Softricity Purchase: Year 2 and beyond

A look back at the last two years since Microsoft purchased Softricity, plus what is on tap this year.

Posted by Tim Mangan on June 06, 2008 -

Report on a company called "DNSstuff"

I had an opportunity to hear a pitch from a company called "DNSstuff" recently, which was interesting.

Posted by Tim Mangan on May 11, 2008 -

Live from Microsoft Management Summit 2008

  Tim Mangan is at Microsoft Management Summit 2008 (MMS), Microsoft's annual show dedicated to Management Products, this week in Las Vegas.  Held at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas this year, MMS is the annual conference for System Center, including System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM, formerly SMS), System Center Operations Manager (SCOM, formerly MOM),  plus System Center Server Virtualization (formerly Virtual Server, now Hyper-V), System Center Microsoft ...

Posted by Tim Mangan on May 01, 2008 -

Take 2: VDI for the ASP Market

A look at Application Service Provider Market and how hosted desktops (VDI) might augment or replace Terminal Services there.

Posted by Tim Mangan on April 20, 2008 -

Another day, another Hyper-V...

Monday I wrote about a failed attempt with Hyper-V ( http://www.brianmadden.com/blog/TimMangan/My-Weekend-with-Hyper-V-And-Back ).  Benny Tritsch chimed in and told about the success he had with a similar setup.  Well I can't let Benny show me up, can I?  (OK, I can.  He's an expert and just play at this stuff sometimes).  Today, things went better and I used the new Release Candidate for Hyper-V that went out today.So I went back and rebuilt my setup. ...

Posted by Tim Mangan on March 19, 2008 -

My Weekend with Hyper-V (And Back)

One of the perks of my job is that I get opportunities to play with lots of new stuff, sometimes before I really should.  I have been running the betas of Server 2008 for quite a while, and cut over one of my servers to RC0 just as soon as I could get my hands on it.  But I have been cautious on Hyper-V.  Until now.    But if you are thinking about it too, read on.  Depending on what you want to do you might be better off waiting. Where I Am Now I...

Posted by Tim Mangan on March 17, 2008 -

Varonis: A product for Auditing ACLs and file usage

I hate security. I always want to ignore it. But then I see this cool demo and it’s like “yeah, I can understand that”. This post is an introduction to the company and their interesting product.

Posted by Tim Mangan on March 11, 2008 -

Thoughts from Citrix Summit Keynote, day 1

Tim Mangan is at the Citrix Summit, the annual event that Citrix hosts to talk with their partners. In this post from the Summit in Orlando, Tim talks about his thoughts after the opening keynote.

Posted by Tim Mangan on January 28, 2008 -

Episode 7 of "Sequencing With Tim Mangan" video (SoftGrid 4.5)

If you are a bleeding edge kind of person, you might be interested in the beta of SoftGrid 4.5. I was, and in Episode 7 of my video series I take a first look at installing the server, and changes that are in the release.

Posted by Tim Mangan on December 10, 2007 -

Live from IFORUM now App Delivery Expo.

I am also out at the Citrix show. Here are some thoughts mid-day on Tuesday.

Posted by Tim Mangan on October 23, 2007 -