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BriForum 2005 Video: Rick Mack on Application Tuning and Debugging for Terminal Server Environments

I can think of no better way to kick off our BriForum 2005 video series than with this Rick's application tuning and debugging session which many people felt was the best breakout session they had ever attended at any conference. In this session, Rick shows you how you can use free tools to deal with applications that don't want to play nice in a terminal server environment....

Published Oct 30 2005 by Brian Madden , 12,642 views, 16 comments

BriForum 2005 Session Videos: A new one posted every week through BriForum 2006

With BriForum 2006 planning well underway, we decided that we'll make all the BriForum 2005 content available for free over the next six months or so. We'll release videos, audio, and PowerPoint slides from all 37 breakout sessions....

Published Oct 30 2005 by Brian Madden , 10,302 views, 6 comments

Providing Desktops to Users: Centralized Virtual Machines or Terminal Server Desktops?

IBM, Citrix, and VMware are pushing the idea of providing desktops to users in the form of virtual machine-based remote Windows XP desktops instead of the traditional way of publishing a desktop session on a Terminal Server or Citrix Presentation Server. In this article, I'll take a brief look at the announcements from the past few weeks and then dig into the pros and cons of this architecture....

Published Oct 24 2005 by Brian Madden , 21,361 views, 27 comments

What value will Citrix add on top of Longhorn Terminal Server? Project Constellation reveals their thinking

Microsoft revealed the capabilities of Longhorn Terminal Services a few weeks ago. These advanced capabilities left people wondering what Citrix would do with Presentation Server in Longhron. To that end, Citrix just announced Project Constellation, the codename for a set of advanced technologies that will enhance Presentation Server in the next few years....

Published Oct 12 2005 by Brian Madden , 16,594 views, 13 comments

Citrix's New Marketing Message: There are three types of apps, we have three types of solutions

Citrix announced a new marketing message at iForum this week. No matter what type of application you have--client/server, web, or desktop, we can help you with application virtualization, optimization, or streaming technologies....

Published Oct 12 2005 by Brian Madden , 11,736 views, 6 comments

A Technical Analysis of Citrix's Application Streaming Announcement

Today Citrix announced that they were working on Desktop Application Streaming technology. This technology will allow applications to be streamed to desktop computers and executed locally (even when offline). This is exactly what Softricity does. In this article, I'll dig into Citrix's new technology and what it means for the company and Softricity....

Published Oct 11 2005 by Brian Madden , 30,016 views, 62 comments

I'm at Citrix iForum in Las Vegas

Citrix iForum 2005 is going on this week in Las Vegas, and once again I'll be there talking to vendors and attending sessions looking for interesting things to share with you. Last night was the opening reception, and the show starts today in a few hours....

Published Oct 10 2005 by Brian Madden , 10,577 views, 7 comments

Announcing BriForum 2006 Dates and Registration

BriForum is an independent technical conference for Citrix, Terminal Server, and server-based computing experts. For 2006 we're gathering about 20 experts from around the world who will talk, mingle, discuss, and spar with 500 attendees about all sorts of technical topics. Even though last year's event was awesome, we're making this year's conference better than ever!...

Published Oct 06 2005 by Brian Madden , 10,078 views, 8 comments

Best Practices for Citrix Policy design for Presentation Server 3 or 4

Policies are one of the most powerful management features of Citrix, and knowing how to create and apply them is critical if you want to be a Citrix badass. This article talks about what people are doing in the real world....

Published Oct 02 2005 by Brian Madden , 28,175 views, 26 comments

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