tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34228711520177178872012-01-18T20:01:41.158+02:00Technical oriented discussions about Ericom and its products in particular, and about Desktop and Presentation Virtualization (Terminal Services and VDI) in general.EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.comBlogger1691100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-71857301447194977482011-12-06T18:24:00.003+02:002011-12-06T18:31:38.504+02:00

From the press release:Richland School District Two has licensed Ericom AccessNow™ for VMware View™, for use by its 30,000 students and staff. Ericom AccessNow for VMware View will be deployed across its 35 K-12 schools, as part of the South Carolina district’s “1 TWO 1” computing initiative for making a computer available to each student in grades three through 12Ericom AccessNow can provide

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-39162075734665186852011-11-24T16:13:00.003+02:002011-11-24T16:22:57.909+02:00

Google Atmosphere is an annual event where Google showcases their latest offerings in Enterprise and Cloud computing. For this year's event, Google hosted 350 of the world's leading CIOs at their headquarters in Mountain View, California. On the opening day, Rajen Sheth, Google's Chromebooks Product Manager, demonstrated Ericom AccessNow on stage to the general assembly. Click here to watch a

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-49346426000610425612011-10-03T17:42:00.004+02:002011-10-03T18:02:38.988+02:00

A question that I'm asked about Ericom AccessNow, our pure HTML5 RDP client is: "Why did you choose to utilize RDP rather than develop your own remote presentation protocol?" The reason is that Ericom's primary focus is on providing access to Windows desktops and applications, and RDP is an intrinsic and integral part of Windows itself. In fact, RDP is the only remote presentation protocol that

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-58921310194269332232011-09-22T22:25:00.003+03:002011-09-22T22:57:08.134+03:00

I’m happy to announce that AccessNow 1.2 is released and is available for download from our website. This is the second version of AccessNow, and a very important step forward in the evolution of this product, providing many new features and enhancements such as:Support for Chrome 14 & 15, Firefox 6 and Microsoft IE10 (beta with WebSockets support)Virtual Keyboard Support for tablets and

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-37291847641131307352011-09-19T16:11:00.002+03:002011-09-19T16:23:06.660+03:00

We are proud and excited that Microsoft chose to present and demo Ericom AccessNow at the very first BUILD conference, where Microsoft unveiled Windows 8 and its revolutionary Metro interface. Also front-and-center at BUILD was Microsoft’s commitment to and support for HTML5 as a foundation for both the Web and Windows 8 itself. In a session about building real-time web apps with HTML5, Ravi Rao,

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-87661727805846508202011-07-05T16:22:00.003+03:002011-07-05T16:30:51.742+03:00

In my previous blog post I explained why Google Chromebooks with Ericom AccessNow may be the ultimate client for VDI / TS / RDS / SBC. This is not some theoretical supposition - quite a few companies are evaluating a combined Google Chromebooks - Ericom AccessNow solution for exactly this purpose. One widely-reported example is the City of Orlando (see the ComputerWorld article) who distributed

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-23572550168965194382011-07-03T17:04:00.005+03:002011-07-03T17:20:39.750+03:00

I'm sure that when Google Engineers designed the Chromebook, virtual desktops (VDI) and Remote Desktop Services (RDS) were the last things on their mind. And yet, after using Chromebook for several weeks, I believe that it may be the ultimate client for VDI and RD Session Host (Terminal Services), certainly for mobile users (and let's face it - almost everybody is at least occasionally mobile

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-48921885488794094442011-05-29T17:47:00.004+03:002011-05-29T18:02:50.928+03:00

Here is Microsoft Office Word 2010, displayed as a fully functional web application that works on any HTML5 compatible web-browser on any device.All you need is:Microsoft Office 2010Windows Terminal Server (RDS Session Host)HTML5 compatible web-browser, andEricom AccessNowYou can easily web-enable / cloud-enable all other Office applications and most other Windows applications in the same

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-26876706547560943252011-05-25T09:23:00.004+03:002011-05-25T09:33:56.690+03:00

Ericom AccessNow is a general purpose remote access client implemented in pure HTML. This means that all you need on the client is an HTML5 compatible web browser, such as Google Chrome, Apple Safari, Firefox 4, and Internet Explorer (with Google Chrome Frame). We've just uploaded a new video of Ericom AccessNow, demonstrating connections to Windows desktops and applications, running on Windows

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-30110736995031518842011-05-24T14:12:00.005+03:002011-05-24T17:24:27.555+03:00

I'm writing this blog post using Microsoft Office Word 2010 running on Windows 7 on my office computer. Revolutionary? NOT! What certainly is revolutionary is that I'm connected to my office computer from home, using Ericom's AccessNow pure HTML5 RDP client running inside Google Chrome browser.To use AccessNow I did not need to install any software or plugins, or configure anything, on my home

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-30633590295693447192011-04-08T21:46:00.008+03:002011-04-28T21:53:09.258+03:00

douglasabrown VMware View HTML 5 client... VERY COOL...... http://bit.ly/efWj8M >now Ericom, make one for Citrix & TS too.seankalahar RT @douglasabrown: VMware View HTML 5 client... VERY COOL...... http://bit.ly/efWj8M > yeah very cooljkowall Killer HTML 5 client for Vmware View #VDI -http://bit.ly/hZVsZza_perilli A pure HTML5 client (no Java, Flash, etc.) for VMware View that works with Chrome

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-23230758595601442742011-04-03T20:57:00.004+03:002011-04-03T21:01:21.163+03:00

For all those who have registered for the beta of hour HTML5 Client for VMware View: we are processing the registrations and you should receive a response within a few days. In the interim, we've created a video which shows Ericom HTML5 Client for VMware View in action. You can watch it here.

