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  • Why I don't like MED-V

    In American football, there's an expression which says, "If you're gonna rough the kicker, rough the f***ing kicker!" (Those who've seen our videos know this is one of Gabe's favorite sayings. See the footnote at the end of this article if you don't...
    by Brian Madden on November 11, 2010 : 4 comments , 5,402 views
  • Microsoft MED-V 2.0 beta is now public. It's still focused on legacy app compat.

    Microsoft has opened the MED-V 2.0 beta to the public. For those who aren't familiar, MED-V (which stands for "Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization") is like an enterprise version of Windows 7's " XP Mode " feature....
    by Brian Madden on October 13, 2010 : 6 comments , 6,304 views
  • Is Microsoft Windows in danger of becoming the "XP Mode" of the future app world?

    As many of you know, Microsoft made a lot of changes in Windows Vista (and by extension Windows 7) that can break older applications. Since breaking applications is not a good thing for a new OS, Microsoft is addressing legacy Windows application compatibility...
    by Brian Madden on June 24, 2010 : 11 comments , 7,023 views
  • You think $500m for XenSource is a lot? That's about what Microsoft has spent on desktop virt companies over the past few years too.

    There are a lot of people out there who think Citrix was a fool to spend $500m on XenSource . A few people think it was brilliant though. (Doug Brown had a good piece on the brilliance although I can't find it now.) I agree with Doug. Citrix paid...
    by Brian Madden on June 26, 2009 : 10 comments , 4,519 views
  • A review of Microsoft's "getVIRTUALnow" launch event in San Francisco

    On September 8, Microsoft held their global getVIRTUALnow Summit, the official launch event in Seattle for Hyper-V, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, the new versions of MIcrosoft's Desktop and Application Virtualization products. This free summit promised to help you become a Microsoft virtualization expert within your company....
    by Brian Madden on October 16, 2008 : 11 comments , 4,803 views
  • An in-depth analysis of the Microsoft-Kidaro deal. What does this mean for VMware, Citrix, and the industry?

    Yesterday Microsoft bought desktop virtualization vendor Kidaro for an undisclosed amount (although rumors suggest as much as $100M). Kidaro makes virtualization software and management tools that "package" Windows desktop images into VMs that can run locally on users' computers. It's a lot like VMware's ACE product, although Kidaro has much better management capabilities....
    by Brian Madden on March 13, 2008 : 43 comments , 12,008 views
  • Microsoft purchases virtualization management company Kidaro

    From an article on CNET : In its latest move into virtualization, Microsoft said on Wednesday that it has bought Kidaro, a company that helps businesses manage their collection of virtual machines. Microsoft said the technology will make it easier for...
    by Gabe Knuth on March 12, 2008 : 15 comments , 8,621 views