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WhatMatrix launches new IT comparison platform It's Alive!Evolved from a simple comparison table that made Google's top-3 search,we bravely - or foolishly - decided to develop a new comparison platformWhatMatrix was...
What Future Comparisons Do You Want To See?
Have your say! What Comparisons do you want to see here in the future?Vote here for you favourite future comparison.Vote for one of the comparisons on the list or suggest a new one (it will be added as voting choice...
Upcoming New Website and Collaboration with The Virtualists.org
Guest Post By Marek Ďuriš - The Virtualists.org I am very happy that some members of our community have stepped into a closer cooperation with virtualizationmatrix.com.This site is well known by the broad technical...
Deploying VMware Infrastructure on SoftLayer (public cloud) – Technical Considerations and FAQs
An update to this article is now available here (new capabilities)This article will discuss SoftLayer's unique "private cloud" capabilities and provide a technical Q&A for deploying VMware infrastructures on the...
GPU for “3D VDI” – Vendor Comparison: Soft / Shared / Dedicated / vGPU
A high-level 'graphics acceleration' comparison section has been added to the Desktop Virtualization category of the 'Matrix' (in addition to the previously covered aspects (all listed below).Which vendor can provide...
What’s new in RHEV 3.2 and Red Hat’s Cloud Infrastructure … and what will Red Hat’s “Niche” be …?
(The Virtualization Matrix has been updated with RHEV 3.2 and new cloud related content)Following public announcements at its summit in June, Red Hat made significant updates to its cloud portfolio as well as its...
What’s new in XenServer 6.2 … and has Citrix finally given up on its hypervisor?
(The Virtualization Comparison has been updated with XenServer 6.2 and associated content)See the updated articles https://www.whatmatrix.com/portal/xenserver-7-3-whats-new-stays-free/...
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization RHEV 3.1 (KVM based) added to feature comparison matrix
I had recently a significant amount of requests to add Red Hat's KVM-based Redhat Enterprise Virtualization to the Virtualization Matrix. After several long flights and weekends ... here it is.With the RHEV 3.x release...
Stateless desktops, hotels and floating rooms …
Interested in Desktop as a Service? See the top rated DaaS platforms in our new comparison here.Eyes glaze over, the meaningless automatic nodding starts and you can feel the person's mind is miles away ... yes, I...
Maximums and sizing guidelines for VMware View, XenDesktop (on vSphere) and Virtual Bridges VERDE
Interested in Desktop as a Service? See the top rated DaaS Platforms in our new comparison here. When we introduced a building block approach to our reference architecture many questions from the wider team revolved...