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-35151716989727203162011-03-31T13:13:00.005+02:002011-03-31T13:22:19.114+02:00

One of the best things about being a software developer is that occasionally you get to participate in the creation of something truly unique and innovative. Recently at Ericom we've been working on exactly such a project: an RDP client implemented in pure HTML! What I mean by "pure HTML" is that this client does not require Flash or Java or ActiveX or Silverlight or any other special software on

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-30419204088131292802011-03-17T21:12:00.005+02:002011-03-17T22:06:50.983+02:00

An amusing response by Simon Crosby, Citrix Virtualization & Management Division CTO, to an amusing post by Brian Madden. What especially caught my eye in this exchange is this statement made by Simon Crosby:Since you [Brian Madden] are clearly no longer an engineer, you probably don't know how long it took for those of us interested in using and extending RFx to actually get working code from

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-30209928776329828052011-02-13T20:59:00.004+02:002011-02-13T21:06:34.805+02:00

Ericom Software will be hosting a free webinar about our newest release: PowerTerm WebConnect 5.7.1. As the Alternative to Citrix, Ericom PowerTerm WebConnect is faster, simpler, and more cost effective – ideal for today's challenging economic climate.One solution for cost-effective managed access to Terminal Servers, Virtual Desktops (VDI), Blade PCs and other systemsSignificantly enhance the

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-55935526979634178272011-01-09T09:19:00.008+02:002011-01-09T22:01:14.062+02:00

PowerTerm WebConnect version 5.7 - containing dozens of new features and capabilities - has been released for general availability. You can download it now from the Ericom website. I will blog about the specifics of these new features over the upcoming weeks. Until then, here is a quick rundown of the main ones:Ericom Blaze technology is now fully and tightly integrated within PowerTerm

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-27946939647042405862010-12-29T14:36:00.002+02:002010-12-29T14:41:06.497+02:00

Ericom is producing a series of instructional videos demonstrating the features and functionality of Ericom PowerTerm WebConnect, our solution for SBC and VDI. You can watch these videos on YouTube at Ericom Software Technology channel. The first video in this series shows and explains the process of publishing applications from Terminal Servers:Some additional technical notes about application

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-49405692045369715932010-12-28T16:21:00.009+02:002010-12-28T16:35:07.264+02:00

It's always nice to hear good things about your products, and doubly so when someone takes the time to make a video about it. Here is such a video about Ericom Blaze for Mac, our accelerated RDP client for the Apple platform (especially note the super-performance for YouTube during the second half of the video):Ericom Blaze provides the same fast remote access for Windows and Linux platforms as

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-90584467256492217622010-10-24T13:21:00.003+02:002010-10-24T18:22:37.421+02:00

Chris Wolf, research vice president for Gartner's IT Professionals service, recently wrote an article in which he compared the remote access performance of VMware View 4.5 and Citrix XenDesktop 4.0 SP1. The purpose of the test was "... to see how both the ICA/HDX (XenDesktop) and PCoIP (View) protocols stood up to varying real-world network conditions." Chris' summary of his results:To summarize,

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-47081253705554607802010-07-14T00:23:00.005+03:002010-07-14T08:57:05.319+03:00

Brian Madden recently tweeted:Attention Vendors: Which of you eat your own dog food? Which of you actually use (FOR REAL) your own products?We at Ericom use our own products all the time. I personally use PowerTerm WebConnect every day. For example, rather than have Microsoft Office installed on my home computer, I access Office that is installed on our Terminal Servers (I greatly prefer

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-82546348237434659102010-04-28T17:36:00.004+03:002010-04-30T11:04:35.711+03:00

I've just learned that the new Citrix XenApp 6 does not support mixed farms (see also here and here). Mixed farms are server clusters that contain more than one server version. Up until now Citrix supported farms that contained different versions of Windows and of XenApp. XenApp 6, on the other hand, cannot coexist with any previous versions in the same farm. This means that when it comes to

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-19719551692867958332010-04-06T07:35:00.003+03:002010-04-06T07:38:49.328+03:00

Chetan Venkatesh is the CEO and Founder of Atlantis Computing, a hot startup developing storage technology for Data center Virtualization. Chetan knows VDI. Chetan had this to say about Ericom Blaze on Twitter:Very impressed with Ericom Blaze - Does a pretty fabulous job of accelerating vanilla RDP for VPN access to my VDIClick here for a free evaluation of Ericom Blaze for VDI, Terminal Services

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-67799627381465336772010-02-08T09:27:00.003+02:002010-02-08T09:48:09.616+02:00

