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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.brianmadden.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Michael Keen - All Comments</title><link>http://www.brianmadden.com/blogs/michaelkeen/default.aspx</link><description>Michael Keen is the Director and Senior Solutions Architect in the Enterprise Architecture group at Alliance Technologies in Des Moines, Iowa. He is an innovative, results-oriented architect and executive with over a ten years of experience using technology to reach business objectives and eliminate barriers to business growth. Before his career in IT, Michael was a professional alpine climber.</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008.5 (Build: 30929.2835)</generator><item><title>re: The "Unofficial" Edgesight 4.5 Proof-of-Concept Guide</title><link>http://www.brianmadden.com/blogs/michaelkeen/archive/2008/05/27/the-quot-unofficial-quot-edgesight-4-5-proof-of-concept-guide.aspx#164539</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 07:41:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">a59ee4a9-9560-4436-b47c-b649e4ba6aaa:164539</guid><dc:creator>oligschlager01</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Matt, do you have also a POC for the Edgesight 5.x version ?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.brianmadden.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=164539" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: VMware Wastes Strength in Virtualization ROI War with Microsoft</title><link>http://www.brianmadden.com/blogs/michaelkeen/archive/2008/06/03/vmware-wastes-strength-in-virtualization-roi-war-with-microsoft.aspx#161635</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 07:52:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">a59ee4a9-9560-4436-b47c-b649e4ba6aaa:161635</guid><dc:creator>ZacharyL</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;VMware should start enriching their products and get the price down to a little affordable rate. Here is another article i found which gives some interesting insight about this virtualization war. &lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://v12ntoday.com/news/news-news/vmware-vs-the-world-the-virtualization-wars-part-1.html"&gt;v12ntoday.com/.../vmware-vs-the-world-the-virtualization-wars-part-1.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.brianmadden.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=161635" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: A conversation about Application Delivery: Part two</title><link>http://www.brianmadden.com/blogs/michaelkeen/archive/2008/05/20/a-conversation-about-application-delivery-part-two.aspx#156985</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 23:37:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">a59ee4a9-9560-4436-b47c-b649e4ba6aaa:156985</guid><dc:creator>griddle</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;It was actually quite interesting for me to see the first few pictures that you draw during the conversations that are mentioned here. Since I don&amp;#39;t know much about the subject it also helped me figure some things out.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.brianmadden.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=156985" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>Twitter Trackbacks for                 Change = Opportunity for Innovation in IT - Michael Keen - BrianMadden.com         [brianmadden.com]        on Topsy.com</title><link>http://www.brianmadden.com/blogs/michaelkeen/archive/2008/11/05/a-common-problem-it-as-the-roadblock-to-business-agility.aspx#154453</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 03:09:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">a59ee4a9-9560-4436-b47c-b649e4ba6aaa:154453</guid><dc:creator>Twitter Trackbacks for                 Change = Opportunity for Innovation in IT - Michael Keen - BrianMadden.com         [brianmadden.com]        on Topsy.com</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Pingback from &amp;nbsp;Twitter Trackbacks for &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Change = Opportunity for Innovation in IT - Michael Keen - BrianMadden.com &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; [brianmadden.com] &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;on Topsy.com&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;img src="http://www.brianmadden.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=154453" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>storage by compellent</title><link>http://www.brianmadden.com/blogs/michaelkeen/archive/2008/06/11/compellent-wins-microsoft-storage-partner-of-the-year.aspx#123711</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:10:42 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">a59ee4a9-9560-4436-b47c-b649e4ba6aaa:123711</guid><dc:creator>storage by compellent</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;This week the Blackboard data (file system and databases) will be migrated to the new Storage Area Network (SAN). This new SAN should improve the reliability and performance of Blackboard.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;img src="http://www.brianmadden.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=123711" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Farewell (for now)</title><link>http://www.brianmadden.com/blogs/michaelkeen/archive/2008/12/02/farewell-for-now.aspx#122808</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:35:51 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">a59ee4a9-9560-4436-b47c-b649e4ba6aaa:122808</guid><dc:creator>Michael Keen</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Yeah, for $1785, I&amp;#39;ll let www.michaelkeen.com go. &amp;nbsp;I thought it would be better, so I took the .info extension. &amp;nbsp;Thanks for the great idea Kevin&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Have a Happy Holiday&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Cheers&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Michael&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.brianmadden.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=122808" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Farewell (for now)</title><link>http://www.brianmadden.com/blogs/michaelkeen/archive/2008/12/02/farewell-for-now.aspx#122807</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:25:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">a59ee4a9-9560-4436-b47c-b649e4ba6aaa:122807</guid><dc:creator>Michael Keen</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Thanks Kevin...maybe I&amp;#39;ll snag that and go from there....LOL&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.brianmadden.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=122807" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Farewell (for now)</title><link>http://www.brianmadden.com/blogs/michaelkeen/archive/2008/12/02/farewell-for-now.aspx#122802</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:14:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">a59ee4a9-9560-4436-b47c-b649e4ba6aaa:122802</guid><dc:creator>Kevin Goodman</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Michael,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I noticed that www.michaelkeen.com is available...perhaps you could pick up blogging there?