Brian & Gabe LIVE - All Comments

re: BrianMadden.com Live Podcast #44, today at 10am PST, 1pm EST

Daniel Bolton — Tue, 07 May 2013 14:09:56 GMT

RE: vWorkspace 8.0

Amazing solution for IT... But what about the end-user? A consistent experience across all platforms, including RDP 8.0 support, is needed IMO.

RE: Anything else...

What about another "geek week/out"?

- MIrage/Moka/Virtual Computer/XenClient as an initial suggestion.

re: Brian & Gabe Live #41: 2012 year in review, and we finally discuss our experience with the Surface Tablet

Dan Shappir — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 19:14:41 GMT

This episode should come with a warning: I laughed so hard I had trouble driving! Transform iPad into Surface indeed ...

@DanShappir

re: Brian & Gabe Live #41: 2012 year in review, and we finally discuss our experience with the Surface Tablet

Christoph Wegener — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 09:01:35 GMT

How can you NOT find the "snap" gesture in Windows 8?!?!?!

You are all POISONED by iOS!!

re: Brian & Gabe LIVE #36 Special Edition: We talked with VMware's Tom Nikl about how Wanova Mirage fits into VMware's world

Julien — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 11:52:18 GMT

Hi guys !

I got X question

1 - What if I use several devices like a workstation and a laptop and i want to use Mirage on both with differents apps but want to keep the same user data.

2 - Is there a mobile device solution in there ? Like if i want to access my Mirage user data from my smartphone ?

Thanks

re: Brian & Gabe LIVE #35 Special Edition: Oracle on their VDI, Sun Ray, and Secure Global Desktop solutions

Edward321 — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 03:48:28 GMT

(Full Disclosure: I am an Oracle employee, but not representing Oracle in this post)

Great discussion.

Wrt the 'Can you use a smart card reader with a PC or a Mac, for example, and access your session?" (using the Oracle Virtual Desktop Client)

Yes.

We have a customer who has grown to about 1,800 Sun Rays, about 500 PCs and Macs using various USB smart cards readers, and another 200 "XX" thin clients with smart card readers (essentially acting as Sun Rays) and the users just move between the thin clients, Sun Rays, PCs and Macs instantly by inserting their smart card. This is all run out of one data center and no location is larger than 50 seats (most are 3-5 seats). A LOT of locations over a huge area, and the ALP protocol is a huge benefit here.

And for what it is worth they are not an "Oracle Shop" - they just like the simplicity they have had for years.

re: Brian & Gabe LIVE from VMworld 2012. Day 2 EUC keynote wrap-up & analysis show

Dan Shappir — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 18:39:14 GMT

I think that VMware Horizon supporting existing XenApp installations is a smart move by VMware. But the fact that Horizon is wholly dependent on XenApp for application publishing is a big weakness, potentially fatal.

re: Brian & Gabe LIVE #33: Windows 8, OnLive, and VMworld news

Martin Sheppard — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 13:26:27 GMT

I've been playing with Windows 8 for a while. It is a bit change as you say and it has its rough spots, but I'm actually quite liking it, so let me explain.

For me, the start screen works worse with the mouse, but better on a tablet and keyboard compared to Windows 7. The fact that it doesn't work as well when using a mouse is the thing that is going to annoy people. There's two good ways around this:

- Install Classic Shell (classicshell.sourceforge.net) which gives you a start menu back. There's also ViStart and Start8 available. I think it is ridiculous that we have to get a 3rd pary applicaiton to put functionality back into Windows, but it is an option and it works well. This also allows you to boot straight to the desktop - despite rumours to the contrary, this still works in RTM.

- Use the keybaord: Press the WIN key which brings up the start screen, then just start typing the name of the application you want - if the one you want is the first listed then press enter. This works so quickly that you can even use it for switching between apps from the keyboard.

- The other thing you should do is pin your common apps to the taskbar and then when launching those apps you don't need to go to the start screen.

I'm liking the combination of Classic Shell, but with the Windows key set to still bring up the Metro Start Screen. That's a configuration that I could potentially think about rolling out to our users, but there's plenty more experimentation before that's happening.

