BriForum 2007 Chicago Video: Login Consultants Presents the Solution4 Framework

Last week I wrote about the release of Login Consultants' massive scripting and automation framework called Solution4. Due to the high level of interest in this free framework, we're making the videos of their two sessions on this from BriForum available.

Article by Brian Madden on August 13, 2007.

Should Citrix buy a hypervisor?

Now that Citrix is focusing on end-to-end application delivery, people have been speculating / asking whether Citrix needs to get into the hypervisor market. The word on the street is that they're looking at XenSource for $500M. Does this make sense?

Article by Brian Madden and Gabe Knuth on August 09, 2007.

Citrix invests in xDI vendor Desktone

Last week, Desktone, Inc. announced that it had received $17 million in funding from a variety of sources. One of those sources was Citrix, so we decided to find out what the fuss is about.

Article by Gabe Knuth on August 07, 2007.

Login Consultants releases a massive framework that can automate pretty much everything. Oh, and it's free.

Jeroen van de Kamp and Login Consultants have just released a massive framework that can manage all aspects of your Citrix or Terminal Server environment. Think of it like the Flex Profile Kit, except for everything.

Article by Brian Madden on August 06, 2007.

VMware to put Propero to good use?

VMware is gearing up for a beta program that is based on the "workSpace for VMware" VDI connection broker that they acquired when they purchased Propero.

Article by Gabe Knuth on August 01, 2007.

Citrix releases WISP 2007 tech preview

If you haven't heard of WISP, it stands for Web Interface for SharePoint, and it lets SharePoint customers use SharePoint to access Citrix applications and content instead of Citrix's own Web Interface. If you have Subscription Advantage, WISP is available for no cost.

Article by Brian Madden on August 01, 2007.

Microsoft releases an RDP v6 Mac beta client

Today Microsoft released a beta version of the RDP v6 client for Mac OSX. However, it seems to be missing many of the cool Windows 2008 RDP 6 features, like the ability to connect to a seamless windows application or the ability to use the TS SSL Gateway.

Article by Brian Madden on August 01, 2007.

Bye Bye "iForum." Hello "App Delivery Expo."

Citrix has modified the name of their annual marketing conference. What used to be called "Citrix iForum" is now called "iForum 07, the App Delivery Expo, presented by Citrix." They also raised the price, removed all references to actual Citrix products, and switched to a deep-blue / light-blue color scheme.

Article by Brian Madden on July 18, 2007.

A closer look at Session Broker load balancing in Windows Server 2008

Ever since Microsoft came out with Terminal Services, the demand for a real Load Balancing solution has been present. Up until now one would have to turn to third-party software to get a decent Load Balancing product. Citrix Presentation Server is the most well-known example of this. At But at BriForum 2007 In Chicago, Microsoft shocked the SBC world by announcing that Windows Server 2008 will be able to do real Load Balancing. So what about this “Session Broker Load Balancing“ in Windows Server 2008? What does it do? What can’t it do? Is it any good? Can I get rid of Citrix? Well, in this article we’re going to take a closer look at “Session Broker Load Balancing“ in Windows Server 2008 and see if we can answer these questions.

Article by Michel Roth on July 12, 2007.

Is WANscaler poised to become Citrix's secret weapon?

Citrix bought Orbital Data and released the WANscaler product almost a year ago. After learning more about the products and how they work, I really think that WANscaler will grow to become a very important part of Citrix's application delivery platform.

Article by Brian Madden on July 03, 2007.