available materials, it appears that Dell supports nine of the ten PC security features we investigated, HP supports six of them, and Lenovo supports three features.
Increase security, sustainability, and efficiency with robust Dell server man...Principled Technologies
Compared to the Supermicro management portfolio
Conclusion
Choosing a vendor for server purchases is about more than just the hardware platform. Decision-makers must also consider more long-term concerns, including system/data security, energy efficiency, and ease of management. These concerns make the systems management tools a vendor offers as important as the hardware.
We investigated the features and capabilities of server management tools from Dell and Supermicro, comparing Dell iDRAC9 against Supermicro IPMI for embedded server management and Dell OpenManage Enterprise and CloudIQ against Supermicro Server Manager for one-to-many device and console management and monitoring. We found that the Dell management tools provided more comprehensive security, sustainability, and management/monitoring features and capabilities than Supermicro servers did. In addition, Dell tools automated more tasks to ease server management, resulting in significant time savings for administrators versus having to do the same tasks manually with Supermicro tools.
When making a server purchase, a vendor’s associated management products are critical to protect data, support a more sustainable environment, and to ease the maintenance of systems. Our tests and research showed that the Dell management portfolio for PowerEdge servers offered more features to help organizations meet these goals than the comparable Supermicro management products.
Increase security, sustainability, and efficiency with robust Dell server man...Principled Technologies
Compared to the Supermicro management portfolio
Conclusion
Choosing a vendor for server purchases is about more than just the hardware platform. Decision-makers must also consider more long-term concerns, including system/data security, energy efficiency, and ease of management. These concerns make the systems management tools a vendor offers as important as the hardware.
We investigated the features and capabilities of server management tools from Dell and Supermicro, comparing Dell iDRAC9 against Supermicro IPMI for embedded server management and Dell OpenManage Enterprise and CloudIQ against Supermicro Server Manager for one-to-many device and console management and monitoring. We found that the Dell management tools provided more comprehensive security, sustainability, and management/monitoring features and capabilities than Supermicro servers did. In addition, Dell tools automated more tasks to ease server management, resulting in significant time savings for administrators versus having to do the same tasks manually with Supermicro tools.
When making a server purchase, a vendor’s associated management products are critical to protect data, support a more sustainable environment, and to ease the maintenance of systems. Our tests and research showed that the Dell management portfolio for PowerEdge servers offered more features to help organizations meet these goals than the comparable Supermicro management products.
Essentials of Automations: Exploring Attributes & Automation ParametersSafe Software
Building automations in FME Flow can save time, money, and help businesses scale by eliminating data silos and providing data to stakeholders in real-time. One essential component to orchestrating complex automations is the use of attributes & automation parameters (both formerly known as “keys”). In fact, it’s unlikely you’ll ever build an Automation without using these components, but what exactly are they?
Attributes & automation parameters enable the automation author to pass data values from one automation component to the next. During this webinar, our FME Flow Specialists will cover leveraging the three types of these output attributes & parameters in FME Flow: Event, Custom, and Automation. As a bonus, they’ll also be making use of the Split-Merge Block functionality.
You’ll leave this webinar with a better understanding of how to maximize the potential of automations by making use of attributes & automation parameters, with the ultimate goal of setting your enterprise integration workflows up on autopilot.
Northern Engraving | Modern Metal Trim, Nameplates and Appliance PanelsNorthern Engraving
What began over 115 years ago as a supplier of precision gauges to the automotive industry has evolved into being an industry leader in the manufacture of product branding, automotive cockpit trim and decorative appliance trim. Value-added services include in-house Design, Engineering, Program Management, Test Lab and Tool Shops.
Lee Barnes - Path to Becoming an Effective Test Automation Engineer.pdfleebarnesutopia
So… you want to become a Test Automation Engineer (or hire and develop one)? While there’s quite a bit of information available about important technical and tool skills to master, there’s not enough discussion around the path to becoming an effective Test Automation Engineer that knows how to add VALUE. In my experience this had led to a proliferation of engineers who are proficient with tools and building frameworks but have skill and knowledge gaps, especially in software testing, that reduce the value they deliver with test automation.
In this talk, Lee will share his lessons learned from over 30 years of working with, and mentoring, hundreds of Test Automation Engineers. Whether you’re looking to get started in test automation or just want to improve your trade, this talk will give you a solid foundation and roadmap for ensuring your test automation efforts continuously add value. This talk is equally valuable for both aspiring Test Automation Engineers and those managing them! All attendees will take away a set of key foundational knowledge and a high-level learning path for leveling up test automation skills and ensuring they add value to their organizations.
inQuba Webinar Mastering Customer Journey Management with Dr Graham HillLizaNolte
HERE IS YOUR WEBINAR CONTENT! 'Mastering Customer Journey Management with Dr. Graham Hill'. We hope you find the webinar recording both insightful and enjoyable.
