Came across this the other day – Ericom is providing a free Beta of its HTML5 Client for VMware View.

HTML5 technology represents a new frontier in interactive browser-based applications and user experience. It’s the first VDI solution to provide native support for Chrome, safari and other browsers using WebSockets and http protocols.

Leveraging this innovative technology and integrated RDP compression and acceleration technology, Ericom’s high performance HTML5 client enables enterprises to provide users seamless access to VMware View virtual desktops – running wholly within the browser – from any HTML5-compatible web browser, such as Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari.

Although RDP-based, this technology is very interesting and key to a device-agnostic application delivery services model. Sign up for the beta if you get a moment and let us know of your results -

Being able to deliver applications and information seamlessly to any device is a huge organizational need – which shifts the “Why can’t I run these apps on my devices” conversation from an accusational criticism of the IT Group to a dialog about the pure usability of the device itself.

Enjoy -

Mt. Pleasant, SC – February 3, 2011 – eGroup, Inc. today announced its acceptance into the Cloud Computing Partner Lighthouse Initiative for VMware-qualified members of the VMware Partner Network. The Cloud Computing Partner Lighthouse program provides enablement and delivery materials to partners for vCloud Consulting Services including processes, service definition, management practices and models. VMware will continue to invest in eGroup, helping to ensure they can offer and deliver a growing range of cloud professional services.

Based on VMware’s extensive experience working with both enterprises and service providers to deploy VMware vCloud® environments, the vCloud Accelerator Service is part of VMware’s growing portfolio of vCloud Consulting Services to accelerate the journey to the cloud by helping customers cut through the cloud hype, define a strategy, identify starting points, and develop a pragmatic roadmap for IT transformation. Read more >>

eGroup to Help Customers Transition to Cloud Computing with Converged Infrastructure Platform from VCE

Mt. Pleasant, SC – January 28, 2011 – eGroup, Inc. today announced it has joined the VCE partner ecosystem, a community of partners that are qualified to augment, resell, and deliver Vblock™ Infrastructure Platforms. Now eGroup can help customers accelerate their adoption of converged infrastructure and cloud-based computing models to dramatically reduce the cost of IT while improving their time to market. Read more >>

Protego is a company that has been involved with the development of flame arresters, valves and tank accessories for industrial process engineering for more than 50 years. Headquartered in Braunschweig, Germany, Protego has locations across the world including one in Charleston,SC. Read more >>

Wow! I should change “released” to say “soon to be unleashed upon the world” !!!

Trend Micro has done it AGAIN – hitting the ground running this year – easily outpacing most of the competition in the race to win the cloud-enabled anti-malware software market.

From cloud-enabled, VDI-aware endpoint protection, to vmsafe API-based virtual machine protection through the core protection modules, Trend has a forward-looking and effective (and affordable) security solution for every cloud-savvy Data Center.

Earlier this summer, and given our track record with both messaging and security, eGroup was invited to participate in the InterScan Messaging Security Virtual Appliance (IMSVA) 8.0 Hybrid SaaS Email Security Early Adopter Program. The results were pretty fantastic!

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Not a big surprise but much of the VMWorld 2010 conference was spent discussing “what is the cloud? and “how we will get there?.  There are specific answers and roadmaps to the second question but the first still is difficult to answer but simple at the same time.  The “Cloud” is end user computing on any device, anywhere the user needs it.  It allows the user to abstract the applications they use from the devices they carry.  Paul Maritz, President and CEO of VMWare stated that (paraphrased) “The new IT needs to be end user focused instead of device focused, and to do this we need to build better applications that are cloud ready and can be delivered from any framework to any device.”  This means that we have to start now in thinking about applications for the future or the future of legacy applications and how they will move to and operate within this new IT.  Here is how most people will get there in reference to the second question. (Two Phases) Read more >>

OK, I know this information is readily available to anyone with a gMail account but there are times when technology is released that is just plain cool and warrants repeating it. This past week, Google released a new feature to their already established Google Voice product. For those who have not investigated this yet, Google Voice allows one to secure a dedicated local phone number that can be used to route calls based on rules to different locations such as home, work, mobile, etc. Changing your mobile number? Doesn’t matter because you don’t need to give it out – just pass out your Google Voice number and you’re insulated. Don’t want to talk to someone? Just send their calls to cyberspace! The new feature released allows calls to be made to and from your Google Chat window, including international calls for very low rates .

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