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• What I saw at RSA Conference 2017

  In which I meet Avanan and Kaymera, and observe much buzz about identity, mobile threat detection, phishing, and machine learning.  Continue Reading

• Time to weigh in on Windows Cloud, Microsoft’s rumored Chromebook-killer. (I like the concept!)

  Supposedly, Windows Cloud will only run apps from the Windows Store. As Chromebooks have shown, there are a lot of people that can get by without desktop apps.  Continue Reading

• Centrify is adding machine learning to their identity platform to help spot stolen credentials

  We already know how important it is to protect identities. It also helps us (and our users) if we have machine learning on our side!  Continue Reading

• HP partners with Bromium, releases HP SureClick to secure IE and Chromium

  HP and Bromium have partnered to deliver HP SureClick, a virtualization-based security platform that is uber-secure, built-in, and hands-off for end users.  Continue Reading

• The BrianMadden.com Friday Notebook: February 10, 2017

  Featuring VMware, BlackBerry, Windows Developers, Skycure, Vera, a guest post about Office 365, and more.  Continue Reading

• The top 5 considerations for migrating to Microsoft Office 365

  We get the basics, but what do we really need figure out before we make the jump to Office 365? Theresa Miller digs in.  Continue Reading

• A quick rundown of VMware's Horizon, Skype for Business, and Horizon Cloud announcements today

  VMware announced a few changes to Horizon today along with a new product called Horizon Cloud. Here's the quick breakdown.  Continue Reading

• What keeps Okta, Dropbox, MobileIron and others awake at night? Microsoft, and for good reason.

  All the standards and integration in the world won't amount to a hill of beans when Microsoft decides to invest in a technology. Such is the case with EFSS, EMM, and IDaaS today.  Continue Reading

• The BrianMadden.com Friday Notebook: February 3, 2017

  Featuring SaaS unicorns, Office add-ins, Windows cloud, thoughts on shadow IT, a guest post from Jo Harder, and more.  Continue Reading

• Will IDaaS and open APIs tilt the balance between Microsoft and Slack, Dropbox, and other SaaS?

  It’s the cloud era, and the math on software decisions is changing.  Continue Reading

• How does Citrix traffic cross the wire(less)? An overview of Citrix networking technologies.

  Jo Harder takes us on a tour of ICA, Session Reliability, HDX, Framehawk, and Enlightened Data Transport.  Continue Reading

• The BrianMadden.com Friday Notebook: January 27, 2017

  Featuring Intune for Education, earnings, Ivanti, artificial intelligence, and more.  Continue Reading

• How will the rise of artificial intelligence affect EMM, desktop virtualization, and EUC?

  AI has a lot of momentum right now, so it’s worth paying attention so we’re not caught off guard.  Continue Reading

• Microsoft announced Intune for Education. Here’s our analysis. (Updated)

  Regardless of how you feel about Windows 10 versus Chromebooks, there are a lot of interesting things to like about Intune for Education.  Continue Reading

• Introducing Ivanti, LANDESK's new name for all of its products (including AppSense)

  Word has been floating around that LANDESK was going to rename itself since they've acquired a number of companies that aren't LAN or desktop focused. Yesterday, it happened.  Continue Reading