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Application Management

• Is "Profile Management" enough, or is it time for "User Environment Management?"

  I had a phone call yesterday with Pete Rawlinson and Martin Ingram of AppSense. They talked about how their focus as a company is evolving away from tactical things like performance and security and profile management and into the more broad "User ...  Continue Reading

• InfoWorld published a nice article about 'Application Virtualisation', SVS Pro, Thinstall & SoftGrid

  Randell C. Kennedy wrote a nice article about Altiris SVS Pro, SoftGrid and Thinstall.In mine opinion Application Virtualisation is a key component for a dynamic application and desktop delivery infrastructure.  Continue Reading

• Application and Desktop delivery solutions scheme

  We created an 'Application and Desktop solutions' infrastructure scheme. This scheme is useful to explain the application and desktop delivery solutions and there integration with each other.  Continue Reading

• Citrix and Microsoft join forces against VMware...at VMworld 2007!

  This morning at VMworld, Microsoft and Citrix flipped a bird to VMware at their own conference and announced that they will be standardizing their platform virtualization efforts on Microsoft's VHD disk image file format.  Continue Reading

• MSI Utility for Microsoft Application Virtualization, FAQ

  Microsoft created a FAQ about a new to release utility. The MSI Utility for Microsoft Application Virtualization enables the distribution of virtual applications without streaming!  Continue Reading

• Microsoft SoftGrid Application Virtualization Trial Guide

  Microsoft created a trial guide for Microsoft SoftGrid. When SoftGrid is a new solution for you this guide is a must read,before start ;-)This 36 page guide is very helpfull with just the basic steps for setting up your SoftGrid environment.  Continue Reading

• SoftGrid Training

  Last spring, Kevin Kaminski and I started up GridMasterTraining.com.  Continue Reading

• New: Microsoft Community forums

  Microsoft created 3 new SoftGrid Forums at the Techcenter on Technet.Both Microsoft internal and community veterans are being called to interact on these forums.  Continue Reading

• Share your Application, Desktop delivery and Hardware Virtualization RSS feeds

  The usage of RSS feeds is very useful for us as IT-Pro's. With these feeds the most actual information of community forms, blogs, corporate sites is published real-time to you.  Continue Reading

• Microsoft SoftGrid 4.2 available

  This week Microsoft released the latest version of the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack for Software Assurance (MDOP)  Continue Reading

• Microsoft SoftGrid SP1 release notes

  This article contains the latest detailed information about Microsoft SoftGrid 4.1 Service Pack 1 (SP1).  Continue Reading

• Microsoft SoftGrid 4.2 Tech Preview

  A First look at SoftGrid 4.2On June 1, Microsoft made a Technology Preview of SoftGrid 4.  Continue Reading

• Video, Ardence Demo Lab

  This great video demonstrates the power of Ardence in theire demolabs. In this demo Windows XP, Suse Linux, RedHat and Windows Vista are being used.  Continue Reading

• Videos: Thinstall, Altiris SVS, Citrix Application Streaming Feature and Microsoft SoftGrid

  I've created 25+ videos that makes clear how Application Virtualization, Isolation and streaming technologies work. From end-user and IT-Pro perspective this is a great starting point for understanding what each solution can offer.  Continue Reading

• Citrix Streaming Server is no more

  Well, the product is still around. It's just not called "Citrix Streaming Server.  Continue Reading