This year was my 9th year attending Citrix Synergy, but somehow the feeling never gets old. Its always great to meet colleagues, friends from the community, customers and others and learn about their challenges, their perception of Citrix and how we help address their challenges. This year was no different! One of the common themes…
Citrix Workspace: Addressing The Security Conundrum [Session Recorded at Citrix Synergy 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia]
Scott Lane and I had the privilege to lead a session at Citrix Synergy this year around the security benefits of Citrix Workspace. When most people think about the Citrix Workspace, then tend to focus on the user experience and productivity benefits. While these are very important, there are also a number of security…
Synergy 2019 Breakout Sessions That You Don’t Wanna Miss!
Every year, I try to compile a list of sessions that I highly recommend. This year, I’m a bit late, but better late than never. So here goes: SYN101: Citrix Virtual Assistant and Productivity Analytics (Kedarnath Poduri, Omar ElNaggar) SYN145: Privacy, security, data and trust: a look at the future of data risk management (Steve…
Key Takeaways from Citrix Synergy 2018 Announcements That Did Not Make The Keynote
Just like many of you, I had the pleasure of attending another awesome Citrix Synergy last week in Anaheim. Had the chance to meet many of the community members, customers and fellow Citrites in person. As is always the case, I was not able to attend a lot of sessions due to customer/internal meetings and…
Citrix Synergy 2018 – Breakout sessions you do not want to miss!
I’ll Make It Up To You (Imagine Dragons Cover)
Sites vs Zones in XenApp/XenDesktop 7.x – Design Considerations When Choosing Between The Two
Zones, a key design element that administrators and architects have learned to love in XenApp 6.5 was reintroduced in Xenapp and XenDesktop 7.7 FMA architecture. Prior to 7.7, building multiple sites was generally recommended when spanning multiple data centers or regions but now customers now have the option of leveraging Zones. While Zones is a potential option, it might not always be the right option based on your situation. In this post, my goal is to review basic concepts around Sites and Zones and dig into design considerations to help choose between the two.
Which Sessions Should I Attend at Citrix Synergy 2017? A Q&A approach!
Over the last couple of years I have been compiling a list of recommended synergy sessions that I encourage my customers to attend. Since most attendees come with different objectives, coming up with a top 10 list didnt seem logical. So this year I decided to take a different approach and organize my picks…
Is Samsung Chromebook Plus The Perfect Chromebook?
Citrix acquires Unidesk: Here’s why customers should care!
Application layering has been a hot topic in the End User Computing space, specially the last 24 months or so. Layering allows you to decouple applications or groups of applications form the underlying operating system thereby enabling you to manage them indepedently. There are quite a few players in this space including AppVolumes by VMware…