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VCNRW Keynote Video – ‘3 Things changing our world’ with Douglas Brown

May 11, 2016

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Below is the video recording from my session at the VCNRW – Virtualization Community Conference in Cologne, Germany on Big Data, Internet of Things, and a wee bit about Mobility. My goal for this talk was to discuss IT in a way we don’t usually think about but drives what we do and our lives on a daily bases. […]

Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing

Oldest IT Community Cloud, Data Center, Desktop, Mobility News Site Updated with new Look and Feel!

April 13, 2016

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Happy Days are Here Again!! I’m excited to send you this email. Did you know DABCC.com is 17 years old? Yes, on January 12, 1999 I stood up the site with the goal of sharing information with my friends and the world about this thing called “Citrix”. Back then there were only a few of […]

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Remote Desktop Manager for Citrix, VMware, Hyper-V, Microsoft Remote Desktop, SSH, FTP, and many more!

January 26, 2016

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As everyone in one way or another connects to remote desktops, apps, and/or servers, I wanted to share with you “Remote Desktop Manager”! This is truly a great app that lets you centralize all your remote connections, passwords and credentials into a unique platform that users truly love to work with. Remote Desktop Manager acts […]

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Cloud Computing

Intro to Citrix Accelerator Company, Unifyle

September 16, 2014

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As you know, I love innovation and because of what I do for a living I’m exposed to a slew of it. I wanted to send you this email to share with you a new Citrix Accelerator company, Unifyle, that I find to be truly solving a real problem. I am impressed with Unifyle by […]

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User Management

User Management

SolarWinds Releases Network Performance Monitor (NPM) v11.0! Complete Citrix Support

August 11, 2014

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SolarWinds just released version 11 of their Network Performance Monitor (NPM) solution. NPM is an enterprise monitoring solution that gives IT the ability to detect, diagnose, and resolve network performance problems and outages through detailed monitoring and analysis of performance data from routers, switches, servers, and SNMP-enabled devices, all through a easy to view and […]

Consumerization of IT

NEW How To E-Book – FSLogix Apps for Citrix, RDS, VMware View, and Physical Desktops

May 13, 2014

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I’m very happy to inform you I’ve updated my How To: BYOD Project ebook with both updates to the existing 1.0 version and a completely new and complete Appendix. What is an Appendix? Well let me explain… My idea behind this project is not just to document Citrix DesktopPlayer, XenClient, Synchronizer, XenApp, XenMobile, and NetScaler […]

Citrix Synchronizer Virtual Machine Backup and Recovery Explained

April 28, 2014

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The Citrix Synchronizer has the ability to backup and restore user’s PVD and custom virtual machines. By nature of a ‘shared’ virtual machine, user data is not backed up. To understand virtual machine backup and recovery, you need to understand how the client (DesktopPlayer and XenClient Engine) stores user data. Along with the virtual machine’s […]

Cloud Computing

User Management

Amazon WorkSpaces DaaS Review

April 24, 2014

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Michael Pietroforte, MVP and founder of 4sysops.com recently released a series of articles reviewing the upcoming Amazon WorkSpaces Desktop as a Service solution. I must confess, I’ve been busy and have not had the time to read these until just now. WOW, Michael does an amazing job explaining what Amazon Workspaces is, how it’s bundled, pricing, provisioning WorkSpaces, the […]

Consumerization of IT

Online Version Released ‘How to: Citrix DesktopPlayer for Mac and XenClient Synchronizer’ E-Book

April 21, 2014

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The ‘BYOD Project Volume 1 – How To: Citrix DesktopPlayer for Mac and XenClient Synchronizer’ on-line version is officially live! I’m very happy to inform you the online version of the BYOD Project Volume 1 is ready for your consumption! 🙂 Online version allows you to: Read the entire book free online, section-by-section, soup-to-nuts, all […]

Consumerization of IT

BYOD Project Update and Thanks Brian Madden

April 15, 2014

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It has been a week since I released my new step-by-step, soup-to-nuts book, "How To: BYOD Project – Citrix DesktopPlayer for Mac with Citrix XenClient Enterprise Synchronizer" and I’m happy to say it has surpassed all my goals. The downloads, feedback, and tweets have been amazing. Thanks for all the great comments and feedback! I […]

Consumerization of IT

How to: BYOD Project – Citrix DesktopPlayer for the Mac & Citrix XenClient Synchronizer

April 14, 2014

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How to Install Citrix DesktopPlayer for Mac and Citrix XenClient Enterprise Synchronizer – The BYOD Project Volume 1 My goal for this project is to create step-by-step instructions on how to successfully implement a BYO solution that allows end-users to work from anywhere, anyplace, at anytime, no matter if you own the device or they […]

Cloud Computing

Consumerization of IT

User Management

vCommunity 2013 – Citrix Synergy Recap, BYO, Virtualization Road Show with a slew of CTPs! Me too…

July 3, 2013

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I’m very happy to announce the vCommunity 2013 registration is open! If you missed Synergy or just want to learn then you are going to love vCommunity! This time around Robert Morris and the folks at Advantec have invited fellow CTPs: Helge Klein, Tim Mangan, Robert Morris, Carl Webster, Nicki Wruck, and Douglas Brown (me)! […]

Cloud Computing

Consumerization of IT

Entisys Solutions w/ Doug Brown: BYOT- Self Service from Application to Cloud Resources

March 5, 2013

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Interested in learning more about BYOT? Join the Entisys team and guest speaker Doug Brown to hear more on BYOT: Self -Service from Application to Cloud Resources! Register NOW! http://www.regonline.com/Register/Checkin.aspx?EventID=1207247 Today”s consumers have the ability to gain immediate access to consumer-oriented applications for their mobile devices via their respective app stores. They are now starting […]

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User Management

Download Splunk: Log, Monitoring and Reporting Tool (with Citrix, VMware Apps)

December 24, 2012

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The Holidays are here and that means we all get a little time to relax and play a bit. I recently recorded a podcast with Jason Conger from Splunk (soon to be posted). Although I’ve been told a lot about Splunk I never took the time to check it out or learn about it in […]

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