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- Clients: fat vs. thin, net vs. note
- Can I suggestNetbooks with Win 7. Just installed it on a useless Linux netbook and it works fine and only cost me A$399 (which now is almost the same as US ;-))For once try and rein in your hobby horse and let the students join the new millenium.On and...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Thin clients, PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, NeatX, oh-so, netbook, thin client, Linux, desktop, operating system, tool
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- Pano, Sun Ray, and the Wintel gestalt
- Distributed Computing is now180 degrees out of sync with the bandwagon. That means that Murph's ideas are being adopted whilst mine are being ignored. I guess this proves that I am not a mirror of Murph.DumbRays are just as expensive as this Pano stuff. And what do you get for...
- Tags: Wintel, DumbRay, Pano, Sun Ray, Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-12
- How desktop virtualization will end IT client hardware maintenance (and kill off Best Buy's Geek Squad)
- In one fell swoop, John Whaley might end IT client hardware maintenance. And he might kill off the Geek Squad, too. Whaley, the chief technical officer of desktop virtualization company MokaFive, says desktop virtualization is becoming more widely adopted in...
- Tags: Best Buy Co. Inc., Information Technology, Environment, Server, MokaFive, JW, Management Cost, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Desktops, Hardware, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-08-28
- Will advances in the Mac OS tip the scales for BYOPC?
- Yes indeedy... It's a good time to know how to support Macs.It's not too late guys... If you like your IT careers, it's a good time to pick up a Mac and start tinkering / learning... You UNIX guys should take to it like a fish to water (considering 10.5...
- Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, Desktops, Apple Mac OS, operating system, Apple Inc., rev, Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2009-08-24
- TechRepublic: Most CIOs refuse to buy the hype on desktop virtualization
- Simply put, there is no value in itand a massive number of headaches.RE: TechRepublic: Most CIOs refuse to buy the hype on desktop virtualizationWell I see lots of advantages.1) IF the workstation do not have hard drives, this will reduce the cost per seat. Most Desktop hard drives...
- Tags: Desktops, Virtualization, desktop, desktop virtualization, VDI, Emory Healthcare
- Discussion threads 2009-08-20
- Virtual desktop services gain TCO boost with HP clients, Desktone cloud-based 'DaaS' advances
- HP and Desktone have made strong market moves into the fast-growing desktops as a service Daas space, also know as desktop virtualization and virtual desktop infrastructure VDI. These new products and services show an aggressive ramp-up and sophistication to deliver a fast-track to DaaS. HP and Desktone,...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Virtual Desktop, TCO, Desktone, DaaS, Virtual-D Service Center, Fisher, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Desktops, Hardware, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2009-06-01
- Access Virtualization - Which protocol is the best?
- As organizations look for ways to reduce the cost of installing, updating, managing and making secure desktop and laptop systems, they come across the idea of viewing the laptop or desktop as just an endpoint or access point device. Once they've gotten to this point, they start thinking about all...
- Tags: Microsoft Access, Protocol, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Utility Computing, Storage Management, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-10-17
- Why bother with desktop virtualization?
- The proponents of making proper use of desktop virtualization technology including access virtualization, application virtualization and VDI the combination of access virtualization and processing virtualization do their best to make it sound like the best things since pockets. Aren't today's laptops, desktops and handheld devices good enough to get the...
- Tags: Desktop, Worker, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Desktop Virtualization, Utility Computing, Storage Management, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Microsoft to target Windows XP Pro users with Genuine 'nagware' notifications
- Microsoft to target Windows XP Pro users with Genuine 'nagware' notificationsI don't know what difference it will makePeople who love Windows will still love Windows. People who hate Windows will still hate Windows. People who pirate Windows will still pirate Windows.RE: Microsoft to target Windows XP Pro users with Genuine...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Pro user, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- An argument about switching costs
- An argument about switching costsJust a question...If you're going to be using Windows desktop apps with Sun Ray's, doesn't that mean you'll have to deploy Windows Terminal Server too?Why not drop the cost of Sun Ray and just use WTS (if you're paying for it anyway)?RiskThe core of Dr. Dogs...
