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Microsoft is creating a Windows remote desktop-as-a-service offering based on Azure? How disruptive will 'Mohoro' be?

Yesterday, Mary Jo Foley broke the news that Microsoft is developing a service based on Azure that will offer pay-per-use Windows desktops dubbed "Mohoro" . According to her, this is in the very early development stages and is not expected to be released...

Gabe Knuth on May 02, 2013 : 4 comments , 5,280 views

BriForum 2012 London session video: HTML5: The New Application Platform

HTML5 is the new platform for application and service development, and is gaining traction fast. Many ISVs choose to develop new applications as HTML5 web applications rather than as native Windows applications, or even instead of mobile apps. In this...

Videos on May 02, 2013 : 2 comments , 3,248 views

Could Workspot's freemium approach to BYOD shift focus from "access and control" to "big data?"

Over the last several months, I’ve had the opportunity to advise entrepreneurs across several technology segments. What’s common amongst the ones I respect is that they have a deep appreciation of how their target users behave in their lives...

Guest Bloggers on May 01, 2013 : 16 comments , 6,252 views

Why is it so difficult to manage Android? Here’s a history of MDM features from 2008-2013.

To follow up on yesterday’s history of Apple iOS management features , today I’m going to do the same thing with Android. A warning, though: there’s just not just not as much here. I’ll explain why and then dig into the history...

Jack Madden on May 01, 2013 : 4 comments , 4,026 views

BriForum 2012 London session video: “And Then There was Power,” the Story of a Windows 7 and 8 Boot Process

The Windows operating system is a tremendous beast, filled with magical tricks to improve or crush performance like a cheese sandwich under a dancing elephant. In this session, Tim Mangan will walk through the process Windows uses to boot itself up in...

Videos on May 01, 2013 : 1 comments , 2,598 views

Who says Apple isn't enterprise focused? Check out the history of enterprise management improvements in iOS from 2007-2013.

A lot of people criticize Apple for not being an "enterprise focused" company. This consumer focus manifests itself in a myriad of different ways, from how the company markets their products, deals with bulk purchases, and addresses security and enterprise...

Jack Madden on April 30, 2013 : 1 comments , 4,874 views

BriForum 2012 London session video: Going Beyond Templates and Clones

This session, first presented at Briforum 2011 Chicago, will include all the latest technologies, tips, and tricks attendees need to know to automate OS deployments and become a deployment guru. Getting the right "golden image" for all of your different...

Videos on April 30, 2013 : 0 comments , 2,399 views

Is it too late for Terminal Server live session migration?

Back in the late 1990s and early 2000s, most of us in the SBC space dreamed of a Terminal Server feature called "live session migration." We wanted to be able to take a fully running user session from one server and instantly and transparently move it...

Brian Madden on April 29, 2013 : 15 comments , 4,851 views

UPDATED: We have a winner! — Win a pass to Citrix Synergy (and then use it to come to Geek Speak Tonight!)

UPDATE: Monday, April 29, 2013: We have a winner! Congratulations to @PaulinoVelo for tweeting the best reason to get a free pass to Synergy! His tweet: " Send me to synergy so I can finally know the people who I have googled for support since I started...

Jack Madden on April 29, 2013 : 0 comments , 5,537 views

BriForum 2012 London session video: Stop Talking About Desktop Transformation! Talk About Users and Use Cases!

While everyone is focusing on virtual desktops, talking about getting the best user experience and which desktop model to use (SBC/HVD), we are forgetting that users do not really need a desktop, just mainly apps to do their day-to-day jobs. It's now...

Videos on April 29, 2013 : 0 comments , 2,330 views

Could VMCS Shadowing (a.k.a. nested VMs) from Intel's new Haswell processors be what Bromium needs to work in VMs?

Over the last few months, details have been trickling out about Intel's latest processor family, Haswell. Just this week, pricing information was leaked for desktop and mobile processors, and we've also seen feature charts and some benchmarks on pre-release...

Gabe Knuth on April 26, 2013 : 3 comments , 5,873 views

BriForum 2012 London session video: So, You Just Inherited Someone Else's Citrix Environment. How Do You Figure Out What's What?

Imagine that you just found the new job of your dreams: You are now a system administrator in a large enterprise. Everything is going like clockwork, except for one major problem: There are 5 different versions of Presentation Server in use and there...

Videos on April 26, 2013 : 0 comments , 2,571 views

BriForum 2013 Chicago "super early bird" registration discount ends tomorrow!

The BriForum 2013 Chicago super early bird discount ends tomorrow, Friday, April 26, so you only have two days to save $300 for this year's BriForum conference taking place July 30 – August 1. Now that we've announced this year's agenda and session...

Brian Madden on April 25, 2013 : 0 comments , 3,044 views

BriForum 2012 London session video: All About Mobility: Device, Data, and Application Management for Corporate and Personal Devices

Thanks to the consumerization of IT, the world of enterprise mobility management has gone through huge changes within the last five years. Some issues have been solved—thanks to the opening of management APIs in mobile operating systems, iOS and...

Videos on April 25, 2013 : 0 comments , 2,493 views

The delta between work capabilities and consumer capabilities is where "FUIT" happens. Luckily we're past that now!

Over the last few months, I’ve been thinking about a lot of different ways to explain the consumerization of IT (because I've been speaking at TechTarget's consumerization events and writing a book !) The realization that I had was that while we...

Jack Madden on April 24, 2013 : 5 comments , 3,656 views

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