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A Quick Look at Windows Thin PC, a video from BriForum 2011

(this was originally posted in August, 2011) Presented by: Gabe Knuth Microsoft designed Windows Thin PC (WinTPC) to be a lightweight operating system that can be used to repurpose older hardware as thin clients while still providing access to the latest...

by BriForum Video , January 27, 2012 : 0 comments , 489 views

SearchVirtualDesktop : News on desktop virtualization

How to create mobile security policies
While you can't avoid all mobile security risks, best practices and the right security software helps. Use these best practices to mitigate your company's mobile security risks. Read More...
VMware shops using View 5 for BYOD realize VDI challenges
IGEL thin clients provide HP, Wyse alternative
Mobile virtualization is here, but limitations may hinder adoption
The truth about Citrix HDX and WAN acceleration in XenDesktop 5.5
Citrix XenApp 6.5 Mobility Pack reformats apps for Android devices
Cloud app vs. Web app -- what's the difference?
VMware ThinApp Factory to mass produce virtual apps
Web apps are browser-based, not browser independent
Diebold turns ATMs into VDI clients
Virtual desktops in 2012: It's all about the apps
Top 10 desktop virtualization news and tips of 2011
How to prevent VDI boot storms without adding storage
Desktop virtualization wish list includes simplicity, power
How to revive a failed VDI proof of concept
IT pros reject big storage for newcomers
How long can Ericom's HTML 5 client dominance last?
Brian is wrong: VDI is more than a form factor change
Five quick links: PowerShell for remote desktop management
Replacing home PCs with virtualized thin clients
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RES Software announces on-premise Dropbox-like "follow me data" solution called RES HyperDrive

RES Software just announced an upcoming new product called RES " HyperDrive " which is an on-premise virtual appliance-based "follow me data" solution that's similar to DropBox, Box, Citrix ShareFile, or VMware Octopus. Like many companies, RES believes...

by ConsumerizeIT.com - The Consumerization of IT on January 26, 2012 : 0 comments , 1,022 views
5 Forgotten Features for Citrix Environments, a video from BriForum 2011

(this was originally posted in August, 2011) Presented by: Denis Gundarev Microsoft Windows Server is a feature-rich operating system, but some of the features are undeservedly forgotten by most of the customers. The goal of this session is to share some...

by BriForum Video on January 26, 2012 : 0 comments , 677 views
Breaking down OnLive Desktop: Why this is not the desktop virtualization solution you're looking for.

I've been trying to get together with OnLive for well over a year now, ever since seeing their cloud-based gaming platform. I'm not much of a gamer, though. For me it was the protocol that they use that generated the most interest. For a while my requests...

by Gabe Knuth on January 25, 2012 : 19 comments , 4,483 views
Understanding how the Windows 8 Remote Desktop Client (RemoteFX) will work with tablets and Metro apps

We've been talking quite a bit about Windows apps delivered to tablets over the past few weeks. As you know by now, one of the new features of the upcoming Windows 8 is the support for "metro style" which are touch-based apps which will be available from...

by ConsumerizeIT.com - The Consumerization of IT on January 25, 2012 : 0 comments , 708 views
HP plans $200 zero client that can do HDX, PCoIP, or RemoteFX. (In the same client!)

Last week Gabe and I visited HP's main campus in Houston to meet with Tom Flynn, the CTO of their thin client group. We talked about a lot of cool things (tablets, Android, ARM, Windows Embedded, thin clients), and invited Tom to join us on our radio...

by Brian Madden on January 24, 2012 : 10 comments , 3,492 views
UEM Smackdown: Head-to-head analysis of Appsense, Citrix, Immidio, Liquidware Labs, Microsoft, Quest, PolicyPak, RES, Scense, Tricerat and others - UPDATE January 2012

[NOTE: This article (and white paper) were just updated after originally being published in June 2011.] Are you looking for an independent overview of the User Environment Management solutions and curious about the different features and functions each...

by Ruben Spruijt on January 23, 2012 : 1 comments , 23,549 views
VMware is making progress with their "Octopus" on-premise Dropbox-like product