Microsoft is featuring our case study of the desktop virtualization (VDI) deployment at the San Francisco Theological Seminary on their Remote Desktop Services page - see top right-hand side. San Francisco Theological Seminary implemented Ericom PowerTerm WebConnect along with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and Hyper-V to provide faculty and staff with local and remote access to virtual desktops

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-70985507581929140682010-01-08T09:24:00.004+02:002010-01-08T09:29:18.672+02:00

Network Computing is conducting a rolling review of VDI connection brokers. Their latest review was of our own PowerTerm WebConnect. Here are some choice quotes from this review:The PowerTerm Connection Broker administration tool, which can snap in to the Microsoft Management Console, is fast and stable compared to the Web management platforms that some other vendors provide.Creating pools of

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-48743696401349655282009-12-22T18:18:00.003+02:002009-12-22T18:22:54.491+02:00

One of the main features in the recently released Citrix Tech Preview for XenApp (codenamed "Parra") is role-based installation. Quoting from a Brian Madden article about this release: "Role-based installation … means that if you want a dedicated data collector, you can install a server as that. No longer do you have to build a normal member server with no apps published! Similarly your "worker"

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-35921236684768580212009-12-18T21:46:00.003+02:002009-12-19T01:24:04.660+02:00

The purpose of Ericom Blaze is to significantly improve end-user experience when working remotely using RDP. Ericom Blaze primarily achieves this by greatly compressing and accelerating RDP. This results in smoother animations and faster response times, especially over slower connections. But Ericom Blaze does not stop there – it provides additional features that enhance end-user experience in

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-43043336437924837682009-12-13T16:51:00.005+02:002009-12-13T18:45:27.604+02:00

We have just released a new version of Ericom Blaze (version 1.3) – our RDP acceleration and compression solution. Here is how to go about installing and using it in seven easy steps:Click here to start the download process (registration is required)Download both the Blaze Server (17MB download) and the appropriate Blaze Client (Windows client is 4.5MB)Run the Blaze Server installer (

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-27231730160716301272009-12-09T00:03:00.003+02:002009-12-09T00:06:16.050+02:00

A couple of days ago I saw a cool demonstration of the integration between the Leostream Connection Broker and Ericom Blaze. We have worked with Leostream to make it possible for their Connection Broker to launch the Ericom Blaze Client, and provide it with the appropriate parameters and configuration settings to automatically connect to a virtual desktop. The integration is very seamless - the

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-6438713676174095462009-10-16T21:53:00.004+02:002009-10-16T21:59:09.720+02:00

In my previous post I described the simplicity of installing and using Ericom Blaze, our new RDP Acceleration and Compression product. As I explained in that post, one reason Ericom Blaze is so simple to use is that it does not include or require a centralized management / brokering component (some have called Ericom Blaze "brokerless"). There are situations, however, where such centralized

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-29814842553176055262009-10-13T22:11:00.003+02:002009-10-13T22:15:20.462+02:00

Since announcing Ericom Blaze three weeks ago, we have received a lot of interest and very positive feedback about this product. Slow RDP performance is a real problem for many people, and Ericom Blaze addresses this problem head-on with a simple drop-in solution, that can make RDP 10 to 20 times faster. How simple is it? Check out the Ericom Blaze installation and usage guide - it's only 17

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-88873063044688572052009-09-27T14:40:00.004+02:002009-09-27T14:48:03.255+02:00

Stephan Bussjaeger writes about his first impressions of Ericom Blaze:today I took the chance to try out Ericom Blaze and I was surprised how easy it was to install and how simple it worked. ... OK, first I was skeptic…but when I first connected to my terminal server from home to work over a very slow internet connection I was very surprised about how fast you can see complex pictures like Google

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-4083843260279450252009-09-25T08:35:00.003+03:002009-09-25T08:40:00.639+03:00

Ericom is now on Twitter. Get the latest Ericom news and links to Ericom resources:

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-17420007729777340842009-09-23T09:15:00.003+03:002009-10-20T17:33:00.941+02:00

Ericom has just announced Ericom Blaze, a breakthrough in RDP acceleration and compression, which makes RDP, well, blazingly fast. I'm extremely excited about Ericom Blaze because it can overcome both bandwidth and latency limitations to provide significantly enhanced end-user experience on both WAN and LAN. This is crucial for successful SBC and VDI deployments. Ericom Blaze achieves this by

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-1286720899542544802009-09-04T15:56:00.004+03:002009-09-05T20:02:46.613+03:00

This is my second post in a short series about presentations I delivered at BriForums. In my previous post I discussed my presentation about Web Interfaces – how they work and their limitations. In this post I'll discuss my presentation about the architecture of Server Based Computing / Terminal Services solutions.Two-Tier versus Three-Tier SBC ArchitecturesA key difference between Ericom

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-75838862553861743092009-08-22T23:09:00.002+03:002009-08-22T23:13:24.359+03:00

Yet again, Brian Madden has done a great service to our community – this time by providing free access to hundreds of videos of BriForum sessions. I was fortunate to participate and present at a few BriForums. Now, thanks to Brian, I can link to these presentations. In this post I'm starting a short series in which I highlight each presentation, provide a link as well as a short description of

