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James Rabey

  1. Geek Speak Live! in 2009 – you get to choose the agenda

    By James Rabey · Published on 3 years ago · No Comments

    We have a lot of exciting plans for Geek Speak Live! in the coming year which I wanted to give you all a heads up on. For those of you who haven't heard of Geek Speak, it's a program of informal and unfiltered discussions on technical topics, usually led by a CTP or other industry thought leader. We kicked off at Synergy in ...

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  2. Citrix User Groups

    By James Rabey · Published on 3 years ago · 2 Comments

    Are you interested in joining a Citrix User Group? Do you want to start a Citrix User Group up in your area? Are you already running a Citrix User Group and want to let people know about it?We're planning to launch a tool soon on citrix.com that will allow you to find a user group, start a new user group or promote your own existing ...

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  3. VDI vs SBC, like Gas Stove vs Microwave?

    By James Rabey · Published on 3 years ago · 1 Comment

    I'm starting to get a feeling of deja-vu every time I read or hear an argument about what is a better way to deliver desktops - desktop OS virtualization (aka "VDI") or server side app virtualization (aka "SBC").I'm starting to get a feeling of deja-vu every time I read or hear an argument about what is a better way..... OK, lets CTRL-C the deja-vu loop ...

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  4. Geek Speak Live! Goes Virtual

    By James Rabey · Published on 3 years ago · 2 Comments

    You may have heard that we just had another successful Geek Speak Live! at Summit. Rick Dehlinger once again got things started with a debate on VDI vs TS, Charles Aunger had everyone rolling in the isles with his informative and entertaining Green IT talk, and Doug Brown went head to head with our CTO Simon Crosby on the whole Cloud thing.One of the things ...

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  5. The Cloud Debate – CTO v CTP

    By James Rabey · Published on 3 years ago · No Comments

    Cloud Computing - a new paradigm or just a pile of vapor? This is the topic for our first ever "CTO v CTP Debate" being held during Summit Geek Speak next Monday 27 which starts at 5:30pmIn the CTO corner we have our own Simon Crosby, who will be arguing the pro-side of Cloud. Facing off in the CTP corner is Doug Brown of DABCC.COM. ...

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  6. Summit Geek Speak – additonal topics proposed

    By James Rabey · Published on 3 years ago · 3 Comments

    I got some great suggestions in response to my previous blog about the Summit Geek Speak event. For those of you attending, here is a chance to cast your vote for what you would like to see discussed. For those unable to attend, don't worry as I will be announcing some new Geek Speak events soon.With all these additional topics, I plan to keep Geek ...

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  7. Geek Speak at Summit

    By James Rabey · Published on 3 years ago · 7 Comments

    Those of you who attended Synergy this year may have taken part in our first ever Geek Speak Live, where we ran an "unconference" in parallel with the main event. Folks like Shawn Bass, Doug Brown and Rick Dehlinger got up and spoke about the technical topics on their minds and yours. We also had some open mike sessions as well as Q&A.Well, the good ...

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  8. Will the current economic outlook help Green IT?

    By James Rabey · Published on 3 years ago · No Comments

    I've been encouraged lately by a noticeable rise in interest in Green IT. For some time I have been talking and blogging about the need to reduce the somewhat significant ecological footprint of IT operations, and I can tell you that even little over a year ago the reaction was mostly one of indifference. At some presentations, I could almost hear the whispers of "go ...

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  9. Green Telecommuting – Maintaining voice communications

    By James Rabey · Published on 3 years ago · 2 Comments

    In my previous blog entry, I described the Green benefits of telecommuting and my plan to "road test" telecommuting technologies and experience. For my first test, I have chosen voice communications.My reasons for choosing this over something more obvious such as remote application access, is that most telecommuting scenarios that I have seen or experienced were based on the telecommuter being able to use a ...

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  10. The Green Effect of Telecommuting

    By James Rabey · Published on 3 years ago · 5 Comments

    Most of what is written on Green IT concentrates on how the IT Department can reduce the carbon footprint of its operations, primarily through reducing Data Center power consumption. While this is important as IT operations makes up 2-3% of global power consumption, our efforts to reduce our environmental impact should not end with the data-center. As well as including the end-point into Green IT ...

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