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kevin&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.brianmadden.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=122802" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>Leadership</title><link>http://www.brianmadden.com/blogs/michaelkeen/archive/2008/11/14/change-and-innovation.aspx#122381</link><pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:59:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">a59ee4a9-9560-4436-b47c-b649e4ba6aaa:122381</guid><dc:creator>Leadership</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;A quote by John Gardner: Pity the leader caught between unloving critics and uncritical lovers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;img src="http://www.brianmadden.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=122381" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>IT&amp;#8217;s About Uptime - The StackSafe Blog &amp;raquo; Links List 11.21.08</title><link>http://www.brianmadden.com/blogs/michaelkeen/archive/2008/11/17/another-component-to-an-agile-and-flexible-enterprise-enterprise-architecture.aspx#122311</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:48:42 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">a59ee4a9-9560-4436-b47c-b649e4ba6aaa:122311</guid><dc:creator>IT’s About Uptime - The StackSafe Blog » Links List 11.21.08</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Pingback from &amp;nbsp;IT&amp;#8217;s About Uptime - The StackSafe Blog &amp;raquo; Links List 11.21.08&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;img src="http://www.brianmadden.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=122311" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Virtual Desktops and N=1</title><link>http://www.brianmadden.com/blogs/michaelkeen/archive/2008/11/19/it-it-can-create-value-for-the-business-with-virtual-desktops.aspx#122186</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:38:33 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">a59ee4a9-9560-4436-b47c-b649e4ba6aaa:122186</guid><dc:creator>Kata Tank</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;N=1 is what we should do...&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Take an example...&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In the past, we managed 100 physical computers&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now, we could manage 100 virtual servers&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;All are trying to get us to manage a single OS reference&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;That&amp;#39;s were money saving are... The way you acheive it have no importance, only the &amp;quot;1&amp;quot; have ;-)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.brianmadden.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=122186" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Virtual Desktops and N=1</title><link>http://www.brianmadden.com/blogs/michaelkeen/archive/2008/11/19/it-it-can-create-value-for-the-business-with-virtual-desktops.aspx#122184</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:50:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">a59ee4a9-9560-4436-b47c-b649e4ba6aaa:122184</guid><dc:creator>dsumner</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;RES PowerFuse has been a good solution for us. If you use their shell you can provide the exact same interface on terminal server, local or virtual xp, local or hosted vista. Use Workspace Extender and you can bring a local application into the hosted environment.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Gain complete control over the user workspace, give them some control over it, and know what happens in the workspace. The application settings can follow the user from terminal server to and XP desktop, and can even support virtualized applications. What more would you want?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.brianmadden.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=122184" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Virtual Desktops and N=1</title><link>http://www.brianmadden.com/blogs/michaelkeen/archive/2008/11/19/it-it-can-create-value-for-the-business-with-virtual-desktops.aspx#122180</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:18:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">a59ee4a9-9560-4436-b47c-b649e4ba6aaa:122180</guid><dc:creator>InforMed Direct</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt;user experience&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;XenApp and XenDeskop both take a pefectly happy user able to watch Flash, video, PPT animation and make it unacceptable IMHO. It terms of multimedia, it&amp;#39;s a big step backwards.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Rob.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.brianmadden.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=122180" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Virtual Desktops and N=1</title><link>http://www.brianmadden.com/blogs/michaelkeen/archive/2008/11/19/it-it-can-create-value-for-the-business-with-virtual-desktops.aspx#122173</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:05:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">a59ee4a9-9560-4436-b47c-b649e4ba6aaa:122173</guid><dc:creator>james</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Yep, that&amp;#39;s pretty much the million dollar question how do you deliver &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;App to User&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And give them the best experience possible with least amount of effort and problems. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You choose your technology on how you want to do that given the pro&amp;#39;s / cons of each method. &amp;nbsp;We to have Desktops/Laptops local installs and separate Citrix App Server that people use for some applications. &amp;nbsp;However, we are thinking if we can get away from Desktops local installs now and move towards VDI env. &amp;nbsp;Where we don&amp;#39;t have to constantly switch out there local desktops/laptops we could save a lot of time/money but is that really the best way/method. &amp;nbsp;I like ThinClients/Citrix but the shared environment has its issues as well.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.brianmadden.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=122173" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Geek Speak Road Trip #2 Registration Info</title><link>http://www.brianmadden.com/blogs/michaelkeen/archive/2008/11/18/geek-speak-road-trip-2-registration-info.aspx#122157</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:24:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">a59ee4a9-9560-4436-b47c-b649e4ba6aaa:122157</guid><dc:creator>Michael Keen</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Rene&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I have a conference call with James this afternoon. &amp;nbsp;I&amp;#39;ll have more info for you then.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Cheers&lt;/p&gt;
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