Syndicated Industry Blogs from around the Web - January 2008 - Michel Roth Michel Roth

Upgrading to ESX 3.5 and VirtualCenter 2.5

After his detailed guides on VMware ESX Server 3.5 and Virtual Center 2.5 and ESX 3i, Mike Laverick has publihed an additional document with his experiences in upgrading to VMware ESX Server 3.5 and Virtual Center 2.5. Please continue to read the entire...

Published Jan 29 2008 by Michel Roth , 1,261 views, 4 comments

Creating 100 Virtual Machines of 10 GB Each In 13 Mins

While VDI has a lot of advantages, one of the main drawbacks is the requirement for LOTS of storage. Enterprise storage. Expensive enterprise storage. Today I ran into this YouTube video of a demo held a VMworld 2007 by someone from NetApp. In this demo...

Published Jan 02 2008 by Michel Roth , 402 views, 2 comments

Connection Broker Review (VMware, Citrix, VAS and Leostream)

A couple of days ago I ran into an article by the "Free Wyse Monkeys ". Even though the name made me smile, the article I was reading was very serious. The guys put together a comprehensive review of the four big connection brokers currently...

Published Jan 14 2008 by Michel Roth , 1,617 views, 1 comment

RTO Software Patents DLL Rebasing

RTO Software has recieved the patent on DLL rebasing or at least that is how I read the press release. This would be interesting as there are many vendors out there who also perform DLL rebasing (AppSense for example). Citrix licensed this technology...

Published Jan 16 2008 by Michel Roth , 421 views, 1 comment

HP Releases First Thin Client Notebook

After the Neoware, Athena and others, HP now also has added a first Thin Client notebook model to it's Thin Client portfolio. This model, the HP 6720t, is the first in a line of Thin Client Notebooks that HP is going to offer. HP is late in the Thin...

Published Jan 24 2008 by Michel Roth , 538 views, 1 comment

Citrix XenServer 4.0.1 Review

With Citrix pushing XenServer more and more, it pays to know more about it. Al Sorenzo has written a nice review of his experiences with Citrix XenServer 4.0.1 that you can check out. Please continue to read the entire item at Thincomputing.net. Read...

Published Jan 23 2008 by Michel Roth , 537 views, 1 comment

Smart Citrix ICA Client 2.0

A French Citrix VAR called Virtual Technologies Services & Consulting has recently released a rather cool looking "ICA Client on steroids" called Smart Citrix ICA Client 2.0. Cool stuff! Please continue to read the entire item at Thincomputing...

Published Jan 29 2008 by Michel Roth , 2,570 views, 1 comment

Remote Desktop And Smart Card Authentication

Getting Smart Cards to work in SBC environments can be a bit of a pain, no matter if it's Citrix or just plain RDP. Alex Danilychev has written quite a lenthy article on how to get Smart Cards working in real life. Please continue to read the entire...

Published Jan 23 2008 by Michel Roth , 395 views, 0 comments

Future Presentation Server Group Policy Support

Citrix is looking to integrate the future versions of Presentation Server XenApp server more tightly with Active Directory Group Policies. Recently Juliano Maldaner,a product architect on the Presentation Server team, talked about this. Please continue...

Published Jan 29 2008 by Michel Roth , 945 views, 0 comments

Managing Server Core with RDP

The beauty of Server Core is it's tiny footprint. Server Core owes these small feet to carrying as little baggage as possible. Unfortunately this also means not carrying the RDP protocol. So if you need to get to that machine without walking up to...

Published Jan 24 2008 by Michel Roth , 329 views, 0 comments

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