Posts tagged Citrix
Getting a broker without going broke,...
So what’s a broker, or connection broker to be accurate? A broker is software that connects an instance of Windows 7 or XP running on the server, aka host to a specific users “PC.” In other words, in the old style way of running a network you have 100 users who have self contained PCs. When the PC switches on the PC and logs [...]
Dead-End?
It occurred to me some time ago that life is like a multi-lane highway that starts as a 24 lane road when you’re born, and then you slowly starts to lose lanes as you get older. It probably drops to 16 lanes while you’re going to school and then steadily diminishes by life, politics, the law and so on. Eventually it leads to a sin [...]
Pano Logic has something new
Pano Logic, one of our preferred vendors has just released Generation 2 of their amazing Zero client cube. What makes their products unique is that they don’t have a CPU, RAM or firmware in their cubes, yes they really are maintenance free and a ZERO compared to their zero client competitors that really aren’t true zeros. The Pan [...]
From the darkside to the light
So here’s the problem… IT is run ragged, constantly, being reactive to the less than happy employees. IT doesn’t have time, money or energy to proactively develop plans to implement new ways to enhance the business. They are spending their time putting out fires. Is it any wonder than real firemen get a pension at 50; they must be too tired a [...]
A good foundation
VDI comes in many forms, but they all depend on a good foundation. Ignoring the actual VDI software, endpoints and feature sets, the cornerstone of VDI is the operating system or hypervisor that its running on. The two camps are versions of Linux – VMware, Citrix, Virtual Bridges, 2X and Kaviza and on the other side, Microsoft and [...]