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re: Video demo of HP's upcoming $200(ish) zero client that can do RemoteFX, HDX, or PCoIP in a DSP

Brian Madden — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:32:47 GMT

Great comment new person who just created an account to post this. On this site you gotta give more details. Why is this a weak attempt? What don't you like about it that leaves you unimpressed? What would impress you? Why do you like Wyse better?

re: Video demo of HP's upcoming $200(ish) zero client that can do RemoteFX, HDX, or PCoIP in a DSP

Mid-Atlantic Matty B — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:25:26 GMT

Another weak attempt by HP. Not impressed. Better to go with the market leader Wyse. Innovation, expertise, and client focus.

re: Video demo of McAfee A/V Offloading virtual appliance from Citrix Synergy 2010

JakPoderwacDziewczyne — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:33:30 GMT

Great Video by Kishore Yerrapragada, this is a good step in the right direction. A/V Offloading is a great feature, there is no need to run an antivirus solution inside each virtual machine. I'm happy that McAfee is the first to the market with this...this is without a doubt the type of thing the world has been waiting for.

re: Wanova Mirage: now with more layers

mub — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:02:43 GMT

This is really an amazing piece of software. We are just in the middle of a project here in germany where we have to migrate 2400 seats from all kind of old desktops and laptops to a new standard laptop model (and we don't need to reinstall anything).

Great management benfits at low costs, usable for all desktops and laptops, online and offline.

I think this tool can deliver a lot of the benefits our customers expected from VDI...not all, but a lot of :-)

I'm very curious about how this company will envolve...

re: VMworld 2011 Video: VMware Unified Communications

Tony Huynh — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 22:40:17 GMT

Also shown at the booth was Mitel's Single Sign On (SSO) solution with VMware View desktops. As users log onto different View desktops, their +E.164 number follows them, whether they are using their soft phone inside a View desktop or a desktop phone. This solution is ideal for mobile users that commonly travel between offices, such as consultants.

re: VMworld 2011 Video: VMware Unified Communications

Tony Huynh — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:18:32 GMT

@robidog - Unified Communications includes both audio and video and always has.

Not sure why anyone would be surprised that UDP/RTP traffic should be used for VoIP/Video or real time communications traffic. VoIP is mature technology (10+ years) and UDP/RTP has always been the default choice for the protocol.

Stay tuned for information on MS Lync

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re: VMworld 2011 Video: VMware Unified Communications

Rich Brumpton — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 12:26:30 GMT

So it takes the Audio stream, and passes it in native format to the client device where it is decoded? Wow, that sounds quite a bit like SpeedScreen Multimedia Redirection in MetaFrame XP FR3.

Citrix has already passed this level of integration with XenDesktop and is now pursuing Video calling aggressively. We demonstrated this at Cisco Live for the last 2 years in the Wyse booth using Cisco Unified Communications and XenDesktop.

Most recently with XenDesktop 5.5 Citrix has added UDP/RTP support which will avoid placing the IP Phone traffic inside TCP as well as passing through the native codecs. There are also updated voice codecs that Citrix has developed to reduce the bandwidth requirements beyond native Windows formats.

All this work Citrix has been doing allow them to seamlessly integrate with the soft phone without requiring any special changes to the application.

VMware on the other hand developed their own API, that softphone vendors have to target with their products in order to support. This means that VMware will have to drive adoption of their API's with Cisco, Microsoft and many others to get full value out of this solution.

Good question about Lync above, we've been helping customers with that too: support.citrix.com/.../CTX128831

re: VMworld 2011 Video: VMware Unified Communications

Robidog — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 08:58:44 GMT

This is nice. Something I was talking about with our soft phone providers for years.

So where is the equivalent in XD? And the million dollar question: Will MSFT adopt their Lync client to this?

re: VMworld 2011 Day 2 Keynote live blog. (The technical one with desktop stuff)

Kata Tank — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 05:07:07 GMT

Could be great to provide a clear compareason between VMW Horizon and CTXS Cloud Gateway, based on fact and vision ?

re: VMworld 2011 Day 2 Keynote live blog. (The technical one with desktop stuff)

Stephen Rae — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 22:57:26 GMT

Brian Maddan said:

"So here's what's crazy about this: I want all this Horizon stuff. Like as a user, I want it. I have never wanted anything that Citrix makes."

Please elaborate.

re: Seeing Brian speak makes me want to TRIM the memory from my SSD

Brian Madden — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 06:22:47 GMT

BTW, in case you're actually interested in the content of what I was speaking about, here are the topics I talked about in this presentation:

1. The adoption rate of desktop virtualization

2. Desktop virtualization is not about saving money

3. Don't forget about the traditional desktops

4. Windows sucks and is making our lives difficult

5. Storage

5A. Storage management is not image management

6. Client-based desktops

6A. Bare metal Type 1 client hypervisors

6B. Don't forget about Type 2 for clients

7. ODPU (One desktop per user)

8. The Consumerization of IT

9. The Desktop versus the desktop

10. The future of Windows

The overall presentation was similar to the one I gave at Citrix Synergy a few months ago, except I went into much more detail since I was able to talk for 1h45m instead of just 45m.

BTW, @Laptop, The local desktop is dead. Deal with it.

re: Geek Week VDI: Virtual Bridges VERDE WAN experience testing (Part 3)

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re: Geek Week VDI: VMware View WAN experience testing (Part 3)

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re: Citrix announces XenClient 2 (with video demo from Synergy 2011)

Brian Cross — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 17:41:55 GMT

Any word on Mac support yet?

re: Citrix announces XenClient XT (with video interview from Gabe)

Daniel Bolton — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 08:01:23 GMT

Good insight...

To follow on from yesterdays discussion: www.brianmadden.com/.../citrix-announces-xenclient-2-with-video-demo-from-synergy-2011.aspx

and in reply to @hhernandez...

It seems to me that XT is targeting a very small use case ("1%") of desktops that have to be super secure like my Wifes "special" dinner set. - never actually seen it... she makes me eat off paper plates most of the time!

If its the case or not... I get the feeling/impression that all this type1/baremetal goodness is driven towards laptops and desktops are seen as a small (but important) use case. Marketing getting in the way again?

My view is that laptops are a great use case for this technology but "general" desktops that don't require bitchin secure3000 protection and god like military standard networking are potentially a huge use case for this stuff.

In addition to that little rambling and not limited to XenClient, all this type 1 stuff is geared up as a very "named user" model which fits in with the focus on laptops.. The sort of use cases I was taking about yesterday were a very multi user type environments like a lab/uni or training centre... Which from what I've seen is not catered for at all (without cumbersome workarounds/hacks).