Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Connection broker comparison

Patrick Rouse created a great VDI Connection broker comparison. Patrick works for Quest/Provision Networks, but he serious investigated the VMware VDM and Citrix XenDesktop solution. I know that some people reviewed this matrix just to be sure that this document is as accurate as possible. This connection broker comparison matrix compares Citrix XenDesktop, VMware Virtual Desktop Manager and Provision Networks Virtual Access Suite. It's a nice starting point in investigating which connection broker fits your needs. BTW: What are you connection broker needs?!

Posted by Ruben Spruijt on May 26, 2008 -

How Xen will conquer & virtualize the world , staring Simon Crosby

Simon Crosby is visiting the Netherlands June the 5th. He will give some great presentations for the Dutch IT-Pro audience. Simon is a great presenter and his knowledge about Xen is outstanding. I want to share this event information with the dutch-readers of this blog entry and personaly give away five entry passes away for free. WARNING: the content in this blog post is writing in dutch. (LOL)

Posted by Ruben Spruijt on May 20, 2008 -

VMware ThinApp helper configuration utility

VMware ThinApp, former know as Thinstall, offers functions that other Application Virtualization solutions cannot offer. It is no problem for Thinstalled applications to be executed within a few seconds on a workstation, where no client is installed and where there is no back end infrastructure present. Thinstall has several advantages over other application virtualization solutions. A complete overview of Thinstall can be read here: http://www.virtuall.nl/articles/PublishedArticles/LanVisionThinstallenglish.pdf One of the disadvantages of Thinstall is the GUI for configuring the files of the Thinstall application, there isn’t a GUI available. CIS group created a GUI which can be used to configure the parameter text files for each Thinstalled application. Very usefull!

Posted by Ruben Spruijt on May 20, 2008 -

Received the Citrix Technology Professional award, awesome!.

This week I received the Citrix Technology Professional award, awesome!. Brad Nunn, Citrix Sr. Program Manager says ”Congratulations on being selected to receive the Citrix Technology Professional award. Citrix recognizes and greatly appreciates the many contributions you have made toward enhancing the success of Citrix implementations worldwide, whether through sharing knowledge on web sites, publishing technical documentation, creating active communities of Citrix users, participating in online discussion forums, offering technical expertise in the field, or speaking publicly at conferences. The wealth of knowledge you have developed – and more importantly, openly shared – has proven invaluable to both Citrix and our customers” It’s really a honor to be part of this select group of IT professionals!

Posted by Ruben Spruijt on May 01, 2008 -