January 2015

• January 28, 2015 28 Jan'15

  Cloud-hosted Exchange with RDSH/VDI Outlook is a performance nightmare. Are there any solutions?

  I got an email the other day from a guy who works for a large North American financial institution asking whether I knew of any customer who has successfully implemented Outlook in the cloud with VDI. I don't, so I figured I'd post the story here ...  Continue Reading

• January 27, 2015 27 Jan'15

  Good buzz around Windows 10 & increasing device sales mean future more than "safe," but "positive"

  There's so much buzz surrounding Windows 10 right now that I think Microsoft is even having a hard time containing itself. If you think I'm wrong, check out Microsoft.  Continue Reading

• January 26, 2015 26 Jan'15

  After mobile app management, the next step for BYOD can be split phone numbers and split billing

  While BYOD always gets a lot of attention, lately two specific related trends have come to the fore: having separate work and personal phone numbers routed to a single mobile device, and more options for split working and personal billing. Neither ...  Continue Reading

• January 25, 2015 25 Jan'15

  Microsoft kills Windows RT. "This is a huge mistake!" says no one.

  One of the best announcements from Microsoft's Windows 10 event last week as that they're killing Windows RT. There are no words to describe how happy I am about this.  Continue Reading

• January 21, 2015 21 Jan'15

  Microsoft's universal apps + VDI/VMI = useful "Windows" apps on iPhones & iPads.

  Yesterday Microsoft had a big Windows 10 event where they announced all sorts of things, including their vision for Windows 10's "universal apps." The concept of universal Windows apps has been around for a long time (I feel like we've been promised...  Continue Reading

• January 20, 2015 20 Jan'15

  I like IoT, but does it have anything to do with Citrix and End User Computing? Maybe. Maybe not.

  IoT has been building up a head of steam lately, and depending on which company you're listening to it sounds like it could be the next big thing. I'm talking about "virtualization" and "cloud" levels of buzzworthiness here.  Continue Reading

• January 19, 2015 19 Jan'15

  Microsoft just released a “Work Folders” client for iPad. Is there a niche for this?

  Last Friday Microsoft released a Work Folders file syncing client for iPad. Work Folders is fairly limited compared to the array of enterprise file sync and share products available these days, but despite that it has some redeeming qualities that ...  Continue Reading

• January 18, 2015 18 Jan'15

  2015 *has* to be the year Microsoft lets partners sell Windows desktops as a service... right?

  A few weeks ago, I wrote an article which essentially asked what was left to do in the desktop virtualization industry and what the priorities should be for 2015.  Continue Reading

• January 15, 2015 15 Jan'15

  BlackBerry acquisition? Tizen phones? Big week for Samsung! Here’s what it means for EMM.

  There's been a lot of buzz around Samsung this week: On Wednesday they finally released the first ever smartphone running the Tizen operating system. Later on Wednesday there were rumors (which were quickly denied) that Samsung is in talks to ...  Continue Reading

• January 14, 2015 14 Jan'15

  Citrix is creating a mouse?!? (And it's awesome!)

  This week at the Summit 2015, Citrix announced a prototype of a mouse.  Continue Reading

• January 13, 2015 13 Jan'15

  Citrix Summit News Round-up: Sanbolic, Linux VDA, DesktopPlayer for Windows, and Framehawk!

  Citrix has been busy this week at Summit with a slew of announcements encompassing storage, XenApp, XenDesktop, and some long-awaited perks. Since Summit is a partner event that has a lot of NDA content, there's not usually a ton of information to ...  Continue Reading

• January 13, 2015 13 Jan'15

  Citrix is announcing XenMobile 10, which will finally unify MDM and MAM into a single server

  Today Citrix is announcing the next version of its enterprise mobility management suite, XenMobile 10. It's been about 8 months since XenMobile 9 came out, and as is typical there are improvements for end users and IT alike.  Continue Reading

• January 11, 2015 11 Jan'15

  Unlike Windows 7, Windows 10 adoption will be easy. (In fact maybe it already happened!)

  Everyone reading this probably knows that Windows 10 is available for preview now and will probably be released sometime this year. Of course the most prevalent thought on many IT pros' minds is, "Windows 10 already?  Continue Reading

• January 07, 2015 07 Jan'15

  BriForum 2015 Call for Papers is now open for both London and Denver. Submit your sessions today!

  It's the first week of the year, and that means it's time to open up Call for Papers for BriForum 2015! Just like past years, we're collecting sessions for both BriForums so that we can get the agendas for both shows created quickly.  Continue Reading

• January 06, 2015 06 Jan'15

  Forget the crazy predictions: Here are the 10 EMM stories we’re following for 2015.

  Happy New Year! To start things off, today I have a list of the top 10 enterprise mobility management stories for 2015.  Continue Reading

• January 05, 2015 05 Jan'15

  Desktop Virtualization in 2015: What's coming, what do we need?

  Following up on my 2014 year in review article from last week, I want to start off 2015 with a look at where we're going and what's going to be important in the world of desktop virtualization. (Jack will write a similar article covering enterprise ...  Continue Reading