In this webinar, we explored essential aspects of Customer Journey Management and personalization. Here’s a summary of the key insights and topics discussed:
Key Takeaways:
Understanding the Customer Journey: Dr. Hill emphasized the importance of mapping and understanding the complete customer journey to identify touchpoints and opportunities for improvement.
Personalization Strategies: We discussed how to leverage data and insights to create personalized experiences that resonate with customers.
Technology Integration: Insights were shared on how inQuba’s advanced technology can streamline customer interactions and drive operational efficiency.
The Microsoft 365 Migration Tutorial For Beginner.pptxoperationspcvita
This presentation will help you understand the power of Microsoft 365. However, we have mentioned every productivity app included in Office 365. Additionally, we have suggested the migration situation related to Office 365 and how we can help you.
You can also read: https://www.systoolsgroup.com/updates/office-365-tenant-to-tenant-migration-step-by-step-complete-guide/
Introducing BoxLang : A new JVM language for productivity and modularity!Ortus Solutions, Corp
Just like life, our code must adapt to the ever changing world we live in. From one day coding for the web, to the next for our tablets or APIs or for running serverless applications. Multi-runtime development is the future of coding, the future is to be dynamic. Let us introduce you to BoxLang.
Dynamic. Modular. Productive.
BoxLang redefines development with its dynamic nature, empowering developers to craft expressive and functional code effortlessly. Its modular architecture prioritizes flexibility, allowing for seamless integration into existing ecosystems.
Interoperability at its Core
With 100% interoperability with Java, BoxLang seamlessly bridges the gap between traditional and modern development paradigms, unlocking new possibilities for innovation and collaboration.
Multi-Runtime
From the tiny 2m operating system binary to running on our pure Java web server, CommandBox, Jakarta EE, AWS Lambda, Microsoft Functions, Web Assembly, Android and more. BoxLang has been designed to enhance and adapt according to it's runnable runtime.
The Fusion of Modernity and Tradition
Experience the fusion of modern features inspired by CFML, Node, Ruby, Kotlin, Java, and Clojure, combined with the familiarity of Java bytecode compilation, making BoxLang a language of choice for forward-thinking developers.
Empowering Transition with Transpiler Support
Transitioning from CFML to BoxLang is seamless with our JIT transpiler, facilitating smooth migration and preserving existing code investments.
Unlocking Creativity with IDE Tools
Unleash your creativity with powerful IDE tools tailored for BoxLang, providing an intuitive development experience and streamlining your workflow. Join us as we embark on a journey to redefine JVM development. Welcome to the era of BoxLang.
The Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) invited Taylor Paschal, Knowledge & Information Management Consultant at Enterprise Knowledge, to speak at a Knowledge Management Lunch and Learn hosted on June 12, 2024. All Office of Administration staff were invited to attend and received professional development credit for participating in the voluntary event.
The objectives of the Lunch and Learn presentation were to:
- Review what KM ‘is’ and ‘isn’t’
- Understand the value of KM and the benefits of engaging
- Define and reflect on your “what’s in it for me?”
- Share actionable ways you can participate in Knowledge - - Capture & Transfer
Connector Corner: Seamlessly power UiPath Apps, GenAI with prebuilt connectorsDianaGray10
Join us to learn how UiPath Apps can directly and easily interact with prebuilt connectors via Integration Service--including Salesforce, ServiceNow, Open GenAI, and more.
The best part is you can achieve this without building a custom workflow! Say goodbye to the hassle of using separate automations to call APIs. By seamlessly integrating within App Studio, you can now easily streamline your workflow, while gaining direct access to our Connector Catalog of popular applications.
We’ll discuss and demo the benefits of UiPath Apps and connectors including:
Creating a compelling user experience for any software, without the limitations of APIs.
Accelerating the app creation process, saving time and effort
Enjoying high-performance CRUD (create, read, update, delete) operations, for
seamless data management.
Speakers:
Russell Alfeche, Technology Leader, RPA at qBotic and UiPath MVP
Charlie Greenberg, host
Must Know Postgres Extension for DBA and Developer during MigrationMydbops
Mydbops Opensource Database Meetup 16
Topic: Must-Know PostgreSQL Extensions for Developers and DBAs During Migration
Speaker: Deepak Mahto, Founder of DataCloudGaze Consulting
Date & Time: 8th June | 10 AM - 1 PM IST
Venue: Bangalore International Centre, Bangalore
Abstract: Discover how PostgreSQL extensions can be your secret weapon! This talk explores how key extensions enhance database capabilities and streamline the migration process for users moving from other relational databases like Oracle.
Key Takeaways:
* Learn about crucial extensions like oracle_fdw, pgtt, and pg_audit that ease migration complexities.
