Month: June 2009

HP GT7725 Thin Client Windows XP/7 Drivers

The HP GT7725 thin client is really a pretty good AMD laptop in a mini-desktop form factor. However, HP doesn't provide you drivers for a generic OS like Windows XP or Windows 7 as they assume you will use their XPe provided OS. But, the computer is so powerful that...

Remote Desktop Protocol Comparison

Over at Virtualization.info they have an interesting blog with a chart from VDIworks comparing various VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) protocols to their new VideoOverIP protocol. The chart is very enlightening, but leaves out one big player: XenDesktop and their ICA protocol. I don't know if that was intentional, or just...

Multi-Factor authentication with Exchange Outlook Anywhere?

In some organizations, in particular the Department of Defense, we are required to use CAC (SmartCard) authentication to access a variety of resources internally and externally. At my previous job I really loved using Outlook Anywhere (formerlly known as RPC over HTTP), from literally anywhere without a VPN. Unfortunately, Microsoft...

Cisco Nexus 1000v demo videos

Today Cisco released two videos on the Cisco Nexus 1000v, going into a lot of good deals about how it works. I'd recommend anyone considering the Enterprise Plus edition of VMware vSphere and the Cisco 1000v to look at the videos.If you want to view them in HD, so you...

From dozens to one…imaging simplified with SmartDeploy!

A few weeks ago I was at Microsoft TechED 2009 in LA, and I was wondering around the vendor expo area. I stumbled upon a small company which, among other things, specializes in Windows OS deployment tools. OS deployment tools are nothing new; Microsoft has Windows Deployment Services (WDS). Symantec...

USB and VDI, why it’s not so easy!

On my current project we are looking at various VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure) solutions, to meet some pretty stringent requirements. In past years the technology was just not there yet to provide a fully collaborative A/V experience to our users so we stuck with traditional fat clients.The killer application for...

Mark October 22, 2009 on your calendars!

So it's official, the planned launch date of Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 is October 22, 2009! Windows 7 will come in six varities: Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate, and Enterprise. According to a Microsoft blog the RTM code will be available to partners the second half...