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-57008610758720025182009-06-03T08:52:00.004+03:002009-06-03T09:24:35.082+03:00

Here is some interesting news hot off the presses: the release date of Microsoft's new workstation operating system, Windows 7, the follow-up version to Windows Vista, will be October 22, 2009. Windows Server 2008 R2, the follow-up version to Windows Server 2008, will be broadly available about the same time. You can find the announcement on Microsoft's Windows Server Division WebLog.Ericom

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-85428180003764801872009-05-12T11:20:00.005+03:002009-05-12T11:57:41.686+03:00

In my previous post I explained how using the hybrid approach for centralized computing (desktop and presentation virtualization) can handle more use cases, and thus increases the likelyhood that organizations will not be required to retain old systems. There are additional, significant advantages to the hybrid approach:Reducing costs - as Brian Madden pointed out, VDI can be much more expensive

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-27594985749531298112009-05-11T15:02:00.004+03:002009-05-11T15:39:17.031+03:00

Brian Madden has just posted an article entitled "The hidden costs of VDI", which is a must-read for anyone contemplating VDI. In this article Brian enumertes various none-obvious costs that are associated with implementing VDI. One cost that Brian lists is "not being able to get rid of legacy systems". Brian writes:For example, if you can remove every single fat client from your environment and

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-39165038469648746852009-04-13T13:07:00.004+03:002009-04-13T13:18:10.534+03:00

In my previous post I wrote about using PowerTerm WebConnect as a Teradici PC-over-IP (PCoIP) Broker, and explained why this is a must have component of a PCoIP installation. James Lui, our Director of Technical Services, uploaded a video in which he demonstrates the use PowerTerm WebConnect as a PCoIP Broker, and highlights many of the features I described. Check it out:

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-82511983430573180162009-04-12T16:09:00.003+03:002009-04-20T16:56:54.607+03:00

Brian Madden recently presented a video about his experience installing and using Teradici PC-over-IP (PCoIP) Demo Kit for remote access. (For more information about PCoIP see this post). Brian's setup is very simple: a single PCoIP Host connected directly to a single PCoIP-enabled thin client (Portal). Obviously, actual production PCoIP deployments are going to be much more complex: multiple

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-8717843621088379732008-12-28T09:17:00.003+02:002008-12-28T09:20:01.161+02:00

Virtualization is a very popular Operating System add-on these days. Machine Virtualization, such as that provided by VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V, augments the OS with virtualization from the outside. Application Virtualization, such as that provided by Microsoft App-V and VMware ThinApp, augments the OS with virtualization from the inside. With all this augmentation going on, it's worth

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-62396929304381550122008-11-12T20:41:00.008+02:002009-11-14T18:58:24.775+02:00

I presented at the Israeli Virtualization08 event today. It was an interesting event, with presentations by Microsoft, VMware and Citrix. My own presentation on VDI went well, and I received very good feedback from attendees. A few takeaway points from my presentation:Because of the proliferation of hypervisors, and the availability of several free versions, you want a Connection Broker that

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-4560272295529413912008-11-10T10:56:00.003+02:002008-11-10T11:01:31.677+02:00

The subject of my presentation will be "The Truth about Desktop Virtualization (VDI)". I will be talking about:What Desktop Virtualization / VDI is and what are its benefitsOverview of the architecture of a VDI solutionThe role of the Connection Broker and what to look for when selecting oneExisting and future trendsFor those of you who are not Hebrew speakers, that's me in the middle.

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-198027873097730002008-11-04T21:46:00.003+02:002008-11-12T15:59:18.141+02:00

The Microsoft Desktop Virtualization Team posted a new whitepaper in which they measured the impact of various RDP settings on network bandwidth consumption. There are no great surprises in this document, and the results more-or-less match expectations (and our own experience). Still, it's definitely worthwhile reading. Here are some conclusions based on the data provided by Microsoft:Using 8-bit

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-42648263975850999282008-10-15T17:31:00.005+02:002008-10-24T14:06:52.026+02:00

This is the second article in my series on VDI (desktop virtualization) connection brokers, in which I explain what they are and describe their functionality. In the first part of this series I provided a high-level overview of the role and functionality of the connection broker. I explained that the fundamental role of the connection broker is to pair client devices with desktops running on

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-19549861979350986092008-10-06T16:56:00.003+02:002008-10-06T17:02:37.956+02:00

Maintaining our tradition of leadership in supporting Microsoft platforms, we are happy to announce that PowerTerm WebConnect is now certified by Microsoft for Hyper-V, the next generation hypervisor technology available with Windows Server 2008. As far as I know PowerTerm WebConnect is the first and only SBC (TS) / Presentation and Desktop Virtualization (VDI) solution certified for this

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-58602322782502627392008-09-02T01:16:00.006+03:002008-09-02T13:02:38.351+03:00

Google's surprise announcement of their very own browser project called Google Chrome is sending shock-waves across the web. And while it's not surprising that this browser will be open source, the format Google chose for the announcement certainly is: a comic book.Google's positioning of this browser is also very interesting. While the discussion is technical, it's still fairly clear that