- Tags: Strategy, Microsoft Windows, Construction, Switching Costs, WTS, information technology, Murph, Sun Ray, window
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- ClearCube VDI Suite
- ClearCube recently announced its Virtual Desktop Infrastructure VDI Suite. The goal is to increase the power of previous ClearCube offerings and intice others to join the party. Here's how ClearCube describes its new offering: ClearCube Technology, the market leader in centralized desktop computing...
- Tags: blade, clearcube technology, virtual desktop, desktop virtualization, blade servers, desktops, utility computing, servers, hardware, dan kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-08-08
- 2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel."
- July 24th, 2016. Josef Konsumer, a home-based employee and portfolio manager for ICBC/CiticorpChase, a Chinese-owned multinational investment bank, wakes up to hear his alarm clock go off at 8am, and gets out of bed, his 47-year old body aching from an aggressive personal trainer session from the...
- Tags: PC, Linux, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- VMWare: Time to Pay the Open Source Piper
- VMWare: Time to Pay the Open Source PiperOn the other hand ...... if all the hypervisors and their attendant management suites become free ... then will I choose to serve:1. Basic software via increasingly powerful cloud computing or open source freebies (e.g. Firefox, Open Office)2. MyCompanysSoftware via *IX (I have...
- Tags: Operating systems, value-add, VMware Inc., open source, Hyper-V
- Discussion threads 2008-07-09
- VMWare: Time to Pay the Open Source Piper
- It would not be an exaggeration to say that yesterday was a very bad day for VMWare. My friend and fellow tech blogger colleague at ComputerWorld, Steven J Vaughn-Nichols, thinks the company will be down for the count when they take their next hit, that essentially, the...
- Tags: Software, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Virtualization, Tools & Techniques, Open Source, Hardware, Management, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-09
- Mokafive Version 1
- I recently had a chance to speak with Dr. John Whaley, Co-founder and CTO of MokaFive. His company has developed a different approach to desktop virtualization (read a combination of virtual machine software, application virtualization and streaming) that, he hopes, will revolutionize how organizations create, deliver and administer desktop environments....
- Tags: Environment, Virtual Desktop, MokaFive, Professional Solution, Desktop Virtualization, Desktops, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-06-16
- News to know: Hactivists; XO-2 laptop; HP; Virtualization
- Notable headlines: Dancho Danchev: Pro-Serbian hacktivists attacking Albanian web sites Over 1.5 million pages affected by the recent SQL injection attacks DoS Attacks Using SQL Wildcards Revealed Ryan Naraine: Secunia finds 'highly critical' Foxit Reader Flaw Are you wary of...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Hewlett-Packard Co., Virtualization, Network, Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, Sales Strategy, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Sales Force Management, Sales, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software
- Blog posts 2008-05-21
- ISVs: XenDesktop, VDI, SolidICE offer no panacea for IT managers
- ISVs: XenDesktop, VDI, SolidICE offer no panacea for IT managersDesktop Virtualizaton is SalvationIf you have lobied users for thin clint then you know that once a PC user has learned to creat a shortcut he/she will not be happy with it. Hence, I disagree with the author. Desktop Virtualization is...
- Tags: Desktops, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, SolidICE, XenDesktop, VDI, desktop
- Discussion threads 2008-05-20
- XenDesktop, VDI, SolidICE offer benefits but no panacea for IT managers
- I am always skeptical about new technologies that "threaten" to transform the traditional PC desktop. In my 20 years following the PC industry, I’ve seen them all â€" server-based models, thin clients, application streaming technologies, hosted ASP and newer software-as-a-service models, even Linux. I still use a...
- Tags: Desktop Management, Benefit, Server, ScriptStart, Leostream, Desktops, Hardware, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-05-20
- Ceedo: Application Virtualization for the Desktop
- Dror Gill, Chief Strategy Officer of Ceedo Technologies Ltd. and I played an exciting round of Email tag a few weeks ago. Ceedo presents its technology as "portable desktop virtualiztion." What does that mean? Well, my posts Just what is “desktop virtualization†anyway?, The Role Application Virtualization Plays in Desktop...
- Tags: Desktop Virtualization, Technology, Ceedo Technologies Ltd., Dror, Virtualization, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-03-26
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