Why RemotePC is not VDI, and how you, too can use Provisioning Server for...
I gave a presentation at BriForum Chicago entitled "Doing it without VDI: How to get VDI functionality without actually doing VDI." The session was based in part on an article that I wrote last year...
View ArticleTeradici does what VMware should have done years ago: PCoIP on RDSH
This morning, Teradici announced a new product that adds PCoIP to Remote Desktop Session Host that allows you to replace RDP (RemoteFX) with PCoIP. We've long thought there was a bit of a void on the...
View ArticleOracle Secure Global Desktop is still around? That's what I thought, too!
Some of you may know the first-ever post on BrianMadden.com was about how New Moon Software, makers of the server-based computing product called Canaveral-IQ, sold to Tarantella in 2003 (nine years...
View ArticleAppSense has been busy with StrataApps and DataNow, plus, Harry Labana no...
AppSense has made a few announcements in the last week or so, not to mention a development that hasn't been officially announced. Via twitter on Monday, CTO Harry Labana announced that it was his last...
View ArticleCoolest news of the week: Bromium releases vSentry, adds LAVA - a realtime...
We've covered Bromium and the microvisor approach to desktop security before, even having Simon Crosby on our Brian & Gabe LIVE podcast to explain what Bromium is all about. Today, their vSentry...
View ArticleRelief! ClassicShell gives Windows 8 a Start menu and boots directly to desktop
Sometimes even a "business lunch" results in shop talk, and at a recent lunch I had with BriForum speaker and blogger Dan Brinkmann in Denver, I learned about ClassicShell. ClassicShell is a project...
View ArticleWhere in the world is Laura Whalen? Laura talks about her departure from...
Many of us know Laura Whalen as the person who manages Citrix's relationship with the community, drives the Citrix CTP group, technical user groups, and independent Geek Speak events around the world....
View ArticleForget April 8, 2014. The real red letter day for companies on Windows XP is...
Just in case you don't get to the bottom or notice the link, would you mind taking a moment to complete my anonymous 5 Second Windows XP Survey? It will help us understand the actual impact of the...
View ArticleResults of my 5-second Windows XP Survey: Half of organizations still at...
Last week I wrote an article about how April 9, 2014 scares me more than April 8, 2014, the last day that Microsoft will support Windows XP. The article primarily focuses on how, once Microsoft washes...
View ArticleGabe's Citrix Synergy Barcelona keynote wrap-up: Merging XenApp and...
Yesterday, Citrix made us laugh, made us cry, and, occasionally, made us groan in awkward agony during the opening keynote of Citrix Synergy Barcelona 2012. The highlight of the show, for me, was...
View ArticleBrowsium Cataylst is a brilliantly simple way to manage multiple browsers
Yesterday, Browsium released a beta version of their new Catalyst product that will help organizations deal with the increasing number of desktops that have multiple browsers installed. The problem...
View ArticleMore videos from Citrix Synergy Barcelona! ShareFile StorageZones, Nvidia VGX...
When going through the ever-growing list of videos, I found some videos from Citrix Synergy Barcelona last month that got lost in the shuffle. I thought I'd do this wrap-up post to get them out there...
View ArticleSo what if Cloud Gateway requires NetScaler? I'm over that now.
Last year I was in a bad mood about Cloud Gateway. At the time, it was a platform designed to allow users to access applications that were, one way or another, provisioned to them, authenticated via...
View ArticleIn 5 years, will we even recognize Citrix?
If you did your best Rip van Winkle impersonation and went to sleep for 5 years, would the Citrix you see in 2017 resemble anything about the Citrix we saw leading up to this year? I tweeted something...
View ArticleIs there a reason to move to Windows 8 in the enterprise? Maybe a few, but...
I've been all over the US this year speaking about desktop virtualization and the future of Windows, and part of that discussion is what, if anything, should people do with Windows 8. I maintain now,...
View ArticleBromium vSentry now runs on Windows Server, but what's all this about...
Yesterday Bromium released vSentry 1.1, adding support for Windows Server while also claiming to now support Windows XP, 32-bit Windows 7, and VDI desktops. In truth, the only new feature added is...
View ArticleBriForum 2013 Call for Papers is now open for both London and Chicago!
I'm happy to announce that the Call for Papers process for BriForum 2013 is now open. This year we're combining the submission process for both shows into one, which we hope will do a few things....
View ArticleDell Wyse surprises us with the announcement of an Android Mini-PC/thin...
It appears the effects of the Dell acquisition have Wyse making an interesting turn towards the consumer side of the spectrum. Project Ophelia, which was announced at CES and coveredfairlyextensively...
View ArticleManaging Windows 8 doesn't differ much from managing Windows 7, at least not...
Most people, myself included, are happy to take the wait-and-see approach to Windows 8. This is partly because we're now only fifteen months away from the end of Windows XP, knee-deep in Windows 7...
View ArticleWhy move to Windows 8 for Office 13, Office 365 and SkyDrive when you can do...
As a continuation of the management features of Windows 8 that I wrote last week, today's article is about how Office, Office 365, and SkyDrive fit into the equation. Office is obviously a huge part of...
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