I had a great time last week with Cisco doing the Desktop Transformation webinar, and an even better time afterwards talking to Cisco Distinguished Engineer Jim French about some of the more far-reaching opportunities that become possible when you start down a path to deploy VDI alongside Unified Communications. I’m looking forward to the day [...]
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Embarrassing, but valuable nevertheless
Citrix screwed up recently with VDI-in-a-Box, creating a worldwide outage for every user of the product on January 1st. The proximate cause was a simple one, theVirtual Desktop Agent used by VDI-in-a-Box had a .dll which expired at midnight December 31st 2011 and the software wasn’t patched to address this. Like I said – embarrassing. Now [...]
Comparing Apples to Oranges
Atlantis Computing caused a bit of a stir yesterday when it announced the $200 VDI desktop. Now I hope I don’t get any into any trouble with Atlantis for saying this, especially as I will be paying them a visit on Wednesday, but you don’t really get a virtual desktop for $200. Let’s be fair [...]
You Need To Justify Desktop Virtualization? Look No Further Than This
I’ve long held the opinion that most conventional desktop management implementations are fundamentally broken. The amount of manual intervention needed to keep these systems working is about the same as that needed to maintain a vintage Rolls-Royce. It is a labor of love that few can afford. Today I have an outstanding example of what [...]
Microsoft’s Vision of the post-PC Future
A quick follow-up to last week’s post Defining the post-PC Era. Here’s a video that the Microsoft Office team released showcasing its vision for the future. Set aside the infographics that might one day be part of office and look at the way that actions flow seamlessly between phone, tablet, desktop (both “PC” and actual [...]
Defining the post-PC Era
In listening to some people you would be forgiven for thinking that corporations are dumping last year’s PCs in the trash in their rush to make room for a future built of smartphones, tablets, and flying cars. It’s a wonderful notion and one clearly resonates with many IT pundits who’ve anointed this dream with the grandiose name “The post-PC Era”. The [...]
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The Big BYOD Debate
Smartphones and tablets remain ever-prevalent, and the trend of employees using these devices for business purposes, whether sanctioned or unsanctioned, is on the rise. So Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policies, and the way enterprise IT departments should handle them, is a topic that generates a lot of discussion and controversy.
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