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Application Management

• Google and Symantec both just bought mobile email app vendors. What’s up with that?

  Two prominent mobile email app vendors were acquired this month: On May 19th Google acquired Divide, and on May 28th Symantec acquired NitroDesk, the makers of TouchDown. Both vendors provide secure manageable third-party Exchange ActiveSync clients...  Continue Reading

• Moka5 Suite 4.0 is out, now with WiFi controls, Mac malware detection, and way higher scalability

  Today, Moka5 is releasing version 4 of their suite, and while it's not the huge splash we've grown accustomed to (us bloggers have been spoiled the last few months), it was good to get an update on what they've been doing. It's been a while since I ...  Continue Reading

• Persistent vs. non-persistent versus RDSH doesn't matter. CloudVolumes makes it all about the apps!

  By most accounts I've read, the desktop virtualization market is not growing at expected rates. As a result, the big players in the space have made a strong shift towards mobile.  Continue Reading

• What do we lose when "the desktop" goes away? Easy access to all our data!

  Many agree that Windows' future is relegated to delivering one-off applications and not as the primary access point to all of our apps and data, not many talk about the implications of that and what gaps we need to fill before we can cut the cord. ...  Continue Reading

• Despite hiring Sumit Dhawan and Bob Schultz, VMware has no choice but to make a mobile acquisition

  VMware continues to state that they are focused on three strategic legs with EUC as number three. So what can they do to achieve this?  Continue Reading

• Head-to-head of Cameyo, Citrix, Numecent, Microsoft, Spoon, Symantec and VMware: 2014 edition

  The first release of the application virtualization smackdown white paper was April 2007, more than 6.5 years ago.  Continue Reading

• Windows 8.1’s MDM management means we can get out of traditional desktop management, right? Nope...

  You may have heard that Windows 8.1 includes a new option for mobile device-style management.  Continue Reading

• Spoon.net is still going strong, and their take on app. virt. is different enough to be interesting

  It's been about four years and a name change (it used to be called Xenocode) since I last spoke to Kenji Obata, Spoon's CEO, and I recently caught up to him to find out about what's going on with their application virtualization product.  Continue Reading

• VMware announces plans for Horizon View 5.3. Here are 4 new features I love!

  At VMworld 2013 Barcelona this week, VMware revealed their plans for Horizon View 5.3-the latest version of their VDI product.  Continue Reading

• Fight! Appsense, Citrix, Immidio, Microsoft, Liquidware Labs, PolicyPak, RES, Scense and others

  It's a pleasure to announce the availability of the UEM Smackdown 2.0 whitepaper and book.  Continue Reading

• Why VMware Mirage is NOT the same as virtual desktop layering

  Disclaimer: I am the Chief Solution Architect for Unidesk and an obvious Layering fan boy. I have done my best to present the differences between layering and how VMware Horizon Mirage operates, without turning it into an "us vs.  Continue Reading

• Chapter 2 of The App-V Book (all 298 pages of it!) is now available for free

  It has been 8 months since we delivered the first chapter of the App-V 5 book and today we proudly present the second chapter available for free at www.appvbook.  Continue Reading

• VMware's VMworld 2013 desktop announcements: Plans sound good, but we're not holding our breath

  Last week Gabe, Jack, and I attended VMworld 2013 here in San Francisco. Since we only focus on end-user computing (EUC) stuff like desktop and mobile, we viewed the entire show through that lens.  Continue Reading

• VMworld 2013 Day 2 keynote live blog

  Um, so apparently this keynote wasn't actually about EUC, so this blog isn't very long. :) LIVE BLOG: (Read from the bottom up) 10:16 Yup, he just said there's only one more thing on the agenda, and it's for the Hybrid Cloud stuff.  Continue Reading

• AppSense quietly fires most senior execs, replaces their CEO, and decides to focus on mobile?!?

  Have you heard of Scott Arnold? I hadn't either until a few months ago when I learned that he was the new CEO of AppSense.  Continue Reading