The Oracle white paper "A Design Proposal for Hosted Virtual Desktops" discusses a design proposal for Windows 7 virtual desktops hosted on Oracle Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, proposing infrastructure for 500, 1000 and 1500 users. Jaap's VDI Blog Space reports that the topics under discussion include high-level architecture, capacity planning, design decisions and performance optimizations. The infrastructure is based on the full Oracle stack of products, ranging from the end-user client to the storage in the data-center.
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There are a number of items either fixed or added in Oracle's maintenance release of VirtualBox 4.1.6. These are detailed in the changelog.
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The new features in Oracle VM VirtualBox 4.1 are highlighted in a recent blog post by The Fat Bloke, who "sings" about VM clones; more extensive system support; improved remote access; drivers for Windows Vista and Windows 7; support on the latest Linux platforms; and a new networking mode. There is also an updated Virtual Media Manager, proxy support for the update checker, and an updated USB stack, Fat Bloke adds.
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