* Gain valuable strategies for implementing these extensions in PostgreSQL to achieve license freedom.
* Discover how these key extensions can empower both developers and DBAs during the migration process.
* Don't miss this chance to gain practical knowledge from an industry expert and stay updated on the latest open-source database trends.
Mydbops Managed Services specializes in taking the pain out of database management while optimizing performance. Since 2015, we have been providing top-notch support and assistance for the top three open-source databases: MySQL, MongoDB, and PostgreSQL.
Our team offers a wide range of services, including assistance, support, consulting, 24/7 operations, and expertise in all relevant technologies. We help organizations improve their database's performance, scalability, efficiency, and availability.
Contact us: info@mydbops.com
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"NATO Hackathon Winner: AI-Powered Drug Search", Taras KlobaFwdays
This is a session that details how PostgreSQL's features and Azure AI Services can be effectively used to significantly enhance the search functionality in any application.
In this session, we'll share insights on how we used PostgreSQL to facilitate precise searches across multiple fields in our mobile application. The techniques include using LIKE and ILIKE operators and integrating a trigram-based search to handle potential misspellings, thereby increasing the search accuracy.
We'll also discuss how the azure_ai extension on PostgreSQL databases in Azure and Azure AI Services were utilized to create vectors from user input, a feature beneficial when users wish to find specific items based on text prompts. While our application's case study involves a drug search, the techniques and principles shared in this session can be adapted to improve search functionality in a wide range of applications. Join us to learn how PostgreSQL and Azure AI can be harnessed to enhance your application's search capability.
Dandelion Hashtable: beyond billion requests per second on a commodity serverAntonios Katsarakis
This slide deck presents DLHT, a concurrent in-memory hashtable. Despite efforts to optimize hashtables, that go as far as sacrificing core functionality, state-of-the-art designs still incur multiple memory accesses per request and block request processing in three cases. First, most hashtables block while waiting for data to be retrieved from memory. Second, open-addressing designs, which represent the current state-of-the-art, either cannot free index slots on deletes or must block all requests to do so. Third, index resizes block every request until all objects are copied to the new index. Defying folklore wisdom, DLHT forgoes open-addressing and adopts a fully-featured and memory-aware closed-addressing design based on bounded cache-line-chaining. This design offers lock-free index operations and deletes that free slots instantly, (2) completes most requests with a single memory access, (3) utilizes software prefetching to hide memory latencies, and (4) employs a novel non-blocking and parallel resizing. In a commodity server and a memory-resident workload, DLHT surpasses 1.6B requests per second and provides 3.5x (12x) the throughput of the state-of-the-art closed-addressing (open-addressing) resizable hashtable on Gets (Deletes).
AI in the Workplace Reskilling, Upskilling, and Future Work.pptxSunil Jagani
Discover how AI is transforming the workplace and learn strategies for reskilling and upskilling employees to stay ahead. This comprehensive guide covers the impact of AI on jobs, essential skills for the future, and successful case studies from industry leaders. Embrace AI-driven changes, foster continuous learning, and build a future-ready workforce.
Read More - https://bit.ly/3VKly70
In the realm of cybersecurity, offensive security practices act as a critical shield. By simulating real-world attacks in a controlled environment, these techniques expose vulnerabilities before malicious actors can exploit them. This proactive approach allows manufacturers to identify and fix weaknesses, significantly enhancing system security.
This presentation delves into the development of a system designed to mimic Galileo's Open Service signal using software-defined radio (SDR) technology. We'll begin with a foundational overview of both Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) and the intricacies of digital signal processing.
The presentation culminates in a live demonstration. We'll showcase the manipulation of Galileo's Open Service pilot signal, simulating an attack on various software and hardware systems. This practical demonstration serves to highlight the potential consequences of unaddressed vulnerabilities, emphasizing the importance of offensive security practices in safeguarding critical infrastructure.
AppSec PNW: Android and iOS Application Security with MobSFAjin Abraham
Mobile Security Framework - MobSF is a free and open source automated mobile application security testing environment designed to help security engineers, researchers, developers, and penetration testers to identify security vulnerabilities, malicious behaviours and privacy concerns in mobile applications using static and dynamic analysis. It supports all the popular mobile application binaries and source code formats built for Android and iOS devices. In addition to automated security assessment, it also offers an interactive testing environment to build and execute scenario based test/fuzz cases against the application.
This talk covers:
Using MobSF for static analysis of mobile applications.
Interactive dynamic security assessment of Android and iOS applications.
Solving Mobile app CTF challenges.
Reverse engineering and runtime analysis of Mobile malware.
How to shift left and integrate MobSF/mobsfscan SAST and DAST in your build pipeline.
