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New free tool lets you manage Citrix XenClient with Microsoft SCCM

Citrix Synergy has started, and after a couple of previews XenClient 2.0 is ready to be officially released. XenClient is maturing and on its way to become an enterprise solution. By design, Citrix offers management of XenClient systems through the XenClient...

Published Oct 25 2011 by Jeroen van de Kamp's Blog , 4,069 views, 4 comments

Bring Your Own Application with Microsoft App-V

Once in a while you encounter a simple but brilliantly refreshing idea. This happened to me a couple of weeks ago. My colleague Matthias Wessner was in the Amsterdam HQ for a visit, and dropped by my office. He asked if I had seen the movie he mailed...

Published Sep 19 2011 by Jeroen van de Kamp's Blog , 5,426 views, 11 comments

Two new free tools from Login Consultants: SCCM Status Indicator and App-V Package Analyzer

While Brian (and maybe you) might disagree, I believe that BrianMadden.com should be more about the "enterprise desktop" and end user client computing in general. The current focus on server-based computing and desktop virtualization is too limiting....

Published Sep 11 2011 by Jeroen van de Kamp's Blog , 4,030 views, 2 comments

Project VRC: a deep dive into VDI performance tuning

Ruben and I are pleased to announce we finally can release the long awaited Phase III whitepaper. As promised: this one does a true VDI deep dive. We think we have interesting new content, and more importantly, many new insights. More and more organizations...

Published Sep 27 2010 by Jeroen van de Kamp's Blog , 8,166 views, 9 comments

New and still free: App-V Adm add-on 2.0 and ACDC 1.1

Cool, while Wilco was presenting a session at BriForum about free App-V tools, my colleagues Ment van der Plas and Ruben Koene released new versions of ACDC and the App-V Template with new features and to support App-v 4.6. App-V ADM template 2.0 The...

Published Jun 21 2010 by Jeroen van de Kamp's Blog , 3,395 views, 0 comments

With last week's VECD licensing change, is Windows 7 now the cheapest client?

The VECD licensing changes Microsoft recently announced made me wonder: is a Windows-based client with SA cheaper than a non-Windows non-SA client in a VDI scenario? (Since VECD is mandatory, the math becomes interesting.) This is something I've discussed...

Published Mar 22 2010 by Jeroen van de Kamp's Blog , 15,080 views, 14 comments

Choosing the right App-V delivery model

Organizations who move towards Microsoft Application Virtualization often wonder what the best delivery infrastructure is for their environment. In the days of SoftGrid there was only one way of delivering your virtual applications to the end-user: you...

Published Feb 19 2010 by Jeroen van de Kamp's Blog , 9,410 views, 3 comments

Out now: New VRC paper "TS on next-gen hypervisors and hardware"

Wow, this took a little longer than expected. No.. actually this actually took a lot longer. Ruben Spruijt and I can finally announce the official release of the Project VRC Phase II white paper. This is the biggest release so far and is now available...

Published Feb 16 2010 by Jeroen van de Kamp's Blog , 3,730 views, 5 comments

"A fool with a tool is still a fool"--words of wisdom in IT

When you've been building desktop and application virtualization solutions for so many years, you have to be blind not to spot the typical patterns which re-occur in almost every project. Actually, it's fun to identify them when you talk to your...

Published Jan 25 2010 by Jeroen van de Kamp's Blog , 6,947 views, 14 comments

New Free App-V Self Support Tool (and how to make friends at the helpdesk)

When you deploy App-V applications on laptops and pc's, expect a lot of helpdesk calls. While App-V is a mature application virtualization solution, it is interesting to see that a simple design decision does actually not make a lot of sense…...

Published Jan 19 2010 by Jeroen van de Kamp's Blog , 6,157 views, 0 comments

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