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  1. A great ride so far and the journey continues

    By Harry Labana · Published on 1 year ago · 6 Comments

    The time has come for me to begin a new chapter in the desktop virtualization journey.I still vividly recall what now seems like an eternity ago, when as a customer I first started to toy with the idea of desktop virtualization. Many people thought the idea was absurd, but a few good engineers were able to band together with supportive leadership and we followed through ...

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  2. Desktop virtualization is a strategic conversation (Part 3)

    By Harry Labana · Published on 1 year ago · No Comments

    Going from strategic to implementationPart 1 and Part 2 described a strategic framework to think about your desktop strategy. This final part completes that framework and extends the discussion from strategic framework to implementation.As you build a strategic approach to application delivery, adaptive service-oriented connections between applications and people are created. These connections make IT a core enabler of business evolution. You can then ...

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  3. Desktop virtualization is a strategic conversation (Part 2)

    By Harry Labana · Published on 1 year ago · No Comments

    It does not mean don't try In part 1 I talked about how application delivery has evolved and expressed my general disappointment with the relative traction of application virtualization and streaming.To be clear I am not saying don't try, as I believe a more holistic approach to application delivery offers the maximum flexibility to change, minimize capital and operating costs. This enables IT to have ...

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  4. Desktop virtualization is a strategic conversation (Part 1)

    By Harry Labana · Published on 1 year ago · No Comments

    Doing nothing does not mean NPV=0 I'm fortunate that I've been able to speak directly with several hundred customers across multiple vertical industry segments in my time at Citrix, ranging all the way from systems engineer to the C suite. A key observation that also reflects my own personal experience is a focus on strategy before consideration of hardware, network and device choices etc. This is ...

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  5. VMware refuses to take any responsibility for misleading tactics-Update (VMware removes quote in updated press release)

    By Harry Labana · Published on 1 year ago · 12 Comments

    VMware responds with scripted PR Yesterday I pointed out how VMware was inappropriately trying to infer that a quote showing substantial savings from a Gartner Server Based Computing (SBC) research report was somehow applicable to VMware View which offers no such solution. VMware responded with a scripted PR statement on the CRN site that is geared towards VARS and technology integrators in response to coverage from ...

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  6. VMware caught in a lie again, or have they entered the Server Based Computing (SBC) market? Update (VMware removes quote in updated press release)

    By Harry Labana · Published on 1 year ago · 34 Comments

    Did I just read that! On February 9th, there was an interesting press release from VMware that was brought to my attention over the weekend. After reading it, I was rather perplexed as VMware makes the following statement:"The TCO of an SBC deployment used to deliver all applications to users is 8% to 13% lower than that of a locked and well-managed PC deployment, and up ...

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  7. Emergency call centers from anywhere

    By Harry Labana · Published on 1 year ago · No Comments

    Anybody there? While on a vacation last week I got a call from my father in law asking me if I could help him find a flight home due to a major snow storm in the North East coast of the United States. I was counting on him getting back to be my baby sitter while I enjoyed some time skiing. I thought not a problem, ...

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  8. Will Apple help accelerate the enterprise cloud application store in 2011?

    By Harry Labana · Published on 1 year ago · 6 Comments

    The future is going to be.... The future is all about tablets, smartphones and mobility! No wait,the future is all about SaaS based apps and HTML 5 etc will rule the world with everything delivered from the cloud. Yes, but.... Windows apps are so engrained that we will never move away from them. Of course Windows will also evolve to that cloud thing that ...

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  9. Self Service is the Future

    By Harry Labana · Published on 1 year ago · No Comments

    What should users have to do? Should users have to call a helpdesk to fulfill every type of application provisioning request? That certainly is not the case with the modern day ATM/Cash Point.Should users have to stick with working from a single device type? That certainly doesn't happen in the consumer world. Users have intuitive interfaces that make it simple for them to find and ...

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  10. Cisco and Citrix partner to further enhance the desktop virtualization ecosystem

    By Harry Labana · Published on 1 year ago · 6 Comments

    Uhh.... what!? Is probably the first reaction that most people will have when they first read about the newly formed partnership between Citrix and Cisco collaborating to combine all the benefits of Citrix XenDesktop, with all the power of the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS). Well at least that was my instinctive reaction when I first heard the idea proposed internally followed by um, what ...

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