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This is just a quick follow up post on my blog aggregation rant from the end of June. A couple of constructive ideas for change came out of that exercise, and as a result I have implemented a second RSS feed through feedburner containing just a content summary for VM /ETC posts. The new feed can be subscribed to by any individual or aggregated by other blogs / web sites.

The summary feed is available at http://feeds.feedburner.com/vmetc/summary

You can still get the full posts by subscribing with your favorite RSS reader to http://feeds.feedburner.com/vmetc (or click on the RSS icon in the right column of this site).

[updated 06.29.09] – The owner of the site has professionally responded in the commnents following this post. I appreciate the reply and this exercise has made me to decide to investigate providing multiple RSS feeds for VM /ETC.

To the owner(s) of networkvirtualization.com:

Change the current method of publishing protected vmetc.com content to a more acceptable style of blog aggregation, contact me to arrange a syndication agreement, or take down any and all of my content from your site.

Based on Scott Lowe’s post I Love Having My Content Stolen and the consistent reaction in both Scott’s post comments and on Twitter, I assume it’s in your best interest to do the same for all the other bloggers whose content you have used.

What is acceptable? Here are some examples.

Blog Aggregation

Take a look at Planet v12n or VirtualizationFeed.com. In summary, publish only a preview of the post, provide the proper attribution to the creator, and make sure the link is obvious and goes back to the original site and not the RSS feed. Both also maintain a blog roll of the aggregated sites.

Blog Syndication

Use Gestaltit.com for an example. As a syndicated author, I allow specific posts to be republished there via an arranged agreement. Each author’s personal blog is linked and each has their own individual Gestaltit.com RSS feed as well.

Quotes and References

Feel free quote or reference published content to make your own point. Be sure to make the quote/reference identifiable and give proper credit to the originator.

Let me clarify

I am flattered that you enjoy my content and I welcome the additional exposure. I get a great sense of satisfaction from the public use of vmetc.com. I’m not saying, nor does my Creative Commons license state, the vmetc.com RSS feed cannot be used. It is simply a matter of proper format and due recognition.

Even though my posts are available in full in my RSS feed, I suggest using a news reader such as Google Reader or social media such as Facebook and Friendfeed to access my content, as well as aggregating any other blogs, from the convenience of a web browser on any computer.

Not able to attend VMworld Europe 2009 next week like me? Then I am sure you are trying to figure out how to stay in touch with all the happenings in Cannes, France. I think I’ve figured out “an almost real time” way to virtually attend. Of course I’ll be depending on John Troyer’s VMTN Blog and Planet V12N virtualization RSS aggregator, but I’m also counting on Twitter too. The Blogs and RSS feeds should provide great daily/nightly reviews, but the tweets will be instant impressions and opinions from the crowd as they experience the conference, keynotes, sessions and parties.

Normally I use Tweetdeck for following my friends and collecting replies and direct messages, but I’ve found that Tweetgrid is a better alternative for watching an event where there are thousands of tweets from strangers I want to catch. I tested Tweetgrid out last weekend while watching the Daytona 500, and I was pleasantly surprised at the feeling of virtual participation. I think the ultimate event watching feature for me is that Twitpic images show up in the Tweetgrid columns too.

Haven’t joined Twitter yet? Don’t worry you can still use Tweetgrid even if you don’t have a Twitter account.

Give my VMworld Europe 2009 Tweetdeck a try and see what I mean. There is already a lot of chatter to tune into! Read the rest of this entry »

Alessandro Perilli is reporting on virtulization.info that Citrix will temporarily steal the VMworld Europe 2009 spotlight next week with an announcement that the fully featured hypervisor, XenServer 5 Enterprise Edition, will be available for free. Alessandro apparently got this scoop from Stephen Vaughn-Nichols who blogged on his practical-tech.com site about next week’s surprise announcement.

This news now makes XenServer 5 the second no cost virtualization platform with live migration abilities. Microsoft announced their free Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Beta will also include their Live Migration feature back in mid January.

Another interesting detail of this expected announcement is that Microsoft’s SCVMM will now be able to manage XenServer 5, and Citrix will introduce Citrix Essentials with capabilities to manage Hyper-V. This cross management collaboration will make for some very interesting multi vendor virtual datacenter possibilities.

Here’s some more info from the practical-tech.com post about Citrix Essentials:

“This new line, Citrix Essentials for XenServer and Citrix Essentials for Hyper-V, will make running multiple virtualization systems and machines much easier. Among other features, Citrix claims that it will automate the VM (virtual machine) lifecycle to simplify and streamline workload creation and delivery. It will also make virtualization more scalable by provisioning virtual and physical servers from single, master images to lower costs and reduce VM sprawl and more agile by simplifying storage set-up, configuration and operations in the virtualized data-center. For these programs, Citrix will charge from $1,500 to $5,000 per server.”

With lifecycle management features for both Microsoft and Citrix VMs, both companies appear to be closing the gap that VMware has had to date in virtual infrastructure automation. Vaughn-Nicols also indicates that other virtualization competition may be joining Citrix and Microsoft with this new management suite as well:

“It’s also expected that at least one of the two major Linux companies, Novell or Red Hat, will announce their support for the new XenServer and Citrix Essentials for XenServer. It is not known, however, which of the companies will be making this jump.”

Of course, I’m guessing VMware will have some pretty interesting announcements to make themselves next week. Stay tuned to the VMwareUnderground!

Note: this is a syndicated post from the VMworldUnderground.com site. I will be cross posting my blog posts here in the f. You can see my original post here.

It’s hard to believe VMworld Europe is a couple of weeks away. It seems we were all in Las Vegas for VMword 2008 just a short while ago. I’m glad to see the VMworld Underground getting started back up again, and I look forward to the podcasts. Great idea Sean!

Over at vmetc.com I have created a VMworld Page that is collecting blog posts with “vmworldeurope2009″ as a tag, collecting tweets with “vmworld”, and running some Google web gadets that display local information about Cannes, France.

I’ll probably tweek the page a little more between now and when VMworld Europe starts, but I’m counting on that page along with content from VMworld Underground to help me stay informed on what goes on in France. With several people revealing they have recieved flip camerasfrom VMware this week I need to add feeds from youtube, flickr, picasa, and other media sites as well.

Check out the VM /ETC VMworld Page and let me know if you have any other ideas of what else I could add to it to make it better.