Virtual Desktop

Mobility

Citrix is a security company: Citrix Canada’s Michael Murphy

February 25, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Citrix is a security company: Citrix Canada’s Michael Murphy
In a wide-ranging discussion of where Citrix is headed in the Canadian market, their country manager also identifies key issues with competition, mobility, storage, and the impact of recent announced changes to the partner program.

Jim Bindon, director of vertical markets for the Americas at Avnet Technology Solutions
Sponsored Content

Flash Storage – Just what the doctor ordered

November 18, 2014 Guest Poster Comments Off on Flash Storage – Just what the doctor ordered
In this sponsored blog, Avnet Technology Solutions’ Jim Bindon shares why flash storage is a hot topic for solution providers in the healthcare vertical.

Small Business

ViewSonic, Userful partner to offer hardware-software VDI bundle for economy market

October 10, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on ViewSonic, Userful partner to offer hardware-software VDI bundle for economy market
Both companies see this bundled solution as a great way for PC-focused hardware partners to get into the VDI market.

Supermicro EVO Rail hardware with VMware
Data Centre

VMware introduces first hyper-converged infrastructure

August 25, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on VMware introduces first hyper-converged infrastructure
VMware works with hardware partners to introduce Evo:Rail, a “hyper-converged infrastucture” offering that aims to make hybrid IT easier for enterprises.

Virtualization

New Citrix XenApp, XenDesktop releases to take down adoption barriers

August 25, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Citrix XenApp, XenDesktop releases to take down adoption barriers
The major focus of the new releases is removing significant barriers to adoption, notably greatly reducing storage costs, and adding FIPS certification.

Citrix CEO Mark Templeton
Software

Challenged Citrix sticks with CEO Templeton

July 4, 2014 Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) Comments Off on Challenged Citrix sticks with CEO Templeton
Virtualization software vendor Citrix Systems announced CEO Mark Templeton would not retire as previously announced

Greg Holzrichter, vice president of global marketing at Atlantis Computing.
Storage

Atlantis Computing releases ILIO bundle for VMware Virtual SAN

June 5, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Atlantis Computing releases ILIO bundle for VMware Virtual SAN
Atlantis Computing, which makes solutions that optimize virtual storage, has announced the release of a new bundle, Atlantis ILIO for Virtual SAN.

VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger
Featured Post

VMware targets Citrix with Horizon 6 virtual desktop

April 10, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on VMware targets Citrix with Horizon 6 virtual desktop
VMware CEO calls desktop virtualization a two-horse race, says his horse is gaining on the lead

Donna Wittmann, exeuctive director, channels, alliances and commercial sales, VMware Canada
Featured Post

VMware launches VSAN for storage virtualization

March 17, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on VMware launches VSAN for storage virtualization
VMware calls its new Virtual SAN product the third pillar of the software-defined data centre, cementing its transformation to “virtualized everything.”

Andy Rhodes, general manager of Dell's Precision workstations
Computers

It’s time for workstations to go virtual: Dell

March 10, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on It’s time for workstations to go virtual: Dell
Dell looks to advance the move of professional workstations into the data centre with new reference architectures and a data centre at its headquarters.