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Where is all this Virtualization going? Part Two (a year later)

It's been over a year since Ron Oglesby wrote about where he sees this "virtualization thing" going. It turns out that some of his crazy ideas are coming true. So what does he think now?...

Published Oct 31 2007 by Brian Madden , 17,563 views, 20 comments

Is is time for VMware to enter the terminal server / application virtualization market?

In an instant, Citrix went from viewing VMware as a strategic partner to viewing them as Enemy #1. Where does that leave VMware? What if VMware fought back and entered the application virtualization space?...

Published Oct 29 2007 by Brian Madden , 16,388 views, 34 comments

Citrix to VMware: "Don't let the door hit you on the way out!"

Now that Citrix bought XenSource, they officially compete against VMware. Despite being partners in the past, the two companies are now pretending the other doesn't exist....

Published Oct 26 2007 by Brian Madden , 18,096 views, 30 comments

Citrix evolves "Desktop Server" to "XenDesktop"

Today Citrix announced a new product called "XenDesktop" that will be a combination of Citrix Desktop Server, XenServer, and Citrix Provisioning Server (formerly Ardence)....

Published Oct 23 2007 by Brian Madden , 18,853 views, 3 comments

Citrix ICA client feature matrix

Did you know that Citrix has a PDF that lists (in a very detailed way) all of the features of all of their different clients. According to Citrix's Al Grandville, this chart is kept up-to-date, and is always available at www.citrix.com/clientfeaturematrix....

Published Oct 22 2007 by Brian Madden , 15,772 views, 6 comments

Citrix iForum US: Moving from October to May?

There's a rumor coming from the folks in Ft. Lauderdale that Citrix will move their global iForum event to May of each year instead of October....

Published Oct 19 2007 by Brian Madden , 16,277 views, 4 comments

Share your views about how application vendors should license their apps

Most application vendors are clueless when it comes to licensing their applications in today's world of server-based computing, virtualization, streaming, VDI, Ardence, etc. Please share your views on what vendors need to do, and let's write a guide to help them understand our position....

Published Oct 16 2007 by Brian Madden , 12,835 views, 10 comments

Save the date: BriForum 2008 Chicago will be June 16-18

We've rescheduled BriForum 2008 Chicago so that it doesn't conflict with the MVP conference (or hopefully any conference). Chicago is a busy city, so we didn't have too many choices for dates. We decided for a June date which may give us the bonus of nicer weather in Chicago....

Published Oct 16 2007 by Brian Madden , 12,793 views, 4 comments

Good-bye Ardence. Hello Citrix Provisioning Server.

Last week Citrix officially changed the name of their Ardence Server product to Citrix Provisioning Server. It appears that the product itself hasn't changed at all....

Published Oct 14 2007 by Brian Madden , 17,916 views, 13 comments

Updated: Whoops! BriForum 2008 Chicago is the same dates as the Microsoft MVP Conference. Now what?

We scheduled BriForum 2008 Chicago for Mon-Wed, April 14-16, 2008 (at the Chicago Navy Pier! Score!) Unfortunately I just learned that the Microsoft Global MVP Summit is from April 14-17, 2008. So now we have a problem....

Published Oct 05 2007 by Brian Madden , 11,924 views, 23 comments

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