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Despite rumors to the contrary, Dell vWorkspace is alive and well with version 8. Here's a look at some of the new features.

A few weeks ago, vWorkspace 8 was released, and while we used to be notified of such releases, things have apparently changed since Dell acquired Quest. I'm sure some of this has to do with Jon Roll's departure from the company to fill the CTO position...

by Gabe Knuth on May 03, 2013 : 2 comments , 4,978 views
Parallels jumps into Mac management via SCCM arena, plus they add hypervisor and VM management

Last week I had a call with Parallels, which was my first briefing with them in quite a while. I'm a Parallels Desktop user on my Mac, but besides that Parallels rarely comes up in the desktop virtualization space outside of that (other than a few "what...

by Gabe Knuth on April 04, 2013 : 2 comments , 2,971 views
Dell has four different mobile device management (MDM) products. What’s their strategy here?

Dell has been transforming itself into a software company over the last year, making a ton of acquisitions. The result is a tangle of overlapping products, leaving people to wonder which ones will be consolidated, killed, or promoted. This certainly rings...

by Jack Madden on January 29, 2013 : 2 comments , 5,098 views
Android Mini-PC: A bit of thin client, a dash of Android apps, a whole lot of disappointment

Dell Wyse Project Ophelia was still in the news this week, and it even came up in a Business Insider article that positions Ophelia as part of a philosophical change at Dell leading up to an expected leveraged buy-out by private investors (led by Michael...

by Gabe Knuth on January 18, 2013 : 5 comments , 6,664 views
Dell Wyse surprises us with the announcement of an Android Mini-PC/thin client, but not in a good way...

It appears the effects of the Dell acquisition have Wyse making an interesting turn towards the consumer side of the spectrum. Project Ophelia, which was announced at CES and covered fairly extensively around the interwebs, is an Android Jelly Bean device...

by Gabe Knuth on January 09, 2013 : 10 comments , 7,002 views
Hey Dell: While you have your checkbook open, how about buying MokaFive?

Dell's been on tear recently within our industry, having acquired both Wyse and Quest Software . One of the first things they did with Quest, by the way, was to rename the desktop virtualization product back to "vWorkspace." Quest had switched the product...

by Brian Madden on November 26, 2012 : 5 comments , 6,841 views
New Dell Wyse Teradici clients support quad displays, but at a price

At VMworld last month, Dell Wyse announced two new clients based on Teradici's hardware PCoIP chips. First, they old P20 model is being replaced by the P25. The Wyse P25 is basically the same as the old one except the Teradici chip in it can support higher...

by Brian Madden on September 13, 2012 : 0 comments , 8,124 views
Look out Citrix/VMware/Ericom: Dell-Wyse joins the HTML5 RDP client club with Project Freezer

One of the surprises of VMworld was that Wyse (now "Dell Wyse") is building their own HTML5 RDP. The benefit of HTML5 clients is that you don't have to install anything on your actual client device. You just visit a web page and you're immediately able...

by Brian Madden on September 11, 2012 : 7 comments , 8,055 views
BriForum 2012 Chicago DEMO Lab videos now up!

BriForum 2012 Chicago took place last week, and we recorded videos of all the booth demos of every vendor from our DEMO Lab. You can click on any of the logos to see that vendor's demo.

by Justin Meisinger on July 30, 2012 : 0 comments , 4,613 views
Dell-Wyse DEMO Lab Video, from BriForum 2012 Chicago

Mike Rice, Sales Engineer

by Justin Meisinger on July 25, 2012 : 0 comments , 1,556 views
Now that Dell bought Wyse/Quest, it's time for HP to buy Citrix and Cisco to buy EMC/VMware

There's a classic Onion article " Just Six Corporations Remain ." In the IT world, there's talk about how we're going to see more mega-consolidation into a few super companies. On yesterday's Brian & Gabe LIVE show , we talked about the potential...

by Brian Madden on July 11, 2012 : 6 comments , 7,907 views
Brian & Gabe LIVE #31: Dell's plans for desktop virt, MDM versus MAM, and Windows Server 2012 licensing

The recording of today's Brian & Gabe LIVE is now posted. Today was a really fun show since we had a lot to talk about. Specific topics included: The Dell/Wyse acquisition has closed. Now all the Wyse sales reps are carrying real laptops. :) With...

by Brian Madden on July 10, 2012 : 0 comments , 3,449 views
Quest news and notes: vWorkspace sticking around? Product announcements pre-acquisition

Rounding out what will almost certainly be dubbed "Quest Week 2012," some information has surfaced that indicates that Dell has plans to compete directly with Citrix and VMware in the VDI space by offering an end to end solution. In an article by Bridget...

by Gabe Knuth on July 06, 2012 : 6 comments , 3,511 views
Our full analysis of Dell's impending acquisition of Quest Software