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-46530994568680430532008-08-14T20:29:00.006+03:002008-08-14T21:02:24.920+03:00

Fourteen years ago I was working for a company developing a network-based multi-user games. One of the guys on our team was a graphic artist creating 3D objects and environments for our games using 3D Studio. With such applications you need lots of RAM, and I still remember how amazed I was that his computer had 64 MB. The most memory I had seen on a PC before that was 16 MB, and even that seemed

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-91838728957393212008-08-05T11:19:00.003+03:002008-08-05T11:24:20.741+03:00

Ericom Software was a sponsor of the recent BriForum conference, the independent industry event about Desktop and Application Virtualization. At BriForum we presented PowerTerm WebConnect, our presentation and desktop virtualization product which provides a unified solution for Terminal Services (SBC), Desktop Virtualization (VDI) and Blade PCs. Brian Madden, the man behind BriForum, has

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-131366529836878832008-07-29T16:42:00.008+03:002008-10-24T14:05:08.221+02:00

The connection broker is a key component of any desktop virtualization (VDI) solution. Consequently a lot is being written about connection brokers, including detailed comparisons and high-level overviews. And yet, I could not find a clear-cut definition online of what a connection broker actually is. I, therefore, set out to provide such a definition in a series of articles, of which this is the

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-62221125418365868912008-07-25T22:22:00.005+03:002008-07-27T12:00:06.760+03:00

Ericom has made a press-release which I believe is significant, yet may require some explanation: Ericom Announces the Only Desktop Virtualization (VDI) Solution that Directly Supports VMware's Free ESXi Hypervisor. Obviously Ericom's PowerTerm WebConnect is not the only VDI solution that supports the VMware virtualization platform. The difference is that all the other VDI products that support

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-34889019784135429182008-07-05T22:35:00.008+03:002009-04-23T17:31:23.871+03:00

A key aspect of Desktop and Presentation Virtualization is the Remote Presentation Protocol. The remote presentation protocol is the transport medium that connects the server, on which applications actually run, and the client, which presents their user interface, and with which the user interacts. Through the remote presentation protocol information from a session running on the server, such as

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-60888434576132376262008-07-01T00:57:00.005+03:002008-07-01T12:28:04.512+03:00

It's been a while since I've written about the Microsoft release schedule. A recent public letter from Bill Veghte, Microsoft’s Senior Vice President, Online Services & Windows Business Group, to the Windows community at large has prompted me to address this topic again.First, though, it's worth mentioning that Microsoft have released Hyper-V, their new virtualization platform. This release comes

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-82720703829479504712008-06-29T09:54:00.003+03:002008-06-29T10:03:28.766+03:00

The Terminal Services Team blog recently announced the availability of Remote Desktop Connection (RDC aka RDP client) 6.1 standalone install for Windows XP SP2. Previously this component was available from Microsoft only as part of Vista SP1 or XP SP3. To obtain RDC 6.1 you will need to visit the Microsoft Download Center and download the installer, which you will then need to deploy to all the

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-25768469538546870482008-06-24T19:21:00.006+03:002008-06-24T19:54:41.383+03:00

Several presentation virtualization solution providers, including Ericom, are touting improvements to multimedia performance over remote presentation protocols. These improvements are implemented either as enhancements to the standard Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) or using proprietary protocols, such as ICA and Teradici (Ericom does both: enhancements to RDP as well as support for the Teradici

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-46984526813791576092008-06-11T18:24:00.004+03:002008-06-12T14:25:36.212+03:00

BriForum, the independent conference about presentation, desktop and application virtualization, is just five days away and Ericom is proud to be a sponsor of this important industry event. James Lui, Ericom’s Director of Technical Services, will be presenting a session at BriForum entitled “Unifying Presentation Virtualization, VDI & Teradici PC-over-IP with Ericom”. If you are coming to

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-39942572484237470672008-05-31T21:48:00.003+03:002008-05-31T21:52:17.762+03:00

In a recent blog post I described how we chose a simpler design for PowerTerm WebConnect than other Presentation Virtualization / SBC solutions. I also described benefits of this simpler design such as easier installation, configuration and management. It is, however, important to understand that simpler does not mean less capable - quite the contrary. PowerTerm WebConnect's simpler design

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-11150076851698526702008-05-31T02:03:00.005+03:002008-05-31T02:34:36.486+03:00

Citrix have confirmed that the release of project Delaware ("XenApp 5.0") has been delayed. A post on the Citrix community site states: "I can't be specific on the exact release date but I can say that it will be out in the second half of 2008." Previously Citrix had announced that project Delaware will be released within 90 days of the release of Windows Server 2008 (which was released on

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-40661296410266585392008-05-22T18:05:00.003+03:002008-05-22T18:33:19.682+03:00

Yesterday Brian Madden posted a report stating that Citrix is apparently delaying the release of XenApp 5.0 (the "Delaware" version of Presentation Server) by several months. This is the first Citrix product intended to support Windows Server 2008 (the current Presentation Server 4.5 product does not work on the new Microsoft platform), and Citrix has previously stated that it would be released

