Desktop Virtualization Technology

Desktop virtualization is the concept of isolating a logical operating system instance from the client that is used to access it.. See complete definition.

What I want to see at Citrix Synergy 2018

More on XenApp and XenDesktop Service; a better identity message; more on unified endpoint management; and pricing and packaging for Citrix Analytics. Continue Reading
Friday Notebook, April 20: RSA 2018 edition; Azure Sphere

Also: RDSH on Server 2019, Garrison, Citrix Cloud adoption, Addigy, and more. Continue Reading
Raise your hand if you’re using Citrix Cloud services

Citrix has been proactively marketing cloud services for about two years, but why is the adoption rate low? Continue Reading

An interview with Brian Madden - BrianMadden.com Podcast #132

Brian has been popping up in the industry as of late, so he joined to talk IoT, EUC problems that are now solved, and what the next thing might be. Continue Reading
VMworld 2017 wrap up - BrianMadden.com Podcast #130

Gabe and Jack share their thoughts on VMworld 2017, including news about Frame, Workspace One, Unified Endpoint Management, and more. Continue Reading
What’s next for VMware and Citrix? - BrianMadden.com Podcast #129

Gabe and Jack chat about the Citrix CEO shuffle, VMworld 2017, why 2017 is the year of devices, and much more. Continue Reading

The state of desktop virtualization in 2016: How we got here

This is a video of a presentation Brian gave at a Dell/Wyse dinner in Dallas this week.
NVIDIA GRID 2.0: Twice the resources and a new software platform (a video from VMworld 2015)

At VMworld, Nvidia announced Grid 2.0, and as Jared Cowart describes in the above video there's a lot to talk about.
Lakeside SysTrack Community & Security Visualizer almost make me want to be a full-time admin again.

It seems that Lakeside Software's production schedule is tuned for launches at VMworld, because each year I visit their booth and am blown away by whatever it is they're showing off.

VDI shops can help keep their end users happy by using user profile management to enable personalization and by taking advantage ...

Virtualizing both desktops and applications can increase productivity, agility and mobility within a company. Discover the ...

Profile management tools can be valuable assets to address failure recovery, migration support, KPI improvement, as well as ...

When the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities came to light, everyone scrambled to find a fix. As a result, the patching process ...

Court's in session, and the jury is unanimous: Automation software can help IT departments provide simpler workflows for end ...

IT pros can build a Windows 10 image with custom apps, Start menu tools and more that they can easily deliver throughout the ...

Private clouds, which are owned and operated by the business, provide security, but they have certain limitations. Hybrid clouds ...

Hybrid cloud is touted as providing the best of both private and public clouds, but this type of infrastructure comes with its ...

Serving sizing requires a number of comparisons, especially between having a few large servers or many popcorn servers. Compare ...

Administrators can create a data store in vSphere with iSCSI storage. It's a relatively cheap, fully supported option, but it ...

Ansible is a powerful tool to simplify and automate management duties in VMware vSphere environments. Ansible eases VM ...

VMware is positioning itself in the emerging IoT market with a combination of device management services and complementary ...