Archive for October, 2009

Have you tried the Release Candidate of the (new) Quest vWorkspace Mac Client? October 26th, 2009 by Michel Roth

Recently we updated the Quest vWorkspace Mac Client to RC3. This new version adds some new functionality and fixes some bugs. This gives the Quest vWorkspace Mac Client a pretty impressive feature list. This Mac native client for vWorkspace now has the following features (amongst others):

• Creating and editing connections; saving them to and loading from a persistent storage (disk database).
• Retrieving application lists from the broker.
• Launching applications in an RDP session.
• Sharing RDP sessions for new applications when a session is already running (session sharing).
• Local devices redirection.
• Password management.
• Desktop Integration mode.
• RDP apps auto launch.
• Custom resolution.
• Sound redirection.
• RDP experience.
• Graphics Acceleration.
• Desktop-integrated mode.
• Printer mappings.
• Drive mappings.

The RC3 of the Quest vWorkspace Mac Client can be downloaded by anyone from the download area of vWorkspace.com. Your feedback is extremely important to us so we’d love to hear what you think!

Quest and NetApp Integration October 20th, 2009 by Matthew Evans

This document covers the integration of NetApp Storage Systems with Quest vWorkspace in a VMware environment.

You are required to be running Quest vWorkspace 6.2 or later, available from http://www.vworkspace.com, and NetApp Data ONTAP 7.3.1 or later, available from http://now.netapp.com

NetApp have previously written a technical whitepaper that covers Virtual Desktop deployments on NetApp Storage Systems within a VMware environment. This whitepaper covers the configuration of the VMware and NetApp network that is typically required for this type of environment, page 5 is the most relevant. The NetApp TR3770 Whitepaper is available from http://media.netapp.com/documents/tr-3770.pdf

Download the Quest and NetApp integration whitepaper from here.

Igel Technology announce inclusion of vWorkspace 6.x Linux client October 2nd, 2009 by Matthew Evans

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Thin Client vendor Igel Technology have added the Quest vWorkspace 6.2 linux client to their latest firmware release, the exact build is 4.01.500. The firmware will run on any hardware that supports the Universal Desktop image. Igel Technology also manufacture a range of terminals that ship with Microsoft Windows Embedded Standard, the vWorkspace Windows client is compatible with this platform.

For further information on the Quest Linux client please refer to the ‘Quest vWorkspace Linux Client Guide’ that is located in the downloads section of www.vworkspace.com. For further information on Igel Technology’s product range please refer to their website.