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Original Blogs on BrianMadden.com

The primary purpose of BrianMadden.com is as an independent source for in-depth analysis of news and events in the application delivery and desktop virtualization industries. We're the home to several original bloggers, such as Brian Madden, Gabe Knuth, and Michael Keen.
  • Brian Madden

    Brian Madden is known throughout the world as an opinionated, super technical, fiercely-independent desktop virtualization expert. He's written several books and almost 2,000 articles about desktop and application virtualization. His blog receives millions of visitors per year and is a leading source for conversation, debate, and discourse about the application and desktop virtualization industry. Brian is also the creator of BriForum, the premier independent application delivery technical conference.
    1,095 posts, 12,829  total comments

  • Gabe Knuth

    Gabe Knuth is an independent blogger at BrianMadden.com. For over ten years now, Gabe has been almost entirely focused on Microsoft and Citrix-based solutions, including all sizes of Active Directory and Citrix Presentation Server (MetaFrame, XenApp, etc...) environments. He has worked as an in-house systems engineer and as a jet-set consultant, all with the same goal - getting applications from the data center to the user. Gabe lives in Omaha, Nebraska with his wife and son.
    180 posts, 1,730  total comments

  • Michael Keen

    Michael Keen is the Director and Senior Solutions Architect in the Enterprise Architecture group at Alliance Technologies in Des Moines, Iowa. He is an innovative, results-oriented architect and executive with over a ten years of experience using technology to reach business objectives and eliminate barriers to business growth. Before his career in IT, Michael was a professional alpine climber.
    73 posts, 315  total comments

  • Tim Mangan

    Tim Mangan is the founder of TMurgent Technologies, a company that provides consulting, training, and software products to the server based computing community. His career has included developing software products in both the systems and networking areas. Tim is also a Microsoft MVP for Virtualization and a Citrix CTP..
    71 posts, 467  total comments

  • Ruben Spruijt

    Ruben Spruijt, born in 1975 has been operative as a Solutions Architect at PQR since 2002. In his job, Ruben is primary focused on Application and Desktop Delivery, hardware and software Virtualization. He is a Citrix Certified Integration Architect (CCIA), Citrix Certified Enterprise Administrator (CCEA) as well as Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE+S). Ruben has been awarded with the Microsoft Most Value Professional (MVP), Citrix Technology Professional (CTP) and RES Software Value Professional (RSVP) title. At various local and international conferences Ruben presents his vision and profound knowledge of ‘Application- and Desktop Delivery’ and Virtualization solutions. He is initiator of PQR’s conceptual modes of ‘Application and Desktop Delivery solutions’ and ‘Data & System Availability solutions’ and originator of www.VIRTUALL.nl, the solutions showcase of PQR. He has written several articles that have been published by professional magazines and informative websi
    103 posts, 441  total comments

  • Ron Oglesby

    Ron Oglesby is the Director of Virtualization and Architectural Services at GlassHouse Technologies, and was formerly Director of Technical Architecture for RapidApp. He has been published in several industry magazines and is the co-author of several books including CCA Study Guide for MetaFrame XP, Terminal Services for Microsoft Windows Server 2003, and VMware ESX Server: Advanced Technical Design Guide. Ron is a Microsoft Terminal Server MVP.
    19 posts, 294  total comments

  • Guest Bloggers

    Articles from other community members
    99 posts, 1,299  total comments

  • Hey Brian!

    Do you have a question for Brian? Email to him and maybe he'll answer it here. Whenever Brian gives a speech, people always gather around to ask questions afterwards. Often times there are more questions than he can answer then, so this new blog is a chance for you to get your questions answered via email.
    3 posts, 19  total comments

  • Brian Madden TV

    38 posts, 196  total comments

  • Videos

    513 posts, 272  total comments

  • Jeroen van de Kamp's Blog

    15 posts, 111  total comments

  • Michel Roth

    1 post, 10  total comments

  • AppDetective

    7 posts, 123  total comments

  • More Videos

    125 posts, 17  total comments

  • Brian & Gabe LIVE

    Brian Madden, Gabe Knuth & Jack Madden join together every Tuesday to discuss VDI. Guests come from all over the industry for raw, unfiltered discussion. The shows are broadcast live, and you can join the conversation via twitter or our built-in chat engine. After each show is recorded we post the MP3 as a standard podcast download. Check it out every week at www.BrianMadden.com
    28 posts, 18  total comments

  • Jack Madden

    16 posts, 35  total comments

  • Shawn Bass

    3 posts, 49  total comments

  • ConsumerizeIT.com

    119 posts, 0  total comments


Syndicated Industry Blogs from around the Web

  • Jeff Pitsch

    Jeff Pitsch's virtualization blog draws on his 14 years of experience with Microsoft products and the IT field. The past few years he has specialized in terminal services/Citrix environments. Most people know him from his extensive postings on the Citrix support forums, Brian Madden's forums, and the Microsoft newsgroups.
    19 posts, 0  total comments

