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I've been trying to get together with OnLive for well over a year now, ever since seeing their cloud-based gaming platform. I'm not much of a gamer, though. For me it was the protocol that they use that generated the most interest. For a while my requests...
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January 25, 2012
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The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) takes place this week in Las Vegas, and it's expected that the biggest news for IT pros will be Microsoft announcing be details around Windows 8 touch-based interfaces for tablets. (Jack Madden will be at the Microsoft...
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January 09, 2012
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One of my biggest themes of 2012 is going to be that desktop virtualization is more about "desktops" and less about "virtualization." Those who are (or who are to be) successful with desktop virtualization will be those who are successful with Windows...
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December 21, 2011
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We've all heard of the Apple TV. Some love it, some hate it, and the reasons for that are pretty well documented . The thing is, most of those opinions all pertain to its ability as a home theater device and not much else. Still, it's hard to look at...
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Gabe Knuth
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December 14, 2011
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A few weeks ago, we struck a nerve with two back-to-back articles dealing with Microsoft Licensing ( here and here ), so this week we decided to ask Nathan Coutinho to join us as a guest. Nathan's official title is Enterprise Server, Storage & Virtualization...
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Gabe Knuth
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November 22, 2011
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I'll start at the end - Regardless of what Citrix tells you, don't let the size of your organization dictate whether or not you use VDI in a Box instead of XenDesktop. The real reason for using one or the other should have absolutely nothing to do with...
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Gabe Knuth
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November 16, 2011
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Last week I had a conversation with Leostream CEO Michael Palin about their new cloud-based desktop service called “ Leostream Mobile Desktops .” This service gives you a virtual machine hosted in Amazon’s EC2 cloud delivered by RDP...
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Jack Madden
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November 10, 2011
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Somehow, both Brian and I were on a licensing kick this week, and I was surprised to see his article yesterday about Windows Server 2008 as a way of skirting the SA/VDA requirement at the same time I was knee-deep in Microsoft licensing fun. For me, it...
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Gabe Knuth
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November 08, 2011
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One of the worst things about desktop virtualization is that Microsoft's licensing rules around it are complex and draconian. (Behold the power of a monopoly!) Even if you have a fully licensed copy of Windows 7, you need to have an additional license...
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Brian Madden
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November 07, 2011
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Good Morning! While you may just be getting to the office, I've been awake for a few hours, spoke in a session, and attended the Citrix Synergy Barcelona Keynote. This year, there we announcements aplenty. So many, in fact, that not all of them made it...
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Gabe Knuth
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October 26, 2011
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Citrix has announced the acquisition of AppDNA , in what has been one of the worst kept secrets of synergy this week. The acquisition itself is interesting, because AppDNA's AppTitude technology was considered to have a limited lifespan. Since their core...
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Gabe Knuth
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October 26, 2011
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Some people suggest that I don't like desktop virtualization because of some recent articles I've written like Desktop Virtualization is NOT about saving money , Why Microsoft is not getting serious with desktop virtualization in Windows 8 , and The myth...
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Brian Madden
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October 18, 2011
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A lot of people think that desktop virtualization and VDI are about saving money. But I don't think that's true. Desktop virtualization has a lot of advantages, but typically it ends up costing more money than traditional desktops. (But that's ok. It...
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Brian Madden
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October 05, 2011
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Ever since Microsoft released a bunch of details about Windows 8 at their BUILD 2011 conference a few weeks ago, I've been getting questions like, "Is it true that Microsoft is finally getting serious about desktop virtualization with Windows 8?" or ...
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Brian Madden
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September 22, 2011
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As usual, I came away from VMworld thinking that VMware really has their act together. I was high on AppBlast, Horizon, Persona, and PCoIP offload cards, and for good reason--it's all cool technology that grows their desktop virtualization offering today...
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Gabe Knuth
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September 20, 2011
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I’ve been with TechTarget & BrianMadden.com for exactly one year now. In my initial interviews with Brian and Gabe, they asked whether I knew anything about virtual computing. I answered "yes," which wasn’t a lie, but now I realize it...
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Justin Meisinger
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September 09, 2011
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There's a lot of hype about this whole concept of "desktop transformation"--the idea that we can use new technologies like desktop virtualization to break out of the tyrannical install-deploy-fix-repeat desktop cycle. But the unfortunate reality is that...
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Brian Madden
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September 08, 2011
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Yesterday Citrix announced that they were buying RingCube for an undisclosed amount. We reported this as a rumor last week and had a great discussion on the site, so if you want to know more about what RingCube is or what Citrix might do with them, check...
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Brian Madden
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August 11, 2011
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"Brian's desktop vision is a rainbow of complexity!" What an accusation! This was tweeted in response to an image I use when I talk about the current state of the desktop virtualization industry. The image is used to desktop how today's desktop management...
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Brian Madden
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July 28, 2011
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You know IRC, right? The IRC. The one you used to access via FreeNet in 1990, Prodigy in 1992, and AOL (we all know you had it) in the 1995? As it turns out, people still use it regularly, and for good instead of evil. One such "good" use is CitrixIRC...
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Gabe Knuth
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July 11, 2011
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