Conversational agents, or chatbots, are increasingly used to access all sorts of services using natural language. While open-domain chatbots - like ChatGPT - can converse on any topic, task-oriented chatbots - the focus of this paper - are designed for specific tasks, like booking a flight, obtaining customer support, or setting an appointment. Like any other software, task-oriented chatbots need to be properly tested, usually by defining and executing test scenarios (i.e., sequences of user-chatbot interactions). However, there is currently a lack of methods to quantify the completeness and strength of such test scenarios, which can lead to low-quality tests, and hence to buggy chatbots.
To fill this gap, we propose adapting mutation testing (MuT) for task-oriented chatbots. To this end, we introduce a set of mutation operators that emulate faults in chatbot designs, an architecture that enables MuT on chatbots built using heterogeneous technologies, and a practical realisation as an Eclipse plugin. Moreover, we evaluate the applicability, effectiveness and efficiency of our approach on open-source chatbots, with promising results.
QR Secure: A Hybrid Approach Using Machine Learning and Security Validation F...AlexanderRichford
QR Secure: A Hybrid Approach Using Machine Learning and Security Validation Functions to Prevent Interaction with Malicious QR Codes.
Aim of the Study: The goal of this research was to develop a robust hybrid approach for identifying malicious and insecure URLs derived from QR codes, ensuring safe interactions.
This is achieved through:
Machine Learning Model: Predicts the likelihood of a URL being malicious.
Security Validation Functions: Ensures the derived URL has a valid certificate and proper URL format.
This innovative blend of technology aims to enhance cybersecurity measures and protect users from potential threats hidden within QR codes 🖥 🔒
This study was my first introduction to using ML which has shown me the immense potential of ML in creating more secure digital environments!
GlobalLogic Java Community Webinar #18 “How to Improve Web Application Perfor...GlobalLogic Ukraine
Під час доповіді відповімо на питання, навіщо потрібно підвищувати продуктивність аплікації і які є найефективніші способи для цього. А також поговоримо про те, що таке кеш, які його види бувають та, основне — як знайти performance bottleneck?
Відео та деталі заходу: https://bit.ly/45tILxj
GlobalLogic Java Community Webinar #18 “How to Improve Web Application Perfor...
Pivot3 vSTAC VDI P Cubed Appliance with VMware View: An integrated VDI solution
1. PIVOT3 VSTAC VDI P CUBED APPLIANCE WITH
VMWARE VIEW: AN INTEGRATED VDI SOLUTION
Enterprises that are setting up a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) can
choose from many hardware and software options. One integrated solution is
the Pivot3 vSTAC VDI P Cubed Appliance, which uses VMware View software. P
Cubed integrates storage, making it easy to set up and manage, and can scale as
your business grows.
In the Principled Technologies (PT) labs, we tested the vSTAC P Cubed
appliance. We found that it supported 105 users with an acceptable user
response time.
JANUARY 2013
A PRINCIPLED TECHNOLOGIES TEST REPORT
Commissioned by VMware, Inc.
2. A SIMPLIFIED VDI SOLUTION
Virtual desktop infrastructures require a great deal of planning to ensure you
can deliver the desktop performance employees require. One way to simplify the
process is to choose an integrated solution, such as the Pivot3 vSTAC VDI P Cubed
Appliance.
We tested a single Pivot3 vSTAC VDI P Cubed Appliance pre-configured with
VMware vSphere 5.1, and VMware View 5.1. We used the Login VSI Medium workload
to generate a reproducible, real-world test case that simulated the execution of various
applications including Microsoft® Internet Explorer®, Adobe® Flash® video, and
Microsoft Office applications. Using Login VSI, we could determine how many virtual
desktop users the solution could support.
We configured Login VSI to run a Medium workload against a pool of virtual
desktops and set up the test to incrementally log users into virtual desktop sessions over
a 45-minute period. Login VSI measures the total response time of all the applications
from each session and calculates the VSI Index by taking the average response times and
dropping the highest and lowest 2 percent. The average response time of the first 15
session determines a baseline; the VSImax is baseline x 125% +3000ms. As more
sessions begin to consume system resources, response time degrade and the VSI index
increases until it is above the VSImax. When this condition is met, the benchmark
records a Login VSImax, which is the maximum number of sessions that platform could
support. All sessions stayed logged in for 15 minutes.
PROVEN PERFORMANCE
In our tests, we found that the Pivot3 vSTAC VDI P Cubed Appliance was able to
host 105 concurrent sessions while retaining a satisfactory user response, and did not
reach VSImax. Note: VSImax is the maximum user capacity at which performance did
not degrade; therefore, not reaching VSImax is a positive indicator that response time
remained satisfactory.
Figure 1 shows the response times, in milliseconds, as we increased the number
of users in our test.