  • Charles Aunger

    Charles Aunger's blog covers Windows 64bit, Terminal Services, Citrix, Thin Client, and VMware / VirtualPC / VDI / SSL VPN. He co-wrote “Windows NT4 to Windows 2003 Migration” with a team of California-based Microsoft Directors for Microsoft Press. A frequent public speaker, Charles has also demonstrated solutions of SBC technology at Citrix iForum and supported the design of COMMNET at Microsoft Events. He has won a CMP award for the best use and design of a WAN Solution, and is a Citrix CTP.
    59 posts, 3  total comments

  • The Official Citrix Blog

    The official blog from Citrix, available on community.citrix.com, is where you can learn the latest official information from the designers, engineers, and marketers of Citrix's products.
    3,386 posts, 125  total comments

  • Hans Straat

    Hans Straat is the founder of Datacrash.net, a news feed and blog that also offers a server based computing forum, white papers, and other technical resources. Hans is a MCSE in Windows NT4, 2000, and 2003, in addition to specializing in Citrix.
    94 posts, 4  total comments

  • Jason Conger

    Jason Conger's blog at jasonconger.com shares his experience extending infrastructure environments utilizing a variety of technologies. Jason Is a System Architect specializing in virtualization and Microsoft .Net technologies. Formerly, as a Citrix employee, he worked as a Presentation Server Architect.
    60 posts, 2  total comments

  • Jay Tomlin

    Citrite 239: Occasional, usually technical, musings of a Citrix employee.
    21 posts, 33  total comments

  • Terminal Services Team Blog

    This blog is written by the Terminal Services team from the Microsoft Developer Network.
    135 posts, 4  total comments

  • Joe Shonk

    Joe Shonk's theshonkproject.com offers a blog, news, and other technical resources. Joe has worked with Citrix silver, gold, and platinum resellers doing project-based consulting for various companies in Arizona, California and New Mexico. Currently, he works with Thin Client Computing doing virtualization projects (Virtuozzo, VMware, Softgrid and Presentation Server) for medium-to-enterprise customers.
    27 posts, 1  total comment

  • The SoftGrid Team Blog

    The SoftGrid Team Blog at blogs.technet.com covers Microsoft Application Virtualization, and is written by the SoftGrid team at Microsoft.
    355 posts, 11  total comments

  • Michel Roth

    Michael Roth operates Thincomputing.net, which covers server based computing, virtualization, and security through news articles, downloadable resources, and Michael's blog. He is a Senior Sales Engineer at Quest Software, Provision Networks Division, and also a Microsoft MVP.
    898 posts, 95  total comments

  • Think Thin

    The Think Thin blog is created by the Thin Client and Server Based Computing Group at Sun Microsystems.
    101 posts, 0  total comments

  • Thomas Koetzing

    Thomas Koetzing is a freelance consultant in server based computing and virtualization, and has been working with Citrix products since 1998. In 2003, Thomas started posting in the official Citrix support forums with the alias “CITRIX4GE” and very quickly became one of the top posters. Later on he launched the website CITRIX4GE.de as a response to forum requests, and in 2006 moved to ThomasKoetzing.de. His website is famous for its Citrix and Terminal Server FAQ and Web Interface customizations.
    106 posts, 1  total comment

  • Dave Caddick

    Dave Caddick blogs at TechAgility.info, which he describes as "using technology to become more agile at work and play - and more thoughts on VDI, Thin Clients, VMware, Citrix, etc…"
    109 posts, 12  total comments

  • Windows Virtualization Team Blog

    The Microsoft Virtualization Team Blog at blogs.technet.com is written by members of the Microsoft Windows Virtualization Product Group.
    203 posts, 32  total comments

  • Dan Shappir

    Dan Shappir blogs as ERICOM Guy. The ERICOM Guy blog features technical oriented discussions and Ericom and its products in particular, and server based computing and software development in general. Dan is Vice President of Software Development at Ericom Software, a leading provider of remote application access solutions and a Microsoft Gold Certified partner.
    80 posts, 0  total comments

  • MSTerminalServices.org

    MSTerminalServices.org is a leading Microsoft Terminal Services and Citrix resource site - This feed offers articles and tutorials for Server Based Computing professionals covering topics such as printing, scripting, performance and security.
    55 posts, 2  total comments

  • Wilco van Bragt

    Wilco van Bragt runs the VanBragt.Net SBC Centre: Reviews of Terminal Server related products, the best exam link, the best resource links and the latest SBC News
    930 posts, 11  total comments

  • Douglas Brown - DABCC.com Radio

    Learn about technologies such as VDI, server virtualization, application virtualization, application deployment, application management, performance monitoring, and server-based computing from vendors such as Citrix, VMware, Microsoft, XenSource, SWSoft, Parallels, Provision Networks, Ericom, IBM, and many more! DABCC Radio is hosted by Douglas Brown, Microsoft MVP and founder of www.dabcc.com.
    93 posts, 0  total comments