Mid-summer tends to be slow in terms of major announcements, so it stands to reason that you've already read your fair share of articles that talk about Dell's acquisition of Quest Software . Brian re-posted an article discussing the prospect of such...

by Gabe Knuth on July 03, 2012 : 11 comments , 5,299 views
Dell buys Quest Software for $2.4B. What does this mean for desktop virtualization & Citrix? (UPDATED)

This article was originally published on May 29 as "Dell is thinking about buying Quest Software." On July 2, Dell announced definitively that this is a done deal, for $2.4b. Now, what do you think? BusinessWeek is reporting that Dell is in discussions...

by Brian Madden on July 02, 2012 : 11 comments , 19,541 views
Brian & Gabe LIVE #24 - Part 1: Jeff McNaught of Wyse stops by to talk about being acquired by Dell and a big announcement

Listen to the whole show here! Transcript: Brian: Good morning on Tuesday, April10th, 2012 from San Francisco. You’re listening to Brian and Gabe live. This is Brian Madden, thank you for joining. Gabe, I hear you’re there in Omaha, how are...

by Justin Meisinger on April 11, 2012 : 0 comments , 3,272 views
Brian & Gabe LIVE #23 - Part 3: BriForum, VMware Octopus, and our new radio show on Consumerization with Jack Madden and Colin Steele

Listen to the whole show here! Transcript: Jack Madden: So that’s funny. Gabe Knuth: Yeah, we can, we can only hope that this holds up to the Conan expectations and not, you know – I forget who had a show – Not the Weird Al Yankovic...

by Justin Meisinger on April 05, 2012 : 0 comments , 3,308 views
Brian & Gabe LIVE #23 - Part 2: Why We Love (and hate) VDI! and our new book on the matter!

Listen to the whole show here! Transcript: Brian Madden: And then you could – I mean, I don’t know. It could be cool. And then you’d have a Cisco terminal server built like the old kind of terminal server like from the ‘70s or...

by Justin Meisinger on April 05, 2012 : 0 comments , 3,363 views
Brian & Gabe LIVE #23 - Part 1: We discuss Dell scooping up Wyse

Listen to the whole show here! Transcript: Brian Madden: Good morning on Tuesday, April 3, 2012. My name is Brian Madden and you’re listening to Brian & Gabe Live. Thank you all for joining us. I’m here in San Francisco today. Joining...

by Justin Meisinger on April 05, 2012 : 0 comments , 3,205 views
Brian & Gabe LIVE #22: We discuss Dell & Wyse, our book, and why we're not VDI "haters," plus VMware's Octopus

We didn't have a guest this week, but we got to cover a lot of great material. Here's the line-up: Our new studio improvements Dell acquiring Wyse leaves a lot of questions—and neither party could provide any comments other than the press release—Where...

by Gabe Knuth on April 03, 2012 : 0 comments , 4,902 views

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Despite rumors to the contrary, Dell vWorkspace is alive and well with version 8. Here's a look at some of the new features.

Parallels jumps into Mac management via SCCM arena, plus they add hypervisor and VM management

Dell has four different mobile device management (MDM) products. What’s their strategy here?

Android Mini-PC: A bit of thin client, a dash of Android apps, a whole lot of disappointment

Dell Wyse surprises us with the announcement of an Android Mini-PC/thin client, but not in a good way...

Hey Dell: While you have your checkbook open, how about buying MokaFive?

New Dell Wyse Teradici clients support quad displays, but at a price

Look out Citrix/VMware/Ericom: Dell-Wyse joins the HTML5 RDP client club with Project Freezer

BriForum 2012 Chicago DEMO Lab videos now up!

Dell-Wyse DEMO Lab Video, from BriForum 2012 Chicago

Now that Dell bought Wyse/Quest, it's time for HP to buy Citrix and Cisco to buy EMC/VMware

Brian & Gabe LIVE #31: Dell's plans for desktop virt, MDM versus MAM, and Windows Server 2012 licensing

Quest news and notes: vWorkspace sticking around? Product announcements pre-acquisition

Our full analysis of Dell's impending acquisition of Quest Software

Dell buys Quest Software for $2.4B. What does this mean for desktop virtualization & Citrix? (UPDATED)

Brian & Gabe LIVE #24 - Part 1: Jeff McNaught of Wyse stops by to talk about being acquired by Dell and a big announcement

Brian & Gabe LIVE #23 - Part 3: BriForum, VMware Octopus, and our new radio show on Consumerization with Jack Madden and Colin Steele

Brian & Gabe LIVE #23 - Part 2: Why We Love (and hate) VDI! and our new book on the matter!

Brian & Gabe LIVE #23 - Part 1: We discuss Dell scooping up Wyse

Brian & Gabe LIVE #22: We discuss Dell & Wyse, our book, and why we're not VDI "haters," plus VMware's Octopus