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  • ShareFile doesn't (fully) work on XenApp? Now Citrix is making apps that "don't work on Citrix?"

    A few weeks ago I was in Phoenix having lunch with (non-tweeting) Hal Lange and Joe Shonk of Thin Client Computing , and over a meat loaf sandwich (which I assume is native Phoenix food), I listened to their stories from the trenches. One such story was...
    by Gabe Knuth on April 17, 2013 : 12 comments , 5,786 views
  • VMware launches Horizon Suite, but it still has a ways to go to meet expectations. Here's our complete analysis:

    Today, VMware is launching Horizon Suite , which we first learned about at VMworld last fall. Coming out of VMworld, I remember having the impression that despite being let down in the past by announcements that were never seen through to releases, VMware...
    by Gabe Knuth on February 20, 2013 : 5 comments , 11,252 views
  • Why move to Windows 8 for Office 13, Office 365 and SkyDrive when you can do it all with Windows 7?

    As a continuation of the management features of Windows 8 that I wrote last week , today's article is about how Office, Office 365, and SkyDrive fit into the equation. Office is obviously a huge part of business, and Office 365 is creeping into the collective...
    by Gabe Knuth on February 06, 2013 : 5 comments , 8,500 views
  • This month in enterprise Dropbox alternatives news

    While it may seem like the cloud storage and file syncing market has become a fairly settled one – Dropbox is the king with a few other vendors filling out the royal court – it seems like every day there is news about new players entering...
    by James Furbush on September 12, 2012 : 2 comments , 583 views
  • Will encryption and tokenization better enable cloud adoption?

    If you haven’t heard Louis C.K. explain the cloud you should go do that first and then come back. Louis C.K. makes the now-accepted notion of giving up ownership of data seem like a positively ridiculous and funny idea. His hesitancy to give up...
    by James Furbush on July 18, 2012 : 6 comments , 409 views
  • Dropbox is just the tip of the cloud storage iceberg for consumers. Good luck playing catch up in this space!

    While on vacation last week, I had a chance to put on my consumer hat and take a look at cloud storage solutions for my mother's relatively small needs. A few things caught my eye, and while I was supposed to be helping her out, my mind wandered into...
    by Gabe Knuth on June 27, 2012 : 3 comments , 312 views
  • VMware Octopus hits Apple App Store

    VMware has quietly released an app for Octopus , its enterprise cloud file-sharing service. The app, labeled version 1.0, hit Apple's App Store yesterday. But the release doesn't shed much light on VMware's secretive Project Octopus ; the app's four-sentence...
    by Colin Steele on April 03, 2012 : 1 comments , 383 views
  • Wyse PocketCloud Explore is a remote desktop without the desktop. Brilliant!

    Recently I had a chance to get caught up on what Wyse is doing in the mobile space, and they’re doing a lot. Last fall they acquired MDM provider Trellia , and recently they released PocketCloud Explore, a version of their popular remote desktop...
    by Jack Madden on March 26, 2012 : 0 comments , 365 views
  • Consumerization is challenging our definition of simplicity

    What's simpler: Using a PC, tablet and smartphone, or having one device that does everything? One device that does everything, obvs. The problem is, that device doesn't exist, and given current technology, it probably shouldn't. "I really don't think...
    by Colin Steele on March 19, 2012 : 2 comments , 194 views
  • We already have an enterprise version of Dropbox. It’s called Dropbox.

    [ We're going to have several articles over the next few days that cover file synchronization, mobile data management, Dropbox, and Dropbox alternatives. This article is the second of four. -Jack ] Prediction: The consumerization of IT will force vendors...
    by Colin Steele on March 08, 2012 : 13 comments , 661 views
  • The enterprise file syncing war is heating up

    [ We're going to have several articles over the next few days that cover file synchronization, mobile data management, Dropbox, and Dropbox alternatives. This article is the first of four. -Jack ] Two of the most popular Internet file-sharing services...
    by James Furbush on March 07, 2012 : 0 comments , 208 views
  • AppSense Labs announced, releases DataLocker for file-level public cloud storage security

    Today, AppSense announced that they have created AppSense Labs , which is a platform they will use to release tools and technologies to the community that may or may not fall directly within the traditional AppSense product line. The idea sounds much...
    by Gabe Knuth on February 22, 2012 : 6 comments , 362 views