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Citrix integrates security appliance with XenDesktop: Citrix has integrated one of its security products with its recently released XenDesktop virtual desktop solution. The latest incarnation of Citrix's Access Gateway appliance, version 1.8, will allow companies to deliver virtual desktops to users based on identity, location and security status. The Ft...; Tags: Desktop, Security, Citrix Systems Inc., Virtual Desktop, XenDesktop, Desktop Virtualization, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-06-09
Wyse, HP hope XenDesktop will drive thin client sales: Wyse, HP hope XenDesktop will drive thin client salesHP/Neoware falloutHP bought the Neoware thin client line and seems to be ready to ditch the Neolinux OS. It sounds to me that HP has been drinking at the Micro$oft Kool-aid stand. We chose Neoware for the linux os. ...; Tags: Thin clients, Sales strategy, Hewlett-Packard Co., thin client, thin-client sale, XenDesktop, Neoware, Wyse Technology Inc., sales; Discussion threads 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
Wyse, HP hope XenDesktop will drive thin client sales: Wyse and HP have launched new lines of thin clients that are optimized for Citrix's XenDesktop and the virtualized desktop. Citrix's much anticipated XenDesktop, which will compete against VMware's VDI technology as well as Qumranet's KVM-based desktop virtualization solution SolidICE, was officially introduced to the market here...; Tags: Desktop, Desktop Virtualization, Hewlett-Packard Co., Thin Client, Citrix Systems Inc., Sales, Wyse Technology Inc., XenDesktop, Thin Clients, Hardware, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-05-20
Desktop as a service era ramps up as Citrix marks May delivery of XenDesktop at a tough price to beat: Desktop as a service era ramps up as Citrix marks May delivery of XenDesktop at a tough price to beatone size doesn't fit allThis is sounding like an attractive solution to many IT woes. However...One thing I didn't like so much in the description - one desktop install for all...; Tags: Desktops, desktop, service era, tough price, XenDesktop, Citrix Systems Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-04-16

Desktop as a service era ramps up as Citrix marks May delivery of XenDesktop at a tough price to beat: Heralding a new era for desktop as a service DaaS, the long-awaited XenDesktop line from Citrix Systems will become available during the Citrix Synergy 2008 conference in mid-May. The XenDesktop product line is the latest entry in the effervescent virtualization market and will be co-marketed with Microsoft....; Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., XenDesktop, XenDesktop Product Line, Delivery Protocol, Desktops, Hardware, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2008-04-16

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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
News to know: iPhone 3G; MobileMe; Office 14; Home Server fix: First, the non-Apple news. (Scroll down for major dose of WWDC 2008 links.) Mary Jo Foley: New proof: Office 14 slated for 2009 Are all Microsoft and Apple sync services created equal? SharePoint gets an open-source podcasting add-on Final...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Microsoft Office, Server, Apple Inc., 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, David Grober; Blog posts 2008-06-10
VMware, Sun's Ray team partner on VDI: I was so enmeshed in the XenDesktop happenings at Citrix Synergy last week that I paid little notice to virtualization market leader VMware, which made some significant VDI-related announcements of it own. As Citrix's XenDesktop team announced deals with thin client makers HP and Wyse, VMware announced...; Tags: Team, Sun Microsystems Inc., Thin Client, Virtual Desktop, VMware Inc., Sun Ray, Thin Clients, Hardware, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-05-29
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
Microsoft HyperV RC1 available for testing: Microsoft announced availability of release candidate 1 of its Hyper-V virtualization hypervisor Tuesday. The add-on for Windows Server 2008 is now available for download at http://www.microsoft.com/Hyper-V and it will be available via Windows Update beginning on May 27, Microsoft said. The first release candidate, referred to as...; Tags: Hypervisor, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Virtualization, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 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 – 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
Citrix Synergy Announcements: Today is the first day of Citrix's Synergy Conference and the company has come out with a gaggle of announcements. (As an aside, do announcements come in gaggles, coveys, pods, or packs?) The centerpiece is Citrix's announcement that XenDesktop is now available. Another important announcement is that Citrix now is...; Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., Desktops, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-05-20
HP Client Virtualization Announcement: Tad Bodeman of HP's remote client solutions group provided a broad "memory dump" of today's HP client virtualization announcementt. As with my last post on this topic, HP and Desktop Virtualization, there's simply too much here for me to address each portion of the announcement separately. ...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Virtualization, Utility Computing, Storage Management, Thin Clients, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-05-19
KVM and Xen cofounders engage in war of words: Xen cofounder and project lead Ian Pratt said predictions about his virtualization hypervisor's demise to the newer kernel-based virtual machine KVM technology are unfounded, a by-product of his competitors' imaginations. "There's no evidence for it. The Xen community is alive and well. Xen is a true...; Tags: Linux, Hypervisor, Linux Kernel, Xen, KVM, Xen Community, Virtualization, Hardware, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-05-08
News to know: Microhoo; Adobe; MacBook Air; OLPC; RIAA: Notable headlines: Microsoft: We'll raise our bid for Yahoo, but can't make up our mind yet. Techmeme Jason O'Grady: Excess thermal paste causing high temps in MacBook Air Ryan Stewart: Adobe Open Screen Project Dan Farber: IBM...; Tags: TIBCO Software Inc., Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., Advertisement, RIAA, Apple MacBook, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., One Laptop Per Child Project, 3G, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Professional Development, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Career, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-01
Qumranet's SolidICE ships as Citrix XenDesktop debut nears: Qumranet's SolidICE ships as Citrix XenDesktop debut nearsIt's what's for dinnerBeef!Just when you thought VM couldn't get any more sizzle, here comes another player and a meaty one at that.Waiting for my SolidICE eval copy; Tags: SolidICE, Citrix XenDesktop, Qumranet, Citrix Systems Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-04-30
Qumranet's SolidICE ships as Citrix XenDesktop debut nears: KVM sponsor Qumranet launched its long awaited desktop virtualization solution today, just weeks before rival Citrix launches its own XenDesktop solution. The Sunnyvale, calif. company announced on April 30 the release of Solid ICE Independent Computing Environment, a hosted desktop virtualization product that promises desktop-like performance with...; Tags: Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Citrix Systems Inc., Qumranet, Citrix XenDesktop, Solid ICE, Desktops, Hardware, prooney; Blog posts 2008-04-30
Green IT: Reducing your Carbon Footprint with Citrix: Going green has become an imperative, not an option, for companies facing the new reality of balancing business objectives with dwindling environmental resources. Limited energy supply and skyrocketing costs are compelling organizations to take radical measures to reduce their carbon footprint. Read on to learn how Citrix products can help...; Tags: Green IT, Citrix Systems Inc., Carbon Footprint; White papers 2008-04-23
News to know: IBM; Microsoft; Googlehoo; Safari; Enterprise 2.0: Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Is Hyper-V ready for the Windows desktop? Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft looks to make product planning more science than art. Gallery right. Better the Windows Vista devil you know than the Windows 7...; Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple Safari, Enterprise 2.0, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software; Blog posts 2008-04-17