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Application Management

• 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

• Look at the mobile commenting page I built for BrianMadden.com in 15 mins. with Capriza's tool

  We've talked about many different ways to make enterprise applications accessible from mobile devices-mobile app management, remote desktops, Windows app refactoring-now add web app refactoring to that list. I recently became acquainted with Capriza...  Continue Reading

• Windows 8.1 can be managed by MDM. Citrix does MDM. Awkward competition between Citrix & Microsoft?

  I few weeks ago I wrote about the fact that Microsoft will add the capability for Windows 8.1 PCs to be manageable via MDM in addition to the traditional AD management scheme of today.  Continue Reading

• Windows 8.1 will add MDM-based management, confirming AD is not for device management anymore?

  Microsoft post about how Windows 8.1 will support something called "Open MDM."  Continue Reading

• Announcing AppV_SelfService (AVSS), a new free tool for simplifying App-V 5 app delivery to VMs

  Today we are releasing a new tool called "AppV_SelfService" that (1) simplifies App-V application management, (2) improves the datacenter performance, and (3) is free. (In light of Brian's VDI Paradox, your BS alarm should be going off at full ...  Continue Reading

• Two reasons why User Installed Apps don't matter anymore

  It's been awhile since we've talked about User Installed Apps (UIA) on the site. But with the news (rumor?  Continue Reading