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VMware is making progress with their "Octopus" on-premise Dropbox-like product

At VMworld last year, VMware announced something they were working on called " Project Octopus ." You may recall that Octopus is a file synchronization technology that's similar to Dropbox or Box, with the difference being that Octopus will run on the vCloud infrastructure. (The idea is that a company could use Octopus to create their own Dropbox-like service, so they don't have to...

Published Jan 20 2012 by ConsumerizeIT.com , 4,756 views, 0 comments

Understanding how the Windows 8 Remote Desktop Client (RemoteFX) will work with tablets and Metro apps

We've been talking quite a bit about Windows apps delivered to tablets over the past few weeks. As you know by now, one of the new features of the upcoming Windows 8 is the support for "metro style" which are touch-based apps which will be available from a Microsoft app store. Metro style apps are interesting because regular (classic?) Windows apps are NOT touch-based at all, instead requiring a keyboard...

Published Jan 25 2012 by ConsumerizeIT.com , 1,784 views, 0 comments

RES Software announces on-premise Dropbox-like "follow me data" solution called RES HyperDrive

RES Software just announced an upcoming new product called RES " HyperDrive " which is an on-premise virtual appliance-based "follow me data" solution that's similar to DropBox, Box, Citrix ShareFile, or VMware Octopus. Like many companies, RES believes that the first step to consumerization and BYO is to make the users' data available to them wherever they are. And, like many companies, RES believes...

Published Jan 26 2012 by ConsumerizeIT.com , 1,737 views, 0 comments

From CES 2012: Check out these devices that say FUIT!

(Please visit the site to view this media) During the Consumer Electronics Show I wanted to check out devices that allow employees to say FUIT and circumvent their IT department . Whether it's an annoyingly complicated VPN, a locked down browser, or simply not enough storage on corporate network shares, there were devices at CES that can make employees' lives easier (and IT administrators'...

Published Jan 13 2012 by ConsumerizeIT.com , 1,473 views, 0 comments

If you think delivering Windows apps to iPads will keep users happy, you’re in trouble!

If IT’s idea of enabling iPads and other mobile devices is to allow users to connect to Windows desktops and applications through remote desktop clients, then users are sure to be driven to third-party applications. “Of course we enable consumerization! Our employees can use an iPad client to connect to a virtual desktop anytime they want,” is just another way of saying, “We...

Published Jan 02 2012 by ConsumerizeIT.com , 1,363 views, 0 comments

From CES 2012: desktop virtualization-related technology repackaged for consumers

Aside from the FUIT devices and Microsoft keynote , we have a few other videos from the Consumer Electronics Show that we wanted to share with you. After wading through all the iPhone cases and 3D TVs, we found some products that cross the line from the desktop virtualization world into the consumer world. While none of these technologies are new to the BrianMadden.com audience, it's interesting...

Published Jan 16 2012 by ConsumerizeIT.com , 1,259 views, 0 comments

Hey, IT: Stop trying to catch up to consumerization and start trying to stay ahead!

If enterprise technology were a planet, it would be Neptune: big (17 times the mass of Earth) and slow (takes 165 years to orbit the sun). Vendors take years to release major versions of their products, and customers take even longer to implement them. That's not necessarily a bad thing; enterprise hardware and software is responsible for keeping our major institutions and infrastructure up and running...

Published Jan 23 2012 by ConsumerizeIT.com , 1,199 views, 0 comments

What we want to see at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show

The 2012 Consumer Electronics Show is this week in Las Vegas, and our video producer Justin Meisinger and I will be there, along with Colin Steele (the person behind SeachConsumerization.com ) and a few other TechTarget writers. In the past, there hasn’t been too much news from CES for the BrianMadden.com desktop delivery audience, but now that we’ve expanded our coverage of the consumerization...

Published Jan 09 2012 by ConsumerizeIT.com , 1,009 views, 0 comments

2012 Consumer Electronics Show wrap-up

In this video, Colin Steele and I give our thoughts about what we found at the Consumer Electronics show this year. (Please visit the site to view this media) Stay tuned for more videos! For now, here's a quick overview of relevant announcements, products, and information we found at CES: Windows 8 There weren't really any big announcements at Microsoft's Monday night keynote, though we...

Published Jan 11 2012 by ConsumerizeIT.com , 981 views, 0 comments

Laptops need "device native" applications just like iPads!

Last week, Brian wrote about why he considers his desktop (that runs local applications) to be a “cloud desktop .” ( That article in one sentence: it’s because even though his apps and data are local, they’re all downloaded from and synchronized by the cloud. ) A few weeks before that, I wrote about the importance of device native applications for tablets . ( And that article...

Published Jan 24 2012 by ConsumerizeIT.com , 755 views, 0 comments

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