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-3709512087355246622008-05-22T09:25:00.003+03:002008-05-22T09:35:58.014+03:00

It makes me proud that Microsoft is promoting Ericom’s PowerTerm WebConnect for Windows Server 2008 on the Terminal Services home page. This is yet another example of our close ties and cooperation with Microsoft, and a significant endorsement of our product and technology. For more information about PowerTerm WebConnect for Windows Server 2008 see this joint Microsoft / Ericom TechNet webcast

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-42863196244373527062008-05-12T15:46:00.005+03:002008-05-12T17:26:55.735+03:00

Last week Ericom announced the availability of a free version of PowerTerm WebConnect for Desktop Virtualization (VDI) on top of the Oracle VM virtualization platform. Since Oracle VM is itself a free offering, the combined solution enables you to implement Desktop Virtualization in your production environment without paying any license fees for either of these products. This is a great way to

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-75838229598935265242008-05-11T08:29:00.004+03:002008-05-11T08:47:38.777+03:00

If you’re involved in IT in general, and in virtualization in particular, then Doug Brown’s excellent DABCC-TV video podcast is a must-see. DABCC-TV is a video show geared around virtualization and Server-Based Computing news and support, providing "how to" videos, detailed video interviews and product demonstrations pertaining to technologies such as VMware, Microsoft, SoftGrid, Citrix,

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-35194130503314255532008-04-28T16:06:00.003+03:002008-04-28T16:16:11.463+03:00

If you follow my blog you may have read several posts that I've written about Vista's User Account Control (UAC). In these posts I expressed several criticisms of UAC, but overall my approach has been positive. UAC isn't perfect and it’s annoying (by design), but it is certainly a step in the right direction. Moreover, I think that Microsoft should be given credit for its willingness to take some

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-31333252115761188652008-04-12T21:43:00.004+03:002008-04-12T21:53:40.741+03:00

Microsoft have released several step-by-step guides for Windows Server 2008. These guides are intended to help IT Professionals learn about and evaluate Windows Server 2008. Several of these guides address Terminal Services functionality on that platform:Windows Server 2008 TS Licensing Step-By-Step GuideWindows Server 2008 TS Gateway Server Step-By-Step Setup GuideStep-by-Step Guide for

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-79111199991518204222008-04-12T21:26:00.006+03:002008-04-12T21:38:10.341+03:00

Last year I wrote a post about why Vista UAC is a Good Thing, but also that because of its intrusive approach many users will turn it off. In that post I wrote: The problem is that any security measure is only worthwhile if it is actually used. And such measures only get used if they are not too much of a pain. How useful would car safety-belts be if they were so tight that nobody could buckle up

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-43214165908402424912008-04-03T18:22:00.002+03:002008-04-03T18:28:35.159+03:00

Joshua Schnoll, senior product manager for Terminal Services at Microsoft speaks about Microsoft’s relationship with Ericom. Here is a snippet from this 2 minute audio recording: “We have been working very closely with Ericom around the release of Windows Server 2008 …”.

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-428091941915267762008-03-28T23:22:00.003+03:002008-03-29T15:24:49.666+03:00

My first Microsoft TechNet Webcast, “Extending Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services with Ericom's Free PowerTerm WebConnect Add-On”, is now behind me and I wanted to thank several people who helped making it successful. First, I would like to thank Joshua Schnoll from Microsoft for being an excellent co-presenter. I also want to thank Michael Shetrit from Ericom for helping me prepare and run

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-4240529179120034952008-03-23T08:35:00.004+02:002008-03-23T08:46:52.511+02:00

Last year I wrote a somewhat humoristic post about the importance of defaults and not asking end-users for information they are not equipped to provide. As an example of this I described the PowerTerm WebConnect client download and installation mechanism and explained that, unlike other client installers, it does not require end-users to provide any configuration settings such as the server

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-27456351081746957922008-03-20T17:32:00.003+02:002008-03-20T17:38:33.220+02:00

In my previous post I wrote that I don't understand if Citrix will or won’t compete with Microsoft for server virtualization once Microsoft’s Hyper-V is released. A few readers who apparently work for Citrix responded in comments to my post stating that Citrix and Microsoft will not compete because the two companies are collaborating on virtualization. I am indeed aware of this collaboration but

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-72177527522257972752008-03-15T19:38:00.007+02:002008-03-16T12:24:21.758+02:00

I recently read a post on the official Citrix blog entitled "Top 2 XenApp Questions at Windows Server 2008 Launch Events". According to this post the two top questions were:Do Citrix and Microsoft compete in the virtualization space?Do I need Citrix with Windows Server 2008?Citrix are apparently still working out the answer to question number 2, which I guess is to be expected given that they don

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-7086221683960867962008-03-13T16:38:00.001+02:002008-03-13T16:40:54.091+02:00

Check it out

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-28484309259514296992008-03-02T15:24:00.004+02:002008-03-02T15:31:18.534+02:00