I think the interesting thing about this release of Windows is that the deployment drivers are almost completely different to any previous version. On the one side you've got the UI changes inhibiting adoption, but on the other it is probably the version of Windows with the least compatibility issues compared to any previous release. This is also the first version of Windows since Windows 95 where there are significant numbers of applications available in it that won't work with previous versions, and this could well be a big driver to adoption - users use Windows 8 at home or on a tablet, find some Metro apps that they like and make their life easier and then want to be able to use those apps on their laptop or desktop at work....

There are interesting times ahead seeing how all this plays out....

re: Brian & Gabe LIVE Special Edition: Reps from Intel and Wanova talk about desktop virtualization and management

Mads Soerensen — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:34:38 GMT

Waiting ?? :-)

re: Brian & Gabe LIVE #25: Immidio's Rodney Medina joined us and we talk about Microsoft licensing and Windows RT

Mads Soerensen — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:50:30 GMT

Is it just here in Denmark that the rumors are about Office 15 will only be released as an App-V packaged?

Microsoft will properly won't be allowed to release Windows with Office integrated, at least not here in Europe :)

Also think OaaS when you think of Office on the Windows RT - I think there is a reason way Microsoft has redesigned the App-V core. ;-)

re: Brian & Gabe LIVE #24: Wyse, Dell, SPLA for Windows 7, OnLive, and Consumerization Nation, Jack and Colin's new show

Denis Gundarev — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 06:21:52 GMT

@Mads - what about Citrix EULA compliance? (i'm not asking about vendor support, of course it's not supported)

re: Brian & Gabe LIVE #24: Wyse, Dell, SPLA for Windows 7, OnLive, and Consumerization Nation, Jack and Colin's new show

Mads Soerensen — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 06:04:11 GMT

Just a small hint, you can tweek the XenDesktop agent to run on Windows Server 2008 R2. - My DaaS test envoriment is right now compliant with MS SPLA and MS Office 365 - we will hopefully soon launch a fully compliant cloud desktop. :-)

re: Brian & Gabe Live #22: Guise Bule joins us to talk about tuCloud, security, and Microsoft

jmsazboy — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:32:31 GMT

Overall I question his assertion that VDI is drastically more secure than SBC. APT has become a boondoggle for INFOSEC companies.

Monitoring EGRESS and points and actually having a clue as to what is leaving your network is a proper method for monitoring for APT. If it's not IE, Firefox or Outlook and it's not port 443 or port 80 than you may look into it.

I am constantly stunned at the fact that IT Security does not have the level of innovation of a Mall Security guard. I hear all this chest beating about what they blocked but the few malicious packets that have come in, can take whatever they want and leave unmolested. How about monitoring the exit guys?

I am not questioning the solution, the hosted desktop will work but it is a rather drastic approach to take as an alternative to lazy EGRESS monitoring.

I guess if "War is the health of the state" CyberWar is the health of the industry?

Sorry for the rant, APT is a bit of a soap box issue for me.

re: Brian & Gabe LIVE #18: Kevin Goodman joins in to discuss Windows 8 on ARM, tablets, and how device management is more than mobile

Shawn Bass — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:29:28 GMT

The seemingly near minute of silence after asking Kevin if he used a View desktop on a regular basis was priceless. I feel bad for Kevin because he probably was caught off guard on the question, but to be honest it really should be eye opening for people. If there are lots of people at a company that say "VDI isn't for me because...", then who is it for exactly? I'm saying this tongue in cheek of course because there are use cases, but like Charles Osgood said "There are no exceptions to the rule that everybody likes to be an exception to the rule." Everyone likes to be special.

Shawn

re: Brian & Gabe LIVE #17: The gang discussed OnLive licensing, RemoteFX on Windows 8, and why Brian hates Microsoft.

Jared Cowart — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:57:14 GMT

Brian get a twin? Jack has to be your brother

re: Brian & Gabe LIVE with guest Nathan Coutinho. We discussed Microsoft VDI licensing, VECD, VDA, and home use rights. Episode 11.

Mike L. Chase — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 02:22:47 GMT

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