Calling all South Florida Citrix users and administrators… The next Fort Lauderdale Citrix User Group Meeting will be held on September 1st! You’ll get technical content and participate in technical discussions from 3-5PM at Citrix HQ, followed by happy hour with appetizers at a nearby restaurant. Date: Wed., September 1, 2010 Time: 3:00PM – 5:00PM EDT (happy hour @ 5:30PM) Register... (more...)
It’s going to be a big month for new arrivals. In about 5 weeks time I’m scheduled to become a first time father. And in about 5 weeks time XenClient V1 will be made publicly available. One will be given life after what feels like an age of creation, will end the cycle of aches, pains, headaches and endless preparation and will enrich life with new possibilities – and the other... (more...)
Today’s XenClient and XenVault announcements, which extend desktop virtualization to offline laptop users, got me thinking about how virtual computing is helping us realize the vision Citrix has stated for a quite a while; a world where you can work or play from anywhere. While our software is not focused on “play” per se, the idea that your work life and personal life... (more...)
Kevin Rose the founder of Digg made a prediction in a recent post about how the rumored $99 iTV will change everything. He make great points about how this could disrupt the Cable TV market and provide a great interactive TV experience for consumers. This makes me think about whether the iTV could also provide a great platform for business apps as well. Certainly Apple is not targeting... (more...)
Establish networks with professionals in your current or desired fields. Search for and attend association events, cocktail receptions and critical seminars that will attract the people you should know. Be prepared to talk with new people. Draft a few questions and statements that will help get the conversation going. Ask what inspired your new contact to join his/her company or... (more...)
Learn the truth about Foursquare, Facebook Places and Gowalla First there was location-based social network Foursquare. Then Gowalla and other sites followed suit and launched. And now with news that Facebook is slowly rolling out its own location-based technology, you can expect to hear a lot-both true and false-about what these services really are. Rev: nc Read More →
Hoax emails claim Tom Cruise has died to trick users into infecting themselves with malware Hackers are using tales of dead celebrities to build out Zeus botnets by duping users into compromising their own PCs, security experts said today. Rev: nc Read More →
You may have seen the recent announcement on XenVault, offered as part of XenDesktop 4 Feature Pack 2. I am the development manager of the XenVault engineering team that created this innovative technology. I will be completing 7 years with Citrix tomorrow (wow!!!) and have led different technologies within the XenApp product development group. How do I manage my laptop? In February of this year,... (more...)
The battle between maintaining security and letting outsiders on the network has been waging for years. On one side, the security team is tasked with preventing attacks and protecting data. On the other side of the rope are contractors, BYOC (Bring Your Own Computer) users, home users and business partners who have a legitimate need for access from their devices. The challenges pitting these two... (more...)
In a recent discussion, an unemployed job-seeker shared that she had been on five interviews and was certain that she wasn’t offered a few positions because the salaries they were offering were lower than what she was making at her previous job. She had concluded that the companies were most likely wary of hiring her at a lower wage, for fear that she might leave for a higher paying position... (more...)
