Don’t forget to visit VMware View’s Youtube channel. Loads of nice videos about your favourite desktop virtualization solution.

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On the VMware forums some people report issues during the database setup for View Composer 2.0 when using teh component on a x64 Windows operating system. The installation drops a message saying: Database not found. User vBaw now posted a workaround which helps to install the Composer on a x64 vCenter Server.

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Back in September 2009 VMware already demoed the Client Virtualization Platform (CVP) at VMworld in San Francisco. The CVP will extend the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure to mobile users, running their desktop operating systems directly on the virtualization layer without need for a host operating system like Windows. There is a new video which shows CVP running on a DELL laptop at the French VMware User Group.

But also check this official VMware CVP video at Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4hd_rBCGHo

VMware View 4 with vSphere for Desktops is the leading desktop virtualization solution on the market. It includes several of new features but the main highlight is the software PCoIP integration which offers a great user experience on LAN and WAN networks. See this article for the complete new feature list.

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Finally its here, View4 is now available for download:

https://www.vmware.com/tryvmware/p/download.php?p=view4&lp=1

Release notes are here:

https://www.vmware.com/support/view40/doc/releasenotes_viewmanager40.html

Taipei, Taiwan, Nov 20, 2009 – Leadtek Research Inc., known globally for extreme visual graphics technology development, is pleased to announce its newest virtual desktop certifications and solutions, strengthening its strategic partnership with VMware®.

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Nice video from Paul Maritz and Steve Herrod on Youtube.com. They reveal the latest developments in desktop virtualization from VMware.

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Today VMware also announced a new version of ThinApp. The new maintenance release offers a German and Japanese ThinApp user guide, Journaling support for the virtual registry and resolves several issues with virtualized applications.

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Today VMware announced View 4, the industry’s first purpose built solution for delivering desktops as a managed service. The new version provides a consistent high performance desktop experience to the end users and reduces the total cost of desktop ownership by 50%. Based on VMware vSphere 4 the new solution offers Simplified Desktop Management, Automated Desktop Provisioning a Superior End User Experience and more. This is the first version with the new built-in software version of Teradici’s PCoIP protocol which is developed to address the broadest range of use cases and deployment options and deliver a high-performance desktop experience, even over high latency and low bandwidth connections.

You can check out View 4 on the brand new website at: http://www.vmware.com/products/view/ We’ll provide you with more technical information in the next days.