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  • Think today... change tomorrow?! Your step-by-step guide to moving today's apps into tomorrow's world

    The adoption of Application Virtualization, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), and the availability of Windows 7 create many new and interesting possibilities for the delivery of applications and desktops. Many organizations are on the threshold of...
    Ruben Spruijt on February 15, 2010 : 1 comments , 12,029 views
  • Prediction: 90% of the future "VDI" will be client-based

    In our " Trends for 2010 " episode of Brian Madden TV, a few of the trends we focused on included a "renewed client-based VM focus" (thanks to the release of client hypervisors from VMware and Citrix this year) and a "smarter replication" that will replicate...
    Brian Madden on February 12, 2010 : 16 comments , 10,163 views
  • VMware is doing a great job of equating success in virtual servers to success in virtual desktops

    VMware's Partner Exchange kicks off today in Las Vegas. I'm not at the conference, but I'm getting updates via twitter from folks who are attending. Interesting updates are coming from Donn Bullock about the desktop virtualization element...
    Brian Madden on February 09, 2010 : 15 comments , 6,682 views
  • New Free tool for App-V Deployment

    In conjunction with a Virtualization Deep Dive Day February 12, 2010 presentation I am doing I have released a couple of new tools for use with App-V 4.5 and above. AppV_DeployApp and AppV_PublishApp are available as free downloads from the TMurgent website...
    Tim Mangan on February 09, 2010 : 4 comments , 6,415 views
  • Our Geek Week: VDI Shootout methodology (and how you can help)

    The Super Bowl is over (congrats, Saints…hopefully the Browns can do that someday), and we're getting into full swing planning our VDI shootout, otherwise known as Geek Week. We've got conversations going with all of the companies involved...
    Gabe Knuth on February 08, 2010 : 12 comments , 5,285 views
  • Brian Madden's full interview with Immidio's Benny Tritsch

    Here's my full-length interview with Benny Tritsch from yesterday's Brian Madden TV Episode #28 . In it we talk about Benny's new(ish) role at Immidio and what products they're working on now.
    Videos on February 05, 2010 : 0 comments , 1,239 views
  • Brian Madden TV #28 - Interview with Benny Tritsch, "fifth vendor" voting results, and news round-up

    In this week's Brian Madden TV, Gabe and Brian discuss Array Network's forthcoming iPhone remote desktop client , Citrix's Nirvana phone hardware spec , and the situation with RTO, Symantec, and VMware. Then Brian interviews Benny Tritsch...
    Brian Madden TV on February 04, 2010 : 14 comments , 6,144 views
  • Symantec suddenly stops selling Workspace Profiles. Does this mean VMware is acquiring RTO?

    Last March, we learned that Symantec’s Workspace Profiles product was an OEM / rebranded edition of RTO Software’s Virtual Profiles . Then in September, we learned that VMware also signed an agreement with RTO Software for their Virtual Profiles...
    Brian Madden on February 03, 2010 : 18 comments , 7,586 views
  • Help us pick the “fifth vendor” in our VDI week

    [UPDATED with Winner at the end of this article] Last month, Gabe and I announced that we’re planning on doing a five-day, five-product VDI shoot-out. There were a lot of great ideas in the conversation around the idea , and we’re working...
    Brian Madden on February 02, 2010 : 16 comments , 7,053 views
  • BriForum 2010, June 15-17 in Chicago. Registration now open.

    After talking about BriForum 2010 for months and jockeying some dates around, we're pleased to let everyone know that we've finalized all the details for BriForum 2010 , which will take place from June 15-17, 2010 at the Chicago Hilton. 2010:...
    Brian Madden on February 02, 2010 : 3 comments , 3,137 views