Recently the FSLogix team was working with a customer, and was posed with a dilemma about whether their toolset would solve a problem with large address book latencies in VDI and Skype for Business. Essentially the problem is that the Skype address book would download every time a user opened Skype for Business which was […]
State of the vCommunity: where do we go from here?
Over the last several weeks, the stability of the “vCommunity” has been called into question. Is this still a community, or is it time to start anew someplace else? As is my custom, I think it’s worth looking at our history to understand the true state of the vCommunity. In 2011, I was recruited by […]
Citrix Synergy: Fantastic 4 Citrix Virtualization MUST-KNOW Dos & Don’ts
This year Citrix Synergy from the keynotes to the exhibit hall floor there was a general excitement about the commitment to the the continual commitment toward the development of the cloud. Assuming that the direction involves continual development within the on-premises product stack then these are forward thinking innovative changes. Citrix virtualization continues to evolve, and change […]
Container Technology Deep Dive – Getting up to Speed on its History
The IT industry isn’t that old, so we don’t have a very long history. Even with the short history, we’ve been able to detect repeatable patterns in technology. The Negroponte Switch (about how wired signals become air-born, and air-born signals become wired), and Moore’s Law (computing power doubles every two years) are two examples. With the […]
Get Wise about the Health of your Citrix Environment
When it comes to monitoring the health of your Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop environment understanding it’s overall health can be critical. The level of criticality can vary of course depending on what your organization uses Citrix for, but there are many industries that rely on their Citrix deployments for their critical applications. That being said, the solutions […]
Welcome to the #CitrixCTP Class of 2017
Recently the new CTP picks were announced, and I am honored to share that I have been selected to be recognized as a Citrix CTP for the 3rd year in a row. It truly means a lot to me to be recognized for my Citrix community contributions over the years. It’s a great community and […]
Top Announcements from Citrix Summit
Citrix Summit for partners wrapped up in Anaheim with much news and excitement. While there were many outstanding announcements some of them are still NDA. That being said and after reviewing the list of announcement these are the ones I am most excited about today. Citrix Acquires Unidesk! This news was more than exciting to […]
VMWare VSAN for Cost Reduction Webinar
In the past couple of years, VMware released a product call the VMware VSAN. So what is the value of this particular product you may ask? VSAN allows you take take your already existing storage infrastructure, and re-purpose that hardware to create an environment that is similar to hyper-converged infrastructure. For SMB companies that are doing “more […]
The Future – Monitoring Your Virtual Server Environment
So if I could image what monitoring would look like in the future I would want the solution to be “unicorns and rainbows” out-of-box. So what do I mean by this? I would want a solution that analyzes my environment for me and tells me exactly where my issues are based upon my environment. I […]
The Present – Monitoring Your Virtual Server Environment
Today server virtualization is advanced compared to its early days of inception over a decade ago, but the best part is that are our monitoring capabilities. When setup correctly we can have a proactive monitoring design that actually allows your Virtualization Team the ability to sleep at night. No longer being woken up by untimely […]