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Think users will blindly agree to MAM? Think again!

Mobile application management isn’t a cure-all for the problem of controlling corporate assets on personal devices. Users will still need a good deal of convincing and persuading -- or, if you prefer a gentler term, “education.” During...

Guest Bloggers on February 28, 2013 : 9 comments , 3,285 views
VMware clarifies my "facts." It's not that they're saying not to use Mirage with View, they're just saying it's not supported.

From the, "Well I'm glad we got that cleared up" department, I've received multiple calls and emails about my article from yesterday called " VMware's recommendation to manage physical and virtual desktops differently is WRONG ." When I visited VMware...

Brian Madden on February 26, 2013 : 3 comments , 4,790 views
Atlantis Computing adds persistent support to their ILIO Diskless VDI. This is the ultimate VDI storage solution!

Last September Atlantis Computing released a product called "ILIO Diskless VDI." I wrote about it on BrianMadden.com then , and Gabe and I gave it the " Best of VMworld 2012 " award in the desktop virtualization category. If you're not familiar with ILIO...

Brian Madden on February 26, 2013 : 13 comments , 10,520 views
VMware's recommendation to manage physical and virtual desktops differently is WRONG

One of the big things that came out of last week's Horizon Suite announcement from VMware was that they are recommending different management strategies for physical desktops versus VDI desktops. For physical desktops, VMware now offers Horizon Mirage...

Brian Madden on February 25, 2013 : 20 comments , 7,257 views
UPDATED: Mobile World Congress 2013 is kicking off with some big enterprise mobility management announcements

Mobile World Congress is starting today in Barcelona, and already there have been major enterprise mobility management announcements from Samsung, Airwatch, and Red Bend. Let’s look at each one of these: (UPDATE 2/25/13 10:00AM PST: More announcements...

Jack Madden on February 25, 2013 : 0 comments , 4,671 views
Google’s Chromebook Pixel as a play for the enterprise? It’s not so crazy.

Yesterday, Google unveiled its rumored high-end netbook replacement—the Chromebook Pixel . While I haven’t gotten my hands on one yet, I was really impressed by the specs and apparent build quality. It’s the closest thing I’ve...

Guest Bloggers on February 22, 2013 : 12 comments , 4,116 views
Consumerization Nation #20: We interview VMware's Ben Goodman about Horizon Suite

VMware's end user computing evangelist Ben Goodman joined Colin Steele, James Furbush and me to talk about VMware's Horizon Suite announcement . In particular, today's show covered: Why VMware's enterprise mobility management has been a long time coming...

Jack Madden on February 21, 2013 : 0 comments , 3,516 views
Citrix launches XenMobile, but it's just a name change of Zenprise

Yesterday Citrix launched two "new" products: XenMobile MDM and the Mobile Solutions Bundle . I’m saying "new" because there aren't actually any technologies making their debut, just new names and SKUs. XenMobile MDM is the new name for Zenprise...

Jack Madden on February 21, 2013 : 8 comments , 4,253 views
VMware launches Horizon Suite, but it still has a ways to go to meet expectations. Here's our complete analysis:

Today, VMware is launching Horizon Suite , which we first learned about at VMworld last fall. Coming out of VMworld, I remember having the impression that despite being let down in the past by announcements that were never seen through to releases, VMware...

Gabe Knuth on February 20, 2013 : 5 comments , 11,925 views
Let’s take a look at the VMware Horizon Workspace mobile apps

VMware is launching Horizon Suite today , which includes updates to View and Mirage as well as a new product to tie together all of the pieces together, Horizon Workspace. Gabe wrote an overview of the whole suite and gave details about the new features...

Jack Madden on February 20, 2013 : 0 comments , 4,422 views

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