Pivot3 vSTAC VDI P Cubed Appliance with VMware View: A Principled Technologies test report 2
An integrated VDI solution
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CONFIGURING AND DEPLOYING VMS WITH THE PIVOT3 VSTAC VDI P
CUBED APPLIANCE
Because the Pivot3 vSTAC VDI P Cubed Appliance comes with VMware View
preconfigured, setting it up and getting your VMs up and running is extremely simple
and quick. Figure 4 presents the time needed for the small number of steps involved in
this process. As it shows, you can configure the appliance and get 105 VMs going in less
than an hour.
Step Time
Connect Network and power on 0:00:09
Power on VMs and Configure Networking on ESXi 0:03:25
Assign user to desktop pool 0:00:12
Update vSphere License and View license 0:01:01
Configure View connection server 0:00:37
Activate and customize sample desktop 0:02:14
Total time to configure 0:07:38
Total time to deploy 105 VMs 0:45:51
Total time to configure and deploy 105 VMs 0:53:29
Figure 4: Time to configure and deploy VMs using the Pivot3 v VSTAC VDI P Cubed Appliance.
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5. WHAT WE TESTED
About Pivot3 vSTAC VDI P Cubed Appliance
The vSTAC P Cubed appliance provides a full VDI production deployment out-of-
the-box with minimal configuration and in less than one hour. By efficiently eliminating
the need of specialized external storage, IT administrators can easily scale to hundreds
of virtual desktops by simply adding additional vSTAC appliances. The plug-and-play
capabilities of the appliance allow customers to consolidate server and storage
resources in to a single hardware platform in an easy to use low factory pre-configured
environment. Automatic storage load balancing and high-availability are features fully
supported by the vSTAC P Cubed appliance.
To learn more about the vSTAC P Cubed appliance, visit
http://www.pivot3.com/products/p3/
About VMware View 5
VMware designed its View 5 desktop virtualization software to simplify IT
management of virtual desktops from within the cloud. A centralized interface allows
administrators to manage upwards of tens of thousands of end-users. An administrator
can easily manage settings such as policy enforcement, performance monitoring,
connection brokering, and provisioning, to name a few. The result includes improved
security, less costly management, and faster provisioning and maintenance of desktop
images and applications. The end-user enjoys easier access to his or her View desktop
from a variety of locations, less downtime, a customizable desktop, and robust
multimedia capabilities.
To learn more about VMware View 5, visit
http://www.vmware.com/products/view/overview.html.
About VMware vSphere 5
vSphere 5 is the latest virtualization operating system from VMware. vSphere 5
allows companies to virtualize their server, storage, and networking resources,
achieving a consolidation ratio greater than 15:1. Features such as automated
management and dynamic resource allocation improve efficiency. The services that
vSphere 5 provides fall into two categories: Infrastructure services or application
services. The former handle the virtualization of resources and their allocation to
application when most needed, while the latter provide service-level controls to
applications running on vSphere 5.
To learn more about VMware vSphere 5, visit
http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/overview.html.
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6. About Login VSI 3.6
Login Virtual Session Indexer (Login VSI) 3.6 is a tool that helps assess the virtual
desktop performance, capacity, and scalability of a server.
The newest version of Login VSI, Login VSI 3.6, includes client side performance
testing that test character response, large text response, mouse-click feedback, and
image quality and loading times on clients to ensure good end-user performance. In our
tests, we did not use the client-side testing portion of Login VSI, but instead used the
tool to determine how many virtual desktops the appliance could support. For more
information about Login VSI 3.6, see http://www.loginvsi.com/product-overview.
CONCLUSION
Choosing an integrated solution to host your VMware View virtual desktops can
simplify your infrastructure and ultimately reduce costs associated with storage
administration, power, and cooling costs. We put one such solution that combines
processors, memory, and local storage, the Pivot3 vSTAC VDI P Cubed Appliance, to the
test to see how many VMware View virtual desktops the solution could host while
delivering acceptable performance.
As our tests show, the vSTAC VDI P Cubed Appliance can host up to 105
concurrent typical medium-workload users on VMware View virtual desktops.
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7. APPENDIX A – CONFIGURATION INFORMATION
Figure 5 provides detailed configuration information for the Pivot3 vSTAC P Cubed appliance.