  • Helge Klein

    IT From Inside: Helge Klein on the workings of Windows, Terminal Services and other things.
    125 posts, 4  total comments

  • Mike Burke

    Mike Burke blogs about Terminal Services, Citrix, and Virtual Infrastructure at his website datadr.net, which also provides news articles, white papers, and other resources. He currently works for CRI Technologies (Virtera) where he also focuses on designing and implementing virtual infrastructure solutions based on products and technologies from VMware, Microsoft, Softricity and various others.
    14 posts, 0  total comments

  • Shawn Bass

    Shawn Bass, an independent Chicago area consultant, has been working with Citrix products since the WinView days. Shawn blogs on a variety of topics, including server based computing, Citrix, and Terminal Services. He is a Microsoft MVP and a Citrix CTP.
    55 posts, 28  total comments

  • Rene Vester

    134 posts, 3  total comments

  • VMware ThinApp

    0 posts, 0  total comments

  • CitrixTools.net

    196 posts, 0  total comments

  • The Official Quest Software Desktop Virtualization Group Blog

    239 posts, 0  total comments

  • SearchVirtualDesktop

    499 posts, 1  total comment

  • VMware End User Computing

    203 posts, 0  total comments


Event Blogs

  • The Road to BriForum

    We'll be blogging here about all things BriForum. We'll answer questions people have, make announcements, and help get you ready for the next BriForum.
    18 posts, 76  total comments

  • The BriForum Chicago 2008 Attendee Blog

    BriForum continued to grow in 2008 with our biggest event yet. This blog is written by the attendees, speakers, staff, and community members who attended BriForum 2008 Chicago, June 16-18, 2008.
    21 posts, 91  total comments

  • BriForum 2007 Europe Attendee Blog

    This blog is written by the attendees, speakers, staff, and community members attending BriForum 2007 Europe. October 8-10, 2007.
    8 posts, 27  total comments

  • VMworld 2007

    VMworld 2007 takes place from September 11-13, 2007, in San Francisco. This is VMware's biggest annual event. Several readers of BrianMadden.com are attending the conference, and they're blogging about it here.
    23 posts, 35  total comments

  • BriForum 2007 Chicago Attendee Blog

    This blog is written by the attendees, speakers, staff, and community members attending BriForum 2007 Chicago, April 23-25, 2007.
    6 posts, 28  total comments

  • Citrix iForum 07

    iForum 07, The App Delivery Expo, presented by Citrix
    9 posts, 72  total comments


Podcasts

  • Brian Madden Live

    Brian Madden Live is an Internet radio show / podcast hosted by Brian Madden. The show is technical in nature and designed for people who administer and design Citrix and server-based computing environments on a daily basis.
    32 posts, 165  total comments


Books

  • Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 Book

    This book has been cancelled because I don't have time to write it. Some of what I've written so far is online here.

    1 post, 134  total comments

  • VMware ESX Server , Advanced Technical Design Guide

    This book is not an administrator’s guide. Rather, it’s written for IT consultants, system engineers, and architects who must plan, design, implement, and optimize VMware ESX systems. This book covers how virtualization works, the "real" difference between GSX and ESX, hardware allocation, getting devices to work, real-world server sizing, SAN vs. local storage, the inner workings of ESX, security, server monitoring, automated installations and provisioning, high availability, and backup and disaster recovery strategies.

    Buy this book now from The Brian Madden Store or


  • Terminal Services for Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Advanced Technical Design Guide

    This book is not an administrator’s guide. Rather, it’s written for IT consultants, system engineers, and architects who must plan, design, implement, and optimize Windows 2003-based Terminal Server systems. It's filled with real-world, proven strategies created specifically for Windows Server 2003. See how some of the world's largest companies are using pure Terminal Server 2003 environments. You read this book for free online.

    1 post, 53  total comments

  • Citrix MetaFrame XP, Advanced Technical Design Guide, Including Feature Release 2

    "The one with the orange on the cover," this book is widely recognized as one of the best sources for technical information on Citrix MetaFrame XP. You can read it online for free.
    1 post, 13  total comments

  • Citrix MetaFrame XP, Advanced Technical Design Guide, Including Feature Release 1

    This book is the number one source for real world, technical information about MetaFrame XP, including Feature Release 1 (on both Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0). This book details all aspects of MetaFrame XP environments, including farm design, printing, security, NFuse, Load Management, coexistence with MetaFrame 1.8, and integration with Novell.

    This download is not available because the book with the orange on the cover is more up-to-date and contains all of this book's information and more.

    1 post, 12  total comments


News

  • shawnbass.com - Virtualization blog

    Anything related to virtualization as a whole: hardware virtualization like VMWare, Virtuozzo, Virtual PC, Virtual Server and software virtualization like SoftGrid, Citrix Streaming Server / Citrix Tarpon, Altiris SVS, etc.
    0 posts, 0  total comments


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