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VMware Desktop Virtualization and Mobility

• Why VMware Horizon Mobile is different on iOS than on Android

  In the middle of Tuesday morning's end-user computing keynote at VMworld 2012, a tweet caught my eye.  Continue Reading

• Consumerization Nation #12: We wrap up VMworld by talking about Horizon iOS app wrapping

  Colin and I spent the first half of the week at VMworld, where the big news for us was that Horizon will do app wrapping on iOS.  Continue Reading

• VMworld 2012 Day 2 keynote (the one about EUC) live blog

  Hello all! Refresh for updates.  Continue Reading

• What I'd like to see from VMware's end-user computing team

  At this morning's VMworld keynote, VMware said it would focus more on SMBs, then spent a significant chunk of time demoing advanced products and technolgies, such as vCloud Director and software-defined networking. The disconnect was evident.  Continue Reading

• VMware Horizon Mobile: surprisingly not dead *and* not terrible!

  Since VMworld is just a week and a half away, I thought this would be a good time to take a look at what we know about Horizon Mobile.  Continue Reading

• The future for VMware: should they spin off EUC into its own company?

  I had the pleasure of attending BriForum last week in Chicago. BriForum is always a great time with knowledgeable attendees (and exhibitors).  Continue Reading

• VMware Project Octopus is now available in beta

  VMware announced the beta release of Octopus today. Octopus is VMware's Dropbox-like file syncing service.  Continue Reading

• VMware announced View 5.1, plans to deliver seamless apps via PCoIP and full desktops via HTML5

  Today VMware released the details of the next version of View, called version 5.1.  Continue Reading

• VMware is making progress with their "Octopus" on-premise Dropbox-like product

  At VMworld last year, VMware announced something they were working on called "Project Octopus"  Continue Reading

• VMworld 2011 Europe: VMware announces wireless carriers for Horizon Mobile. But is this real BYOD?

  Today VMware announced relationships with Verizon Wireless and Telefónica to deliver devices incorporating Horizon Mobile. Corporations will be able to separate their environments from users' personal environments on Android phones, but with ...  Continue Reading

• Details emerge about VMware's internal real-world View production VDI usage

  I visited VMware's headquarters in Palo Alto a few months ago and was surprised to see a Wyse P20 PC-over-IP thin client in one of the cubicles. "Wow, so someone here actually uses View for their desktop?  Continue Reading

• Video: Brian Madden explains the Consumerization of IT in 3 minutes

  Here's a quick video interview I did at VMworld last month with David Spark about the Consumerization of IT. I think I had been talking for about three days straight at this point, so my voice is starting to go, but I think it's a good overview of ...  Continue Reading

• Breaking: Brian Gammage leaves Gartner to join VMware!

  Today VMware will announce that Gartner Fellow & VP Brian Gammage will leave the company to join VMware. Those who know Brian or his work know what a huge win this is for VMware.  Continue Reading

• The first public bits of VMware Horizon are revealed via the new Box.net

  Box.net (actually now they're just called "Box") held a press event last week where they detailed the new version of their cloud-based collaboration suite they'll be rolling out over the next month.  Continue Reading

• VMware's application vision is ahead of its time...which might be perfect

  Brian's article on VMware's Project Horizon got turned over quite a bit in the comments. Some people, Brian included, think it's awesome.  Continue Reading