Mark it on your calendar - Joshua Schnoll, Senior Product Manager on the Terminal Services team at Microsoft, and I will be delivering a TechNet Webcast titled: Extending Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services with Ericom's Free PowerTerm WebConnect Add-On. It’s level 300 Webcast which means that we will be conducting a live demo of the combined Ericom / Microsoft solution. Join us - it's going to

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-24254695502429039762008-02-28T17:31:00.009+02:002008-03-06T23:16:07.205+02:00

As I wrote in my previous post, Ericom has announced a new free product: PowerTerm WebConnect for Windows 2008. In this post I would like to clarify what this announcement means, and provide some details about this offering and its benefits. I’ll do this in the form of a FAQ:1. Why are you providing a free version of your product?We at Ericom are very excited about Windows Server 2008 Terminal

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-48930653638066885252008-02-28T13:57:00.002+02:002008-02-28T14:11:02.298+02:00

Congratulations to Microsoft on the release of Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008. Ericom Software a is Launch Event Sponsor, and we took this opportunity to announce our new free offering: PowerTerm WebConnect for Windows Server 2008. This product builds on Microsoft's exciting new platform to provide an out-of-the-box solution for Server Based Computing / Terminal

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-43891010646463749822008-02-24T09:22:00.005+02:002009-04-14T21:49:50.798+03:00

Microsoft's step of releasing the specifications of various protocols and formats to the public (including RDP), which I reported on two-days ago, is part of its new Open Source Interoperability Initiative. You can find more information about this initiative at its FAQ page. It is worth noting that not everybody is excited about this step by Microsoft. As far as I can tell the main complaint is

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-84297339862047524832008-02-22T21:01:00.005+02:002008-02-24T09:14:00.628+02:00

Have you ever wanted to know how Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) works on the inside? Well now you can. Microsoft has just made the specifications of RDP freely available for download, all 30,000 pages of it. This move by Microsoft has even been reported at The New York Times and CNN. From The New York Times:Seeking to satisfy European antitrust officials, Microsoft said on Thursday

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-77729537174128110532008-02-17T08:47:00.005+02:002008-02-17T08:57:07.626+02:00

In the "service to the community" department: Microsoft has announced that "MSDN subscribers can now access Windows Vista SP1 via the subscriber download area". If you are not an MSDN subscribers you will be able to download Windows Vista SP1 from Microsoft Download Center in mid-March. Alternatively you will be able to receive it via Windows Update.If you want to learn which new functionality

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-23554492179993488522008-02-12T19:55:00.000+02:002008-02-12T20:07:08.207+02:00

A cool feature introduced in Vista is the ability to remote the Aero Glass UI over RDP. One reason this feature is cool is that the remote computer need not be able to support Aero Glass on its own for this feature to work. Even systems that are not powerful enough to provide Aero Glass when accessed directly can support it when accessed remotely from a system that is powerful enough. This magic

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-88398552256219576082008-02-05T13:54:00.000+02:002008-02-05T14:04:36.517+02:00

Twenty three days before its official launch party, Microsoft has announced that Windows Server 2008 has been Released to Manufacturing (RTM). This is undoubtedly a huge achievement for Microsoft and one of the largest software projects ever, involving 5,000 people over a three year period. The Windows Server development team is, understandably, very happy and we at Ericom wish to congratulate

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-1583459796125943762008-01-28T17:18:00.000+02:002008-01-28T17:30:35.404+02:00

About a month ago I wrote a critique of a Network World blog post about virtualization. In my critique I wrote that Citrix’s VDI product, XenDesktop, is distinct form its Terminal Services product, Presentation Server. This is unlike Ericom PowerTerm WebConnect which combines both in a single solution. An anonymous commentator, who I’m guessing is affiliated with Citrix, blasted me for this

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-11242500093951498262008-01-22T17:32:00.000+02:002008-01-22T17:42:30.413+02:00

I’m guessing that by now many of you have heard that Microsoft has purchased Calista Technologies. As Brian Madden explained in his post analyzing this purchase: Calista ... was in the process of developing extensions to Windows and RDP that virtualized the entire GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) of the host computer. This enables RDP to support multimedia, streaming and synchronized audio, and

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-79126002210276704992008-01-20T16:09:00.000+02:002008-01-20T16:28:19.073+02:00

While I've published a few post here about 64-bit computing and its benefits for Server Based Computing, it's fun to consider some of its additional potential benefits. For example, I recently ran across a report that "Blizzard apparently used signed integers for their World of Warcraft gold values as some people have recently hit the limit of 2^31" (via Slashdot). When developing 32-bit

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-70695261714113783782008-01-13T10:14:00.000+02:002008-01-13T11:20:03.925+02:00

When we started working with SSL VPN manufacturers to integrate our PowerTerm WebConnect with their products we quickly ran into a problem: PowerTerm WebConnect did not operate like other Server Based Computing / Remote Access products they had previously worked with. This meant that the integration method they had previously used was not applicable for PowerTerm WebConnect. Fortunately we

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-47726755197284487242008-01-10T14:19:00.000+02:002008-01-10T15:09:59.647+02:00

