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Information Services Manager

Guest — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:18:45 GMT

The benefits are overwhelming for the vast majority of enterprise desktops. My advice, pick a VDI solution, pick one or two light/medium power user groups in the enterprise, find some cash for training and software and roll out a serious test or two in a real life workgroup(s). It's the only way to figure out what the real VDI requirements will be in your environment. (If you're like me, it's in this testing where you'll see that XP is much more energy efficient in terms of overall power consumption for tasks performed under VDI soltions per user, as compared to Vista...).

Re: Citrix Password Manager's Hot Desktop

David Caddick — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:05:06 GMT

Hi Robert, I'm afraid I can't add too much to what's already there as I don't have a Novell Lab/Testing environment - having said that, at least you can palm this off to Citrix Support? ;-)

Study of XenDesktop and VDI

Guest — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:42:36 GMT

Indeed perfect timing. I'm doing a study of XenDesktop and VMware to determine which the company can use best. Since we use eDirectory and preferably don't want to use Active Directory (AD) and I just found this out, we had a lot of questions about it. But this guide cleared up a lot of things. (Assuming that Contextless Login is something like Single Sign On.) Thanks for another good piece of information.

Citrix Password Manager's Hot Desktop

Robert Murray — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:43:16 GMT

Thanks Dave. Perfect timing! I just started an engagement with a client that is still using Novell and I've not touched it in years. I don't have a lot of details yet but they are asking about using Password Manager's Hot Desktop and I'm already thinking that the Novell piece may be an impasse. Have you done anything with that?

Re: You're an idiot!

David Caddick — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:28:42 GMT

LOL - so I'm an idiot? and now the price is where?

I do so wish that if people want to make such strong comments that they at least register? not post under Guest?

Re: Dave - you probably should be upfront, and let everyone know you work for an NComputing competitor.....

David Caddick — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 03:18:43 GMT

Sorry for not replying sooner, but I don't often come back to Brian's site that often just check details of my posts that appear on my blog?

It's not that I hide anything at all, if anyone is particularly interested they can see by my LinkedIn profile posted on my blog that I am currently working for HP after being acquired via the Neoware purchase - AND I make a point of never posting under guest where ever possible since mid 2006.

If you'd also look deeper through my profile on LinkedIn (always happy to link with others BTW ;-) you will also note that I have previously worked for Neoware and Citrix - who are both NComputing competitors.

I still stand by my comments - I am first and foremost a fan of Technology, and a Geek of a pretty high order, and as such I have a desire to understand intimately how things work so that they can be implemented seamlessly with other systems - and as a consequence I do not harbour NComputing or Miniframe, etc. any ill will in the slightest - BUT - when they are fragrently disregarding the EULA of a Desktop as a basis of their product offering then you have to ask yourself what sort of legal issues this might represent?

If this was all based on a sweet deal that they had negotiated with MS for the K12/Education market I'd be saying good on you and happy days (although I'm sure Citrix would have some thing to say about it?) but to the best of my knowledge it isn't the case?

Now if you wish to continue this conversation (more than happy to oblige?) then please just let me know via email when you do post here? and please be kind enough to register so that everyone can see that you're not hiding behind guest as well? OK?

Cheers,
Dave
www.TechAgility.info

Killed NComputing

Guest — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:23:00 GMT

So now this NComputing solution that greatly helped schools and educational institutions actually afford technology will probably go under because it makes no sense to purchase this device when you are now going to have the added costs of server licensing. Not to mention, the host machines will need to be sized larger to run not only the necessary applications but also the pre-loaded server garbage. Looks like MS really does rule the world!

Dave - you probably should be upfront, and let everyone know you work for an NComputing competitor.....

Guest — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:08:17 GMT

Dont see that doco name NComputing either? No mention of Virtual Desktop or Virtual PC? Which is what they are?????

TCO and DR offset

Guest — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:59:48 GMT

Don't forget with VDI you are effectively baking in DR into your design. So that cost offset can really help the TCO argument.

You're an idiot!

Guest — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:04:40 GMT

How can your familiarity with IT qualify you to put a price on a stock? BTW, it's back up above 90. You're a moron!!! Go create some user accounts. Oh, your helpdesk line is ringing; some user needs his password reset.

This does not threaten VMware or Citrix

Guest — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:27:17 GMT

If you look closely, this is about Oracle's linux distribution only. They're using the Xen hypervisor in their linux build. It'll be for running VMs on top of linux. 90% of the business VMware and Citrix do is hypervisors running on bare metal with Windows as a guest running on top of it. Oracle is going after Red Hat here, not VMware.

So Oracle will support their product in a vm, so long as it runs on THEIR hypervisor

Allan Harder — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:13:35 GMT

Well the good thing is consumers will benefit from more competition between big players in the hypervisor virtualization space. Even better, is that Citrix bought a company that makes good management tools for the Zen hypervisor. I think IT managers will reluctantly put up with having to use more than one vendor's hypervisor in their environment, but I'm sure will jeer loudly if they must use separate management tools for each hypervisor. No doubt we'll be seeing big announcements from Microsoft, Citrix, Oracle, (and VMware?) that their management tools are the best and can manage all those virtual machines on hypervisors from different vendors.