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VMworld post #3: Diverse ecosystem of competition is allowed and encouraged. Oh, you’re not a partner? Here’s your 10’x10’ booth.

There’s been quite a bit of chatter over the past 24 hours about how open VMware’s VMworld conference is. (Read the first two blog posts on this topic if you haven’t yet.) In VMware’s blog response to how they’re handling...

Published May 29 2009 by Brian Madden , 5,080 views, 8 comments

VMware clarifies: “We WILL allow competition at VMworld”

Earlier today I wrote an article about VMware changing the sponsorship terms of VMworld which will prohibit vendors from demonstrating products that VMware perceives as competition. ( Read the original article here. ) In the past few hours, VMware has...

Published May 28 2009 by Brian Madden , 5,711 views, 5 comments

For shame! VMware is now banning competing vendors’ products from VMworld!

[UPDATE: VMware has clarified the changes to the agreement. Read the update here ] One of the great things about VMworld over the years was that it felt like a true industry-wide virtualization event and not a VMware-specific marketing conference. To...

Published May 28 2009 by Brian Madden , 9,583 views, 18 comments

Teradici releases PC-over-IP for the WAN

Yesterday Teradici released an update to their firmware that adds capabilities which enable their PC-over-IP remote display protocol to work much better over WAN-type connections with lower bandwidth peaks and higher latency. In case you’re not...

Published May 27 2009 by Brian Madden , 5,982 views, 5 comments

Attention sponsors: Here’s how to make a killer BriForum session

BriForum 2009 is now less than two months away, taking place July 21-23 at the Chicago Hilton. ( more info | register ) We’re using the exact same schedule as last year, which is fifty-six 75-minute breakout sessions spread across four breakout...

Published May 26 2009 by Brian Madden , 3,711 views, 3 comments

Want to play with Microsoft’s free Server 2008 R2 VDI solution? They’ve released a series of “step-by-step” guides

Now that Windows Server 2008 R2 has reached the Release Candidate point, Microsoft is working hard to evangelize all the new capabilities of the product. And one of the new features that all BrianMadden.com readers should be familiar with is the inclusion...

Published May 26 2009 by Brian Madden , 11,525 views, 7 comments

Making sense of the four client hypervisor vendors: Virtual Computer, Neocleus, Citrix XenClient, & VMware CVP

We’ve been talking about client hypervisors quite a bit over the past eight months or so. Right now there are four vendors who’ve announced products in this space, and frankly it can be kind of easy to get them confused and remember who’s...

Published May 22 2009 by Brian Madden , 9,529 views, 10 comments

Today’s “Cisco buying Citrix” rumor is brought to you by Bob Evans.

In a blog post in InformationWeek today, Bob Evans writes “ Is Cisco Looking To Acquire Citrix For Virtualization Play? ” That blog post was massively posted to twitter , causing me to wake up to an inbox full of “What do you think of this?” emails. So...

Published May 21 2009 by Brian Madden , 7,446 views, 13 comments

How far along the hype cycle is VDI? My guess is Phase 3: “Trough of Disillusionment”

Have you heard of Gartner’s “hype cycle?” ( Wikipedia link ) It’s a five-phase graphical representation of the adoption of a business strategy or technology. The five phases are: Technology Trigger Peak of Inflated Expectations...

Published May 20 2009 by Brian Madden , 5,748 views, 13 comments

What's the difference between the "ICA client," the "XenApp Plug-in," and the "Citrix Receiver?" A guide to Citrix's client names and variants.

That headline sounds like the setup of a joke.. "Ok, ok, stop me if you've heard this. Three Citrix marketing folks go into a bar and get completely wasted..." Seriously, the article I wrote Friday about the subtlety of Citrix's client...

Published May 19 2009 by Brian Madden , 27,198 views, 4 comments

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