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VDI and Virtual Desktop Security

If you think delivering Windows apps to iPads will keep users happy, you’re in trouble!

If IT's idea of enabling iPads and other mobile devices is to allow users to connect to Windows desktops and applications through remote desktop clients, then users are sure to be driven to third-party applications. Continue Reading
FUIT: Is your company's internet too slow or restrictive? Hello portable WiFi hotspot!

The Situation: Sandi is a sales rep for TRI, Inc. that travels often enough to have a corporate laptop that she also uses at her desk when in the office, but restrictions on what she can access are annoying. Continue Reading
FUIT: Take control of your corporate PC--reformat it!

The situation: Dennis is set to receive a new laptop, and when he walks by the IT guy's cubicle he can see it sitting there, taunting him. Continue Reading
Still think FUIT is BS? Check out SurfEasy.

I recently learned about SurfEasy, a startup that makes an embedded SSL VPN browser on a USB key that connects to a proxy network. With this device, a user can easily bypass corporate firewalls and policies to access any website they want. Continue Reading
Welcome to Securitynightmareville. Population: You, thanks to Carrier IQ

Around 150 million smartphones out there have software that's secretly logging detailed user activity and information. Continue Reading

You're going to have to get your HR department involved in your consumerization strategy discussions

It's easy to get caught up in the technical minutia brought about by the consumerization of IT. Continue Reading
Some people believe letting users have personal devices actually makes data *more* secure. WTF?!?

Believe it or not, there are actually ways that the consumerization of IT can make data more secure. How? Continue Reading
Podcast: Brian & Gabe discuss FUIT with Chetan Venkatesh

Chetan Venkatesh is the founder and CTO of Atlantis Computing. Continue Reading
FUIT: Working around your company's email restrictions

The Powers at TegRatchet Imports Incorporated (TRI, Inc) have decided to limit mailbox sizes to 300MB and attachement sizes to 5MB in an effort to...well...I don't really know. Continue Reading
FUIT: An ongoing series about how users are getting around YOUR company's policies

How users are saying "F--- You" to IT by circumventing the roadblocks and policies that organizations put into place. Continue Reading
Simon Crosby and Ian Pratt move on from Citrix, create Bromium, Inc.

Yesterday we learned that Simon Crosby and Ian Pratt are leaving Citrix to start a new company called Bromium. I've only met them in passing, and even though Simon and Brian have some sort of thing going on, I have a ton of respect for both Simon ... Continue Reading

The consumerization of IT: Why most vendors get it wrong, and why it's a challenge today. (Part 1)

Citrix made "consumerization of IT" one of the core themes of their Synergy 2011 conference last week, and Gartner predicted that consumerization of IT is going to be one of the hottest trends of the this decade. Continue Reading
Why "Identity" will be the next big thing in desktop virtualization

Most of us have probably heard of phrases like "identity management" and "identity" in the context of IT. And if you're like me, you probably heard those things and thought something along the lines of "I'm glad that's not anything I have to deal ... Continue Reading
Intel buys client hypervisor maker Neocleus for next-to-nothing

It appears that Intel has bought the client hypervisor vendor Neocleus. This is according to a blog post from September 3 by Neocleus' Chad Jones. Continue Reading
How will Intel buying McAfee affect the desktop virtualization industry?

By now you'd heard that Intel plans to buy McAfee (press release), which will become a wholly-owned subsidiary rolling into Intel's software group. There are plenty of other more qualified folks who've been blogging about the deal in general, but ... Continue Reading