Author: Andreas Groth

IBM Cloud Architect with extensive expertise in complex solution design, networking and cloud/virtualisation platforms, translating technologies into real-life solutions for end-clients and channel partners. Currently leading technical consultancy engagements as Channel Solutions Architect for the IBM Watson and Cloud Platform. - Chartered IT professional of the British Computer Society (MBSC CITP) - Chartered Engineer Institution of Engineering and Technology (CEng IET) - IBM Certified Senior IT Specialist - Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) - VMware Certified Professional (ESX2, VI3 and vSphere) – VCP # 1281 Andreas is the creator of virtualizationmatrix.com. Specialties: • x86 virtualization and cloud technologies - VMware, Microsoft and Open Source (Xen and KVM). • Consultancy for server/desktop virtualisation and cloud delivery models - new focus: SoftLayer • Creator of IBM's first virtual desktop reference architectures (SmartCloud Desktop Infrastructure) • IBM System x (x86) and IBM BladeCenter system hardware and IBM Storage/Network Solutions. • Public Speaker at numerous external and internal WW and European Technical Conferences. • Technical Publication Writer with 2 IBM Redbooks, several papers and 2 international patents.

The New IBM VDI Reference Architectures – VMware View, Citrix XenDesktop and Virtual Bridges Verde (IBM VDI RA Part 1)

by Andreas Groth | May 6, 2012 | End User Computing, Virtualization

As promised before, I want to start sharing some of our experiences with our on-going (IBM) VDI reference architecture (RA) work. I’ve discussed VDI patterns and inhibitors (based on real-world client engagements) in various previous articles so I’ll cut to the...

From Virtualization Management to Private Cloud – Lab Test Log: Upgrading Hyper-V cluster on IBM BladeCenter to SCVMM 2012

by Andreas Groth | Feb 26, 2012 | Virtualization

IMHO the only way to provide relevant coverage of vendor capabilities on Virtualizationmatrix.com is through hands-on experience with the products in client projects or lab test – finding the time to always document this in detail is however a challenge.Also...

Has VMware won the Hypervisor war? … and who cares anyway… (Hyper-V 3 & SCVMM 2012, RHEV 3, XenServer)

by Andreas Groth | Nov 21, 2011 | Everything else ..., Virtualization

I’ve made it a habit to kick off every larger presentation by asking the audience to indicate adoption of virtualization in their environment. Suffice to say that even just 2 -3 years back barely 10% would indicate any serious evaluation or large scale...

VMware or Red Hat to conquer the public cloud? – or – The balancing act of being “open”

by Andreas Groth | Jun 14, 2011 | Virtualization

Having just returned from the European Red Hat Partner summit and the VMware vForum where I presented, it took me a while to digest the “openness” of it all … The key messages conveyed in both events were (un?)surprisingly similar, considering that...