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Today, AppSense announced that they have created AppSense Labs , which is a platform they will use to release tools and technologies to the community that may or may not fall directly within the traditional AppSense product line. The idea sounds much like Google Labs, where employees were encouraged to experiment and create other products that may or may not have fit into existing Google products Read More......(read more)

This week's Brian & Gabe (& Jack) will feature... whatever you want to talk about! (I'm thinking we can talk about Jack's post about how messed up Microsoft's VDA licenses are and our new book.) Our flash audio player is streaming live content now, although if you're on this page before the show starts then you'll just hear silence until then. (And don't pause it now or else it will pick up where you left off with silence. :) If you don't hear audio when you think you should, just...

(this was originally posted in August, 2011)   Presented by: Shawn Bass (Please visit the site to view this media) Whether you're still struggling to get IE8 out to your Windows XP population or if you've given up on rolling IE8 to Windows XP and are hoping to deal with that in Windows 7, you might need to have a “Plan B” in place for those corporate applications that do not work properly under IE8. There are many different ways that this can be accomplished and each method...

We're going to host our 11th and 12th BriForum conferences in 2012, with BriForum 2012 London taking place May 23-24, followed by BriForum 2012 Chicago from July 24-26. If you'd like to speak at BriForum London, the deadline to submit a session is this Friday. If you'd like to attend BriForum London, the £200 early-bird discount also ends this Friday. BriForum 2012 London details Like last year, BriForum London is a two-day conference, with the opening party the night before. We're in a...

Dealing with Microsoft licensing is a pain—it’s arcaic, someone is always getting a raw deal, and there’s nothing anybody can do about it because Microsoft is a monopoly. It’s natural, then, to be worried about the possible fallout from BYOD and consumerization. But while consumerization does bring the potential for increased licensing costs, does this even matter in a world Read More......(read more)

(this was originally posted in August, 2011)   Presented by: Brian Madden (Please visit the site to view this media) There's been a lot of talk about the "consumerization" of IT—the idea that individuals can make their own IT choices rather than follow the demands of the central IT department. The most visible aspect of this today is “BYOC,” but, it goes so much more beyond bringing iPads or MacBooks into the office. The most important part of IT consumerization...

A few weeks ago, Quest released vWorkspace 7.5, which is a pretty massive update for only being a half-release. In the release, they rewrote the Web Interface while adding support for Citrix farms (since they see mixed environments and those users wanted one interface to apps), integrated the Desktop Optimizer into the management console, and developed a solution that allows people to use Microsoft Communicator or Lync across the WAN, among other things. Perhaps the biggest thing, though, is...

(this was originally posted in August, 2011)   Presented by: Eric Johnson (Please visit the site to view this media) The St. Luke's Health System has been working with application virtualization since 2005. Since that time they have virtualized—or attempted to virtualize—thousands of applications. (Yes...thousands!)  Attend this short session and learn what applications are still locally installed and why, find out how they have addressed their unique application...

(Please visit the site to view this media) In this video, HP's head of Thin Clients shows us the graphical improvements of their new t610 flagship thin client. You can read more about it here.

(Please visit the site to view this media) In this video, HP's head of Thin Clients shows us the quad-screen feature of their new t610 flagship thin client. You can read more about it here.  

Last month when we visited HP, we got a chance to check out some thin client technology that we couldn't write about until this week. We managed to shoot a few video demos, but here's a quick overview. On February 13, HP announced two new product lines of thin clients that replace older lines with more powerful systems. The t610 which we got to see in Houston, and the t510 replace both the hardware and naming conventions of previous models (the t5700 series and the t5500 series,...

(this was originally posted in August, 2011)   Presented by: Benny Tritsch (Please visit the site to view this media) This session with Benny Tritsch will cover running 32-bit applications on 64-bit Windows, adapting to v2 user profiles, providing Remote Desktop Services application compatibility and applying shims uses built-in Windows system filters. Attendees will walk away with expert information about how to use such filters and optimize virtual desktop...

Two days ago, Brian wrote a post " Microsoft releases details about Windows 8 on ARM (WOA) tablets, confirms it's safe for enterprises to keep buying iPads. " In his article, he said that WOA will not be good for enterprise. I don't agree. I first attempted to post this as a comment, but when I started getting close to 2,000 words I decided to email Brian instead, and he agreed to post this as my first guest blog post. First of all, I want to separate enterprise devices with consumer devices....

In the world of desktop virtualization, there's a lot of talk about how to reign-in control of users' desktops while still giving them the freedom to work as needed (installing their own apps, etc.). For the past twenty years or so, most users have had full desktops or laptops with enough security permissions to be able to do what they needed to do. But then this whole desktop virtualization and VDI Read More......(read more)

(this was originally posted in August, 2011)   Presented by: Ian Parker (Please visit the site to view this media) Sooner or later, most application delivery administrators find themselves looking under the hood of their Windows servers in an attempt to explain application or server issues. WinDbg is a powerful, free Microsoft tool that can reveal an enormous amount of information about the state of an OS or application. However, it isn’t the easiest tool to use, and it often is...

Devon IT and Wyse Technologies both started the year with announcements of thin clients that have been awarded Microsoft RemoteFX logo certification. Last week, it was IGEL Technologies turn, and now...

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Two cool things for this week's Brian & Gabe LIVE show. First, we'll be joined by Kevin Goodman, eight-time BriForum speaker, founder of RTO Software and creator of VMware's "Persona" product. The second cool thing is that we'll be discussing Microsoft's Windows 8 strategy, including tablets, Metro, ARM processors, and how they hope to compete in the enterprise. You can listen to the show LIVE as it's recorded and join in the conversation on this page. Just come back at show time and the...

(this was originally posted in August, 2011)   Presented by: Rick Dehlinger (Please visit the site to view this media) The display protocol we have known and loved under the name of 'ICA' has evolved dramatically in the last few years. What once was a fast, WAN-friendly way to remote applications has evolved into 'HDX', and now provides a rich, high-definition user experience for applications and desktops.  Along with increased sophistication comes increased complexity:...

By now you've probably heard that Microsoft's main Windows guy Steven Sinofsky wrote an 8,000-word blog post last week describing the technical details of how Windows 8 will run on ARM-based tablets. Recall that we talked quite a bit about some of the weird things around Windows 8, tablets, Metro, and ARM on BrianMadden.com a few weeks ago , and I gotta say, Sinofsky's blog post just creates more questions than it answers. The only thing I can say for sure is that Microsoft's Windows 8 tablet...

(this was originally posted in August, 2011)   Presented by: Vincent Branger (Please visit the site to view this media) Antivirus in VDI is often overlooked or installed and managed the same way it is for traditional desktops. In truth, antivirus is as important in VDI as ever, but there are some things you can do to manage it more effectively and reduce the impact it has on your virtual systems. In this session, you'll learn: New ways to manage antivirus in VDI using new products...