Consumerization

Consumerization Nation #5: Colin and Jack talk about the implications of Citrix and VMware entering the mobile space

Jack Madden — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:09:00 GMT

Listen above or right click this link and select "Save link as..." to download the mp3 In this week's show, Colin and I got a chance to talk about Citrix and VMware and their respective mobility strategies. (Colin was at a VMware forum this week, and...(read more)

VMware puts its EUC money where its mouth is

Colin Steele — Thu, 17 May 2012 14:48:00 GMT

When the VMware View iPad client hit the App Store last year, I argued it was a lesson in contradiction : On one hand, VMware says Windows is on its way out, and on the other hand, VMware keeps Windows alive on the hottest non-Windows device on the market...(read more)

The new reality: The IT department has to compete against every random app & website out there!

Brian Madden — Wed, 16 May 2012 04:30:00 GMT

Since the consumerization of IT is a fairly new topic, many of the people I speak to about it aren't too familiar with the phrase. Those who have heard of it tend to think that the consumerization of IT is just about devices and BYOC. While BYOC and iPads...(read more)

Does Citrix’s new mobile app management strategy mean they’re now competing with Good?

Jack Madden — Tue, 15 May 2012 06:17:00 GMT

Last week during the Citrix Synergy keynote, Citrix announced that CloudGateway v2 will do mobile application management and app wrapping. During that same keynote, they also briefly showed a native mobile mail client. While it was glossed over pretty...(read more)

The iPad can do more. We just have to let it.

Colin Steele — Tue, 15 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT

A few weeks back, I wrote about a pilot iPad deployment and why it failed. The basic reasons were that the users didn't have proper expectations and/or IT hadn't set proper expectations. In a comment on that post, reader Russ expounded on that idea: ...(read more)

Cortado adds MDM to Corporate Server. What, another MDM solution?

Jack Madden — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:56:00 GMT

Cortado announced today that Corporate Server 6 will include mobile device management capabilities. There are two possible reactions to this: “What, another MDM vendor?” and “Great, now we can get our complete mobility solution in one...(read more)

Consumerization news round-up from Citrix Synergy 2012 San Francisco

Jack Madden — Mon, 14 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT

Citrix Synergy 2012 was last week in San Francisco, and there was a lot of consumerization and mobility-related news. The big announcement for the week was that Citrix CloudGateway will manage native iOS and Android mobile applications, and wrap them...(read more)

Citrix Synergy 2012 video: CloudGateway 2 mobile application management

Jack Madden — Fri, 11 May 2012 16:26:00 GMT

(Please visit the site to view this media) In this video, Citrix's Gary Barton gives a demo of CloudGateway 2's app wrapping capabilities, officially called the "app preparation tool." These features were first announced during the main Synergy keynote...(read more)

Citrix Synergy 2012 video: A first look at AppSense/RAPsphere mobile app management and app wrapping

Jack Madden — Fri, 11 May 2012 16:16:00 GMT

(Please visit the site to view this media) In this video I spoke to Ajay Arora, co-founder of RAPsphere. AppSense announced that it had acquired RAPshere earlier during the week of Synergy. RAPsphere does app wrapping, a technology that's becoming more...(read more)

Citrix Synergy 2012 video: Citrix Receiver with ShareFile integration

Jack Madden — Fri, 11 May 2012 16:12:00 GMT

(Please visit the site to view this media) In this video, Bharath Rangarajan shows us around a few features of Citrix receiver with ShareFile....(read more)

Citrix Synergy 2012 video: A look at the XenApp 6.5 mobility pack

Jack Madden — Fri, 11 May 2012 15:53:00 GMT

(Please visit the site to view this media) Donovan Hackett, Senior Software Engineer in Citrix's Advanced Products Group, shows us around the XenApp 6.5 Mobility Pack . Originally known as Project Golden Gate, it allows Windows applications delivered...(read more)

Citrix Synergy 2012 video: Wyse releases Stratus cloud-based MDM to private beta

Jack Madden — Fri, 11 May 2012 15:46:00 GMT

(Please visit the site to view this media) Wyse Technlogy's Hecter Angulo talks about Stratus cloud-based mobile device management . Stratus was released to private beta earlier during the week of Synergy 2012....(read more)

Consumerization Nation #4: Colin, Jim, and Jack discuss Citrix Synergy, mobile application management, and how the cloud is related to consumerization

Jack Madden — Thu, 10 May 2012 17:48:00 GMT

Listen above or right click this link and select "Save link as..." to download the mp3 This week Colin and I were again joined by Jim Furbush, who was in San Francisco to cover Citrix Synergy. In today's show: ShareFile Project Avalon Citrix Receiver...(read more)

AppSense enters the mobile application management arena by acquiring RAPsphere

Jack Madden — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:45:00 GMT

AppSense announced today the acquisition of a mobile IT startup, RAPsphere . In a blog post , AppSense CTO Harry Labana describes the acquisition as "BYOApps & MIM" (mobile information management). There's not too much information about RAPsphere...(read more)

Citrix Synergy is this week. Here are my plans and what I'm excited about!

Jack Madden — Mon, 07 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT

Citrix Synergy is this week in San Francisco, and there’s a lot to be excited about. Here's a quick rundown of what I have planned for the week: Tuesday night starts out With Geek Speak Live , where Gabe will be among the experts speaking. (And...(read more)