At VMworld last year, VMware announced something they were working on called " Project Octopus ." You may recall that Octopus is a file synchronization technology that's similar to Dropbox or Box, with the difference being that Octopus will...

by ConsumerizeIT.com - The Consumerization of IT on January 20, 2012 : 0 comments , 2,744 views
Brian & Gabe LIVE Special Edition, with guest Peter Blum, talking about XenClient and client hypervisors. Episode 15

Brian & Gabe were joined by Citrix's Peter Blum for today's show. The topic was client hypervisors, specifically Citrix XenClient. We talked about where it's used, how it's built, and what the future plans are. Specific topics we discussed: The history...

by Gabe Knuth on January 19, 2012 : 0 comments , 2,689 views

Get social with Brian and Gabe - Integrate VOIP and collaboration software with your VDI project

A lot of people are exploring desktop virtualization as a method for delivering Windows desktops to users. Unfortunately people often stumble when it comes to collaboration and VOIP apps. If you put your desktops in the datacenter for VDI, how do you...

Will desktops ever move to the cloud? Newsflash: Mine is *already* is a cloud desktop. And so is yours.

When thinking of the term "cloud desktop," most people immediately think of either (1) a Desktop-as-a-Service remote protocol-based VDI-like solution (Desktone, dinCloud etc.), or (2) one of the pure browser-based desktop environments like the Google...

by Brian Madden on January 18, 2012 : 7 comments , 4,120 views
Citrix plans to end support for XenApp 6.0 in 2013. What's that? You're still migrating to 6.0?

A few months ago Andrew Wood wrote a nice blog article about the end of life of a number of key XenApp-related products, and it reminded me of some conversions I've been having with a number of my customers about this topic. Like all big vendors, Citrix...

by Shawn Bass on January 17, 2012 : 20 comments , 8,098 views
If Microsoft puts "real" Windows 8 on tablets, how will OEMs deal with that $70 Windows license?

While we've had a lot of conversations on BrianMadden.com over the past few weeks about Microsoft's plans for Windows 8 and tablets, there still a few open questions that we haven't talked about yet. The one on my mind today is about the business model...

by Brian Madden on January 16, 2012 : 1 comments , 4,773 views
From CES 2012: desktop virtualization-related technology repackaged for consumers

Aside from the FUIT devices and Microsoft keynote , we have a few other videos from the Consumer Electronics Show that we wanted to share with you. After wading through all the iPhone cases and 3D TVs, we found some products that cross the line from the...

by ConsumerizeIT.com - The Consumerization of IT on January 16, 2012 : 0 comments , 780 views
From CES 2012: Check out these devices that say FUIT!

(Please visit the site to view this media) During the Consumer Electronics Show I wanted to check out devices that allow employees to say FUIT and circumvent their IT department . Whether it's an annoyingly complicated VPN, a locked down browser,...

by ConsumerizeIT.com - The Consumerization of IT on January 13, 2012 : 0 comments , 1,034 views
60+ BriForum 2011 videos now available to the public!

It's that time of year again, the time when we start prepping for BriForum in 2012, and the time when we turn loose the videos from the past year's show. As of today (well, Tuesday if you were paying really close attention), all the session videos from...

by Gabe Knuth on January 12, 2012 : 1 comments , 2,026 views
2012 Consumer Electronics Show wrap-up

In this video, Colin Steele and I give our thoughts about what we found at the Consumer Electronics show this year. (Please visit the site to view this media) Stay tuned for more videos! For now, here's a quick overview of relevant announcements,...

by ConsumerizeIT.com - The Consumerization of IT on January 11, 2012 : 0 comments , 576 views
Who cares if you can't run "normal" Windows apps on an ARM-based Windows 8 tablet? It's all about future, not the present.

At the Consumer Electronics Show this week, there’s been a lot of buzz created by Microsoft. Most of the activity surrounds consumer technology like Kinect, phones, and tablets, though, and not Windows 8 like I’d hoped. I have seen stories...

by Gabe Knuth on January 11, 2012 : 5 comments , 2,340 views
Cloud app vs. Web app -- what's the difference?

