Desktop Virtualization Networking

Network in a desktop virtualization environment is often dismissed because of the notion that the desktop virtualization protocols are somehow "thin" and don't require good networking. Blame it on the first name for this technology: Thin Client Computing. In reality, networking is more important in a desktop virtualization environment than it ever was in a traditional desktop environment. In a traditional environment, when the network had problems a few individual applications had problems but the local desktop performed well and remained responsive to user input. When your entire desktop is delivered via the network, however, every single aspect of the users' experience is affected. In this section, you'll find content related to the very important subject of desktop virtualization networking, including WAN optimization, remote desktop protocols, and network performance.

Cloud game streaming (like VDI for gaming) is coming—Time to re-apply all the lessons we learned

Will it work and bring a form of remote computing to the masses? Who knows! But we can anticipate some of the questions that will come up. Continue Reading
As remoting gets better, we’re going to have to worry about audio synchronization more

It hasn’t been much of a problem in the past, but it will be in the future. It’s time to start benchmarking audio synchronization performance. Continue Reading
Citrix HDX marches on in release 1811

Citrix has made some updates to HDX in the latest release, and Jo Harder dissects the new features and explains the good and the not-so-good for admins and users. Continue Reading

BrianMadden.com Podcast #128: Citrix Synergy 2017

Gabe and Jack sit down after the show to hash out their opinions. Continue Reading
BrianMadden.com Live Podcast #52, with guest Dan Cordingley, CEO of Teradici

Today's podcast was an interview with Dan Cordingley, CEO of Teradici. Continue Reading
Citrix Synergy 2013 post keynote analysis podcast with guests Shawn Bass and Jeroen van de Kamp

Did you miss Citrix Synergy this year? Is there just too much information coming out of twitter to make sense of what's happening? Continue Reading

Amazon WorkSpaces: Now with Zero Client access! A Walkthrough with a Newbie

Disclaimer: I am not an I.T. professional. I don't know how to set up Active Directory nor do I dream of Linux terminals.
Video demo of Citrix HDX Mobile (a.k.a. Project "Golden Gate"), from Synergy 2014

In this video from Citrix Synergy 2014, Gabe Knuth talks to Citrix's Bruce Franson to get a demo of Citrix project "Golden Gate." This technology is about creating Windows apps that run in the datacenter (hosted on XenApp or XenDesktop), but that look and feel like mobile apps so they work well from phones and tablets.
Teradici enables PCoIP deep packet inspection for network QoS vendors.

One of the cool things I saw at VMworld 2013 San Francisco a few weeks ago was a demo from Teradici showing off how PCoIP now has the capability to write packet priority tags into its UDP headers which can then be read by network QoS products.