On these pages you will find analysis on the virtualization market and much more. Including technologies such as VMware, Citrix, and Microsoft.
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Citrix XenClient Does NOT Work on your Laptop? No worries, here is the fix!
I'm back in my office in FL, I love this office as it is just so "me" and has all my computers, toys (LEGOs) and so much more. It is a great working environment! Over the weekend I had some "spare" time to play with one of my most favorite technologies, client virtualization. I simply love it as it gives me all the control I want while at the same time the local performance I demand! Oh, I also get auto backups no matter where I am and if I have a problem I just click a couple but...
Snap out of it ? fundamental change is needed to application deployment in virtual environments
Layering is the "flavor of month" it seems. There has been a steady up-tick in articles being posted about the concept so this one is no exception. But when we talk about layering,what are we really discussing? Applications, user persona or both? Are we discussing some sort of streaming technology or virtual disks? Regardless, what we are really discussing is a new layer of abstraction for virtual machines. Therefore, we must take a step back and ask ourselves where the value resides in "layer...
The Official Guide to Citrix XenClient 1.0 Service Pack 1 Best Practices Released for Download!
Welcome to version 1.0 of the Official Guide to Citrix XenClient: Reference Design, Best Practices, and Additional Resources Guide. My goal for this guide is to provide you with the knowledge required to understand the architectural requirements and configuration best practices to successfully deploy and evaluate the new Citrix XenClient 1.0 Service Pack 1 client virtualization solution. This includes design requirements, best practices, and links to additional resources....
Microsoft Updates Hyper-V Linux Integration
Microsoft has released enhancements to the Hyper-V Linux Integration Services that the company contributed to the Linux community last year. - Microsoft has released enhancements to the Hyper-V Linux Integration Services that the company contributed to the Linux community last year.Last July, in a move many compared to seeing pigs fly, Microsoft submitted source code for the Hyper-V Linux Integration Services to the Linux Kernel Communit......
Wanova: A New Face In The Virtual Desktop Space
There are many complexities to desktop virtualization like user personalization, settings, image management, offline capability, etc, but there is one company that seems to have the answer to a lot of the complexity around implementing and managing virtual desktops. I caught wind of Wanova recently and have been digging into the solution. I spoke to Michele Borovac at Wanova recently and she gave me the run down of who Wanova is and what their product, Mirage, is and how they are resolving so...
Are Business IT Investment ROI Expectations Making Virtual Desktop Projects Harder To Do?
I spend a lot of my time talking to CIOs, CTOs, and business-side executives and how to better integrate IT into the strategic fabric of organizations. I was having a discussion recently with an IT executive from a major corporation around his expectation of virtual desktops and he made a statement that started me thinking; his business executives are requiring a six month, or sometimes less, return-on-investment (ROI) on significant IT projects, "can a virtual desktop project give me tha...
