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A successful VMworld 2014 for OnX

VMware’s Stephane Asselin and I received great feedback on our presentation “EUC1289 – What’s New in End User Computing: Full Desktop Automation and Self-Service,” which carries on the great work our OnX team is doing with our customers. We had over 370 people attend the talk. Not only was our session well attended, but also […]

Should I stay or should I go?

“I’ll be here till the end of time…” Well, software comes in a variety of flavors – running the spectrum from homegrown to “commercial off the shelf/COTs” and anywhere in between. The value of the software must be analyzed within your organization, along with the costs to run it. Think about the following criteria when […]

Are you connected? The importance of mobile collaboration

These students are rapidly moving through their college experience. What does bringing this expectation of connectivity and mobility to the workforce mean to IT organizations? To attract the kind of talent coming out of major universities today, businesses have to be prepared to provide pervasive availability of information and applications, bringing along with it all […]

2 ways to learn what’s new in end user computing

In addition to Stephane, we were able to work together with our original good cop/bad cop publishing team; Joan Murray, Ellie Brue from VMware Press (I won’t tell you who the good cop or the bad cop was.) They are, and continue to be very supportive of our thoughts and ideas. Our technical editors were […]

The value of expertise

Everything went well and I was proud that I was able to fix such a complicated gear system without having to pay an expensive expert. We had several nice days of boating during July, but on the fourth trip out the engine alarm went off due to overheating. I was dead in the water and […]

Data rush: Part 1

At the core, we are in the middle of a transformation in the way users access data and this change is really challenging Database Administrators, such as Scott, in ways that they never imagined. I used to a manage a team right in the middle of this change and I speak from experience when I […]