Citrix Acquires VirtualComputer and it’s product NxTop

Citrix just announced in thier annual conference Synergy the acquisition of VirtualComputer www.virtualcomputer.com VirtualComputer local execution VDI (or client hosted VDI) product called NxTop is a competitor to Citrix’s local execution VDI product called XEN Client. Citrix announced that NxTop will be integrated to their VDI product portfolio, the XEN Client management capabilities are considered

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Configuring clipboard mapping in VMware view 5

I ran into a situation a few days ago whereas i wanted to simply copy & paste from my VMware View 5 VM PCoIP session to my desktop and back. after finding the solution i decided to share. To do this you will need to add a GPO template (adm file) to your view VM’s

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Steve Jobs has Died

According to Apple Steve Jobs has died.
I humbly bow my head for one of the most influential people on technology today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrBw2cXWZS8

Modernizing the desktop in healthcare organizations

There are several challenges pushing the healthcare market to change their desktop management strategy from physical to virtual desktops. The move by healthcare organizations to Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems has accelerated in the past two years since the HITECH Act was included as part of the 2009 Stimulus package. It gives physicians financial incentives

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Video – In honor of two of the greatest CEO’s – Steve Jobs and Bill Gates “It’s complicated”

A Video aired at the all things digital conference in 2007 that shows the realy early days of the two computer giants
I loved this movie

Deciding on an email cloud provider – part 1 visibility and control

E-mail is one of the first things that come to mind when you think about the public cloud. One reason is that Hosted E-mail has been around long before it was called Cloud but the demand for the cloud for business was actually driven by consumers, mainly because of Google. The change of this mindset

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Using a remote desktop connection on the go, What changed? Why now?

Server based computing (remote desktop connections) has always been around, starting from the 60’s with IBM’s mainframe terminal, windows and citrix terminal server since the the late 90′s and today the relatively new thing is VDI (virtual desktops) from VMware, Citrix and Microsoft in the lead. Performance has always been the most pressing issue for

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VMware View client for iPad Demo

VMware –Still the leader or is the leadership gap about to close?

Gartner have released their annual Magic quadrant for X86 virtualization market last week http://www.gartner.com/technology/media-products/reprints/microsoft/vol2/article8a/article8a.html . Things have changed since the release of the 2010 quadrant which stated that VMware is the only leader in the market where Microsoft is in the challengers’ section and Citrix is in the visionaries’ section. This year all three companies

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