System Pivot3 vSTAC P Cubed
Power supplies
Total number 2
Vendor and model number Dell F750E-S0
Wattage of each (W) 750
Cooling fans
Total number 6
Vendor and model number Sanyo 9GA0612P1J611
Dimensions (h x w) of each 3x3
Volts 12
General
Number of processor packages 2
Number of cores per processor 6
Number of hardware threads per core 2
System power management policy Performance
CPU
Vendor Intel®
Name Intel Xeon® E5-2630
Model number Xeon E5-2630
Stepping C1
Socket type LGA2011
Core frequency (GHz) 2.3
Bus frequency (GT/s) 7.2
L1 cache 32 KB + 32 KB (per core)
L2 cache 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache (MB) 15
Platform
Vendor and model number Pivot3 vSTAC Appliance
BIOS name and version 1.2.6 [Pivot3 1.0.0]
BIOS settings Performance
Memory module(s)
Total RAM in system (GB) 128
Vendor and model number Samsung® M393B2G70BH0-YH9
Type PC3-10700
Speed (MHz) 1,333
Speed running in the system (MHz) 1,333
Timing/Latency (tCL-tRCD-tRP-tRASmin) 9-9-9-25
Size (GB) 16
Number of RAM module(s) 8
Chip organization Double-sided
Rank Dual
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8. System Pivot3 vSTAC P Cubed
Operating system
Name VMware ESXi 5.1.0
Build number 799733
File system VMFS
Service Pack N/A
Language English
Hard drive
Vendor and model number Seagate® ST2000NM0011
Number of drives 12
Size (GB) 2000
RPM 7,200
Type SATA
Ethernet adapter
Vendor and model number Intel I350 Gigabit
Type Integrated
USB ports
Number 4
Type 2.0
Figure 5: Detailed configuration information for the Pivot3 vSTAC P Cubed appliance.
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9. APPENDIX B – HOW WE TESTED
Figure 6 presents the settings we used to configure the Pivot3 P Cubed VMware View environment.
VM name Hosted OS Role (s) Host Memory # vCPUs
AD Domain controller VSI Share,
AD01 Win 2008 R2 x64 Enterprise DHCP, DNS, NTP, AD roaming vDT-host 4 GB 2
profiles, folder redirection
View
Win 2008 R2 x64 Enterprise VMware View Connection server vDT-host 4 GB 4
Connection
VMware Virtual Center,
vCenter Win 2008 R2 x64 Enterprise vDT-host 4 GB 4
Composer
Management Configuration and management
Win 2008 R2 x64 Enterprise vDT-host 4 GB 1
Station software for Pivot3 STACs
Pivot3_VM pvt.00.6.0.TALON.05A7.53301130 Pivot3 storage appliance vDT-host 4 GB 4
Launcher
Launcher Windows 7 x 86 Enterprise Login VSI master launcher 4 GB 2
server
Golden
Windows 7 x 86 Enterprise View master image vDT-host 1 GB 1
Desktop
Figure 6: Configuration settings we used when testing the Pivot3 vSTAC P Cubed appliance.
Setting up Pivot3 vSTAC VDI P Cubed
Configuring the network
1. Connect network cables into the management and private networks.
2. Connect to the host via the VMware vSphere client.
3. Log in as root.
4. Right click on the icons to power up each VM.
5. Configure IP addresses for both NICs on the management appliances.
6. Open the console for AD01 and login in using domain administrator credentials.
7. Open DNS and update the IP address of the management appliance.
Setting up the Login VSI share and Active Directory users
For Login VSI to work correctly, you must create a CIFS share, Active Directory OU, and Active directory. For
more information on Login VSI, see http://www.loginvsi.com/en/admin-guide/installation.html. Open Windows
Explorer, and create a file called f:share, e:profiles and e:folderredirect
1. Assign permissions of read/write to the pcube/everyone group.
2. Right-click the f:share, e:profiles and e:folderredirect folders, and select Properties.
3. Click the Sharing tab, and click Share…
4. Add everyone, system and administrators to the Read/Write group, and click Share.
5. Right-click the e:folderredirect folder and select PropertiesSharingAdvanced SharingCaching,
and select No files or programs from the Share Folder are available offline.
6. Click OK, Apply, OK and Close.
7. From the Login VSI 3.6 media, run the Login VSI AD Setup.
8. Keep the defaults, and click Start.
Creating roaming profiles for users
1. Open Active Directory Users and Computers.
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10. 2. Browse to pcube.localLogin_VSIUsersTarget.
3. Select all Login VSI users, and right-click Properties.
4. Click the Profiles tab.
5. Check box Profile path, and type e:profiles%username%
6. Click OK.
Configuring folder redirection
1. Log into DC1 as administrator
2. Open the Group Policy editor.
3. Open forestdomainspcube.localright-click group Policy Objects, and select New.
4. Type folder redirection, leave source starter GPO as none, and click OK.
5. Right-click the folder redirection GPO, and click Edit.
6. Browse to User ConfigurationPoliciesWindows SettingsFolder Redirection, and right-click AppData
(roaming).
7. In the AppData (roaming) Properties target tab, select the following:
Setting= select Basic= Redirect everyone’s folders to the same location
Target folder location= Create a folder for each user under the root path
Root Path= DC1folderredirection
In the AppData (roaming) Properties setting tab, uncheck the box for Grant the user exclusive right to
AppData (Roaming), and click OK.