From the White Paper:In recent years, Server-Based Computing (SBC) has been recognized as being a preferred method for enterprises to manage the access to and delivery of applications and desktops. Yet even with all its proven benefits, the number of organizations actually using SBC is disproportionately small in comparison to the number of organizations that could and should benefit from it. The

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-22886201394970647812008-01-05T18:35:00.000+02:002008-01-05T18:53:04.410+02:00

In a recent post I explained how Windows Terminal Server logons can be sped up by removing unnecessary startup applications. Interestingly TS RemoteApp, the new Windows Server 2008 seamless windows mechanism, hardly suffers from this type of slowdowns. This is because TS RemoteApp has a much more significant limitation - it doesn’t actually run most startup applications at all. What this means is

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-2850701485086756972007-12-30T15:29:00.002+02:002008-05-11T08:55:37.248+03:00

Update: Ericom has released PowerTerm WebConnect for Windows Server 2008. This is a free package that enhances the capabilities of Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services, adding several significant capabilities to that platform. If you are considering Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services for your Server Based Computing needs, I highly recommend that you give PowerTerm WebConnect for Windows

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-58099040435791877402007-12-26T17:04:00.000+02:002007-12-26T17:25:55.084+02:00

Another entry in the ongoing series of Happy Customer reports - this time in the financial sector. Tech Decisions is running a story about how Western Financial Group, a Canadian banking and insurance firm successfully switched over to Ericom PowerTerm WebConnect. A few choice quotes from this article:Installation went quickly. "We built the environment and put the terminal server on it," says

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-26231089353608086242007-12-25T17:26:00.000+02:002007-12-25T17:35:17.518+02:00

I just ran across another great interview with Mark Russinovich, Microsoft Technical Fellow, this time at Channel9. In this interview Mark discusses numerous interesting subjects including Windows Server 2008 Kernel, MinWin vs ServerCore, HyperV, and Application Virtualization. You can download a podcast but since Mark gets in front of a whiteboard I recommend watching the video.

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-5204629946429199212007-12-20T19:26:00.000+02:002007-12-20T19:39:39.953+02:00

Mitchell Ashley blogs over at Network World about Doug Brown’s interview with Dr. Mark Russinovich, Microsoft Technical Fellow in the Platform and Services group. Mitchell Ashley begins his blog entry by stating that “this is a valuable podcast to listen to if you want to get a basic understanding of issues around virtualization”, I couldn’t agree more. However the rest of this blog entry

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-34584321877372090512007-12-16T11:12:00.000+02:002007-12-16T11:29:15.338+02:00

I’ve already written about Doug Brown’s excellent series of podcast interviews with Microsoft virtualization experts. In short, it is required listening for anyone interested in virtualization in general and Microsoft’s take on virtualization in particular. Here are a few gems I’ve extracted from these podcasts, with some personal observations:Management is where it’s at – in one interview Doug

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-73292008612677550342007-12-11T21:01:00.000+02:002007-12-11T21:07:44.921+02:00

Wow. Doug Brown’s DABCC Radio has always been a great source of information about virtualization and server based computing, but the latest series of podcasts with Microsoft virtualization experts is simply fantastic. Noteworthy interviewees include Dr. Mark Russinovich, Microsoft Technical Fellow and Mike Neil, Microsoft's General Manager of Virtualization Strategy. If you are interested in

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-25050010139473268722007-12-11T09:13:00.000+02:002007-12-11T09:18:39.214+02:00

In a previous post I asked whether Regsvr32.exe in the System32 directory is a 32-bit executable or a 64-bit executable on Windows Server 2003 x64. Here is another 32-bit / 64-bit Windows riddle: is the default browser on the x64 version of windows (2003, XP, Vista and 2008) 32-bit or 64-bit? I will post the answer in the comments section in a few days.

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-38960265021420322882007-12-09T17:41:00.000+02:002008-01-26T19:41:41.308+02:00

Most Server Based Computing solutions, such as Ericom PowerTerm WebConnect or Citrix Presentation Server, strive to make launching published applications as similar as possible to launching local applications. For example, such solutions create icons on the local Desktop and Start Menu for published applications and can even associate local file types with published applications. And yet there

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-65591223343225447702007-12-05T12:30:00.000+02:002007-12-05T12:45:16.394+02:00

For several years now, I’ve been a big fan of RTO Software. RTO practically invented the concept of virtual memory optimization for Terminal Services (and Kevin Goodman, RTO’s CEO has the patents to prove it), and to this day has the best solution on the market, in my opinion. For this reason, I was very pleased when Ericom and RTO agreed to bundle the latest version of TScale Advanced into

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-57936962288274610252007-12-02T17:18:00.000+02:002007-12-02T17:20:44.413+02:00

So you think you know Windows? Well here’s a riddle for you: on Windows Server 2003 x64 is the Regsvr32.exe in the System32 directory a 32-bit executable or a 64-bit executable? For the answer, and a follow-up riddle check out the comments section.

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-27451017947858827252007-11-28T13:08:00.000+02:002007-11-28T13:13:41.671+02:00

I'm extremely proud and thrilled to announce that Ericom PowerTerm WebConnect is the first Terminal Services Solution certified for