What's the difference between a cloud app and a Web app? Gabe Knuth explains the difference between these similar terms and asks readers to share their input on the distinction. Read More...

by SearchVirtualDesktop: Tips on virtual desktops, tools and management on January 10, 2012
Microsoft's Consumer Electronics Show keynote came and went. There are still many unanswered questions about Windows 8 Metro UI.

Last night Microsoft gave its final keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show. We spent all last week talking about what Windows 8 for ARM tablets might be like , hoping that we would get some answers at CES. Unfortunately, the keynote offered little in...

by Jack Madden on January 10, 2012 : 0 comments , 1,745 views
Saying "the PC is dead" does not mean "the keyboard and mouse are dead"

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) takes place this week in Las Vegas, and it's expected that the biggest news for IT pros will be Microsoft announcing be details around Windows 8 touch-based interfaces for tablets. (Jack Madden will be at the Microsoft...

by Brian Madden on January 09, 2012 : 3 comments , 3,479 views
5 reasons it will be hard for Microsoft "win" the future desktop/tablet/Win8 race

We had three great articles this week on BrianMadden.com and ConsumerizeIT.com talking about Microsoft, tablets, and applications: If you think delivering Windows apps to iPads will keep users happy, you’re in trouble! Is Microsoft really building...

by Brian Madden on January 06, 2012 : 15 comments , 6,451 views
VMware ThinApp Factory to mass produce virtual apps

ThinApp Factory radically changes the way applications are packaged. Here's a first look at the product that VMware plans to deliver and how it will help IT admins. Read More...

by SearchVirtualDesktop: Tips on virtual desktops, tools and management on January 04, 2012
Microsoft's Windows 8 tablet strategy is based on their desktop OS and not their phone OS. That's stupid.

Back when the iPad came out in April 2010, I showed mine to a friend who didn't like it. "This thing is nothing more than an iPod Touch with a bigger screen." "Yeah?" I thought, "that's why it's so brilliant!" The iPad is just a big iPod Touch. They didn...

by Brian Madden on January 04, 2012 : 13 comments , 8,616 views
Is Microsoft really building an iOS version of Office? If so, is it brilliant or suicide?

Rumors about a Microsoft building an Office suite for iOS have been swirling for about a month now. Regardless of whether there’s any truth in these rumors or even what that product might look like, an iOS version of “real” Microsoft...

by Jack Madden on January 03, 2012 : 5 comments , 7,424 views
If you think delivering Windows apps to iPads will keep users happy, you’re in trouble!

If IT’s idea of enabling iPads and other mobile devices is to allow users to connect to Windows desktops and applications through remote desktop clients, then users are sure to be driven to third-party applications. “Of course we enable consumerization...

by ConsumerizeIT.com - The Consumerization of IT on January 02, 2012 : 0 comments , 1,012 views
BrianMadden.com Zeitgeist 2011

Taking a page from Google's annual Zeitgeist metrics , we decided to compile some of our own for BrianMadden.com. (Actually we did this a long time ago, though it looks like we haven't since 2004 .) We posted 447 new articles & videos in 2011 (including...

by Brian Madden on December 30, 2011 : 1 comments , 2,453 views
Virtual desktops in 2012: It's all about the apps

In 2012, VDI will be just one way to deliver desktops. IT pros will use various forms of desktop virtualization to deliver enterprise apps to mobile end users. Read More...

by SearchVirtualDesktop: News on desktop virtualization on December 22, 2011
Citrix bought AppDNA. Quest bought ChangeBASE. Can we declare a winner? Let's look at both.

With both AppDNA and ChangeBASE being recently acquired , (by Citrix and Quest, respectively) Gabe and I decided to get both of them on the phone. Our intention wasn’t really to do a head-to-head shoot-out and declare a winner; rather it was more...

by Jack Madden on December 22, 2011 : 5 comments , 4,012 views
Attention Vendors: If your products only work with virtual desktops in 2012, man… good luck with that!

One of my biggest themes of 2012 is going to be that desktop virtualization is more about "desktops" and less about "virtualization." Those who are (or who are to be) successful with desktop virtualization will be those who are successful with Windows...

by Brian Madden on December 21, 2011 : 25 comments , 5,553 views

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