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  • What is Layering, and why does it matter?

    We have been talking about layering now for the better part of a year, and while it's an interesting technology, it's sort of an ambiguous concept to a lot of people. There are a number of vendors out there with layering solutions-- MokaFive , Wanova...
    Published Oct 21 2009 by Gabe Knuth , 10,913 views, 26 comments
  • Results of our Citrix XenDesktop 4 Licensing Survey. The community has spoken!

    The results from our XenDesktop 4 Licensing Survey are in with over 280 participants. As expected they were largely in favor of Per User licensing. Haha...little blogger humor. In fact, the results were overwhelmingly against per user licensing, even...
    Published Oct 15 2009 by Gabe Knuth , 9,067 views, 30 comments
  • Why I think "cloud" is a buzzword encapsulating all other buzzwords. A Buzzword Cloud, if you will.

    I've been talking to anyone who'll listen about how I think "Cloud" is ridiculously over-hyped, and I even worked it into my article last week. Today, I want to talk about why I think "Cloud" is the biggest buzz word since...
    Published Oct 13 2009 by Gabe Knuth , 4,411 views, 5 comments
  • Can browser desktops be another type of VDI? Not today, but maybe someday.

    Lately, I've been looking into browser desktops to see if they qualify as a type of VDI. For those that aren't aware, browser desktops (BD's) are relatively lightweight desktop environments that execute in your local machine's internet...
    Published Oct 07 2009 by Gabe Knuth , 5,405 views, 14 comments
  • Parallels could hold the key to user-installed applications

    Happy "User-installed Application Week," everyone! On Monday, Brian wrote an article about a solution he sees for enabling user-installed applications in a VDI scenario. The article received over 30 comments, and there is quite a bit of good...
    Published Oct 01 2009 by Gabe Knuth , 8,768 views, 12 comments
  • Converting PC's into thin clients - a rundown of a suddenly crowded niche

    On Brian Madden TV last week, we talked about a number of the PC-to-Thin Client conversion products on the market, and it became pretty clear that there are quite a few products out there. Each of these products fits into one of two categories, so it...
    Published Sep 29 2009 by Gabe Knuth , 55,247 views, 33 comments
  • IT department drama: Desktop vs. Server teams and who controls the users' desktops

    At both BriForum and VMworld, I had a few conversations with people about a problem looming in the near future within their IT departments--Who manages virtual desktops? Most medium to large companies that I've worked with or for over the years have...
    Published Sep 22 2009 by Gabe Knuth , 7,143 views, 11 comments
  • Demystifying XenApp Feature Pack 2, Projects Cache and Parra, and the new Tech Preview for Windows 2008 R2

    In a storm of tweets and blog posts a this week, we were made aware of some information regarding Citrix XenApp 5 Feature Pack 2. I've asked and been asked what "release" this is in Citrix's codename parlance, since we've been waiting...
    Published Sep 18 2009 by Gabe Knuth , 6,722 views, 7 comments
  • Say "Hello" to Wyse PocketCloud, a VMware View and RDP 6 client for the iPhone/iPod Touch

    Last week, Wyse announced their PocketCloud iPhone application to much fanfare around the web and on Twitter . PocketCloud is an RDP 6 client for iPhone/iPod Touch with one very important feature - VMware View 3.1 support. The app, which is simply called...
    Published Aug 31 2009 by Gabe Knuth , 7,555 views, 3 comments
  • Early-bird registration for BriForum ends today!

    Just a quick note to let you all know that today is the last day that members of BrianMadden.com can receive the special $300 discount off the registration fee for BriForum . If you're not already a registered user, you can sign up today and still...
    Published Jun 19 2009 by Gabe Knuth , 1,992 views, 0 comments
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