8. Repeat steps 6 through 8 for all subfolders in the folder redirection tree.
9. Close the Folder redirection group policy window.
10. In the group policy editor, right-click the folder redirection policy, and select GPO statusComputer
Configuration Settings Disabled.
11. In the group policy editor, drag the folder redirect GPO to
ForestDomainspcube.localLogin_VSIUsersTarget.
Update vCenter Licensing
1. Connect to the vCenter VM via the VMware vSphere client.
2. Log in using the administrator account.
3. Navigate to HomeAdministrationLicensing, and click Manage vSphere Licenses.
4. Click Add Licenses Keys, and click Next.
5. Click Assign to add a license to the VMware vSphere 5 desktop host.
6. Select the Host and the License, and click Next twice.
Customize Sample Desktop
1. Log into the Golden_Desktop with the pcubeadministrator account.
2. In Windows Activation, click Activate Now.
3. Right-click ComputerPropertiesChange settingsAdvancedPerformanceSettings.
4. In Performance settings, select the Advanced tab, and select Change for Virtual Memory.
5. Deselect Automatically manage page file.
6. Select Custom size, type 2048 for both values, and select Set.
Enabling ClearType fonts
1. Click StartRun, and type cttune.exe
2. Check the Turn on ClearType box, and click Next.
3. Follow the wizard to enable ClearType fonts.
Installing Office 2010 Professional
1. From the Office 2010 media, run Setup.
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11. 2. Enter the product key for Office 2010, and click Continue.
3. Accept the licensing agreement.
4. Select Install Now.
5. Reboot the system.
Installing Login VSI target software on view_gold
1. Log into the Golden_Desktop VM as pcubeadministrator
2. Browse to vsi-installTarget setup.
3. Run the setup.exe.
4. In the Target Setup wizard, specify the VSI share dc1share.
5. Click Start.
6. At the security warnings, click OK.
7. Reboot the system.
8. Open console, navigate to VMSnapshot, and click Take Snapshot.
Configure VMware View
1. In the ManagementStation Console, open Internet Explorer. Click continue to this website.
2. Log into VMware View Administrator with the pcubeadministrator account.
3. Navigate to View ConfigurationProduct Licensing and Usage. Click Edit License.
4. Enter the license, and click OK.
5. Navigate to InventoryPools, and click the SampleDesktop in the ID column.
6. Select ViewComposerRecompose.
7. In select Parent VM, select Golden_Desktop, and click OK.
8. In Image, highlight the new snapshot. Click Next.
9. In Scheduling, click Next.
10. In Ready to complete, click Finish.
11. Navigate to InventoryPools, and click SampleDesktop.
12. Click Edit.
13. Under the Provisioning Settings tab, set the Max number of desktops to 100. Click OK.
Creating a Windows 7 Enterprise x86 VM
Installing the Windows 7 Enterprise (x86) base image VM
1. Connect to the vDT-host via the VMware vSphere client.
2. Log in as root.
3. Click the Virtual Machines tab.
4. Right-click, and choose New Virtual Machine.
5. Choose Custom, and click Next.
6. Assign the name as win7-temp and click Next.
7. Select infra for the host, and click Next.
8. Select vdiLUN.
9. Choose Virtual Machine Version 8, and click Next.
10. Choose Windows, choose Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit), and click Next.
11. For CPUs, select one virtual processor socket and one core per virtual socket, and click Next.
12. Choose 1GB RAM, and click Next.
13. Click 1 for the number of NICs, select VMX, and click Next.
14. Leave the default virtual storage controller, and click Next.
15. Choose to create a new virtual disk, and click Next.
16. Make the OS virtual disk size 20 GB, choose thick-provisioned lazy zeroed, specify the OS datastore on the
external storage, and click Next.
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12. 17. Keep the default virtual device node (0:0), and click Next.
18. Click Finish.
19. Click Finish, and click OK.
20. Right-click the win7-temp VM, and click Edit settings.
21. Click the Resources tab, click Memory, and check the Reserve all guest memory box.
22. Click the Hardware tab, CD/DVD Drive, and connect the VM virtual CD-ROM to the Microsoft Windows 7 x86
installation disk.
23. Click OK.
Installing the Windows 7 Enterprise (X86) on the base image VM
1. When the installation prompts you, press any key to begin setup.
2. Enter your language preferences, and click Next.
3. Click Install.
4. Accept the license terms, and click Next.
5. Select Custom, and select the drive that will contain the OS.
6. Click Install, and the setup begins.
7. Type user for the username and change the computer name, and click Next.
8. Enter no password, and click Next.
9. For system protection, select Use recommended settings, and click Next.
10. Enter your time zone, and click Next.
11. Select the Work Network setting, and click Next.
12. Use Windows Update to patch the Windows 7 installation.
13. Install VMware Tools from
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=340.
14. Join the domain and Reboot.
Adjusting page file
1. Log in as pcubeadministrator
2. Right-click ComputerPropertiesChange settingsAdvancedPerformanceSettings.
3. In Performance settings, select the Advanced tab, and select Change for Virtual Memory.
4. Deselect automatically manage page file.
5. Select Custom size, type 2048 for both values, and select Set.
Enabling ClearType fonts
1. Click StartRun, and type cttune.exe
2. Check the Turn on ClearType checkbox, and click Next.
3. Follow the wizard to enable ClearType fonts.
Disabling Windows Firewall
The domain GPO automatically disables the Windows Firewall.
Installing Office 2010 Professional
1. From the Office 2010 media, run Setup.
2. Enter the product key for Office 2010, and click Continue.
3. Accept the licensing agreement.
4. Select Install Now.
5. Reboot the system.
Installing Login VSI target software
1. Log into the VDI-gold VM as pcubeadministrator
2. Browse to vsi-installTarget setup.
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13. 3. Run the setup.exe.
4. In the Target Setup wizard, specify the VSI share dc1share
5. Click Start.
6. At the security warnings, click OK.
7. Reboot the system.
Setting up Windows 7 Enterprise Launchers
On a separate server, we created a Windows Enterprise X86 VMs base image and converted it into a template.
Using our template, we deployed Login VSI launchers.
We installed the VMware View 5.1 client, added it to the pcube.local domain and Login VSI OU in Active
Directory, and installed the Login VSI Launcher software.
Installing the Windows 7 Enterprise (x86) base image VM
1. Log into the vCenter.
2. In the vSphere client, connect to the vCenter Server, and browse to the Launcher host.
3. Click the Virtual Machines tab.
4. Right-click, and choose New Virtual Machine.
5. Choose Custom, and click Next.
6. Assign the name as win7-temp and click Next.
7. Select infra for the host, and click Next.
8. Select infraLUN.
9. Choose Virtual Machine Version 8, and click Next.
10. Choose Windows, choose Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit), and click Next.
11. For CPUs, select two virtual processor sockets and one core per virtual socket, and click Next.
12. Choose 4GB RAM, and click Next.
13. Click 1 for the number of NICs, select VMX, and click Next.
14. Leave the default virtual storage controller, and click Next.
15. Choose to create a new virtual disk, and click Next.
16. Make the OS virtual disk size 20 GB, choose thick-provisioned lazy zeroed, specify the OS datastore on the
external storage, and click Next.
17. Keep the default virtual device node (0:0), and click Next.
18. Click Finish.
19. Click Finish, and click OK.
20. Right-click the win7-temp VM, and click Edit settings.
21. Click the Resources tab, click Memory, and check the Reserve all guest memory checkbox.
22. Click the Hardware tab, CD/DVD Drive, and Connect the VM virtual CD-ROM to the Microsoft Windows 7 x86
installation disk.
23. Click OK.
Installing the Windows 7 Enterprise (X86) on the base image VM
1. When the installation prompts you, press any key to begin setup.
2. Enter your language preferences, and click Next.
3. Click Install.
4. Accept the license terms, and click Next.
5. Select Custom, and select the drive that will contain the OS.
6. Click Install, and the setup begins.
7. Type user for the username and change the computer name, and click Next.
8. Enter no password, and click Next.
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14. 9. For system protection, select Use recommended settings, and click Next.
10. Enter your time zone, and click Next.
11. Select the Work Network setting, and click Next.
12. Install VMware Tools from
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=340.
13. Use Windows Update to patch the Windows 7 installation.
14. Reboot.
Installing the Login VSI launcher
1. Log into the XD_gold VM as pcubeadministrator
2. Browse to vsi-installLauncher setup.
3. Run the setup.exe.
4. In the Target Setup wizard, specify the VSI share dc1share
Installing the VMware View client
1. Browse to the VMware View 5.1 media, and run the VMware-viewclient.exe file.
2. Click Run.
3. At the welcome screen, click Next.
4. At the Patents screen, click Next.
5. Accept the VMware end user license agreement, and click Next.
6. Select defaults, and click Next.
7. Click Install.
Configuring the Login VSI Management Console
For VMware View testing we used the following Settings:
Connection Type: Custom Commandline with CSV
Specify Custom Commandline:
c:program filesVMwareVMware ViewClientbinwswc.exe –serverURL
http://viewconnection.pcube.local -username: %view_user% -password
Password1 –domainname pcube –desktopname View –Standalone –
LoginAsCurrentUser False –ConnnectUSBonStartup False
Specify CSV file:
ad01Sharecsvview_user.csv
Connection Settings session:
o Connect: Specify User
o Formatting Length: Set to 1
o Server Name: Leave blank
o User Name: Leave blank
o Password: Leave blank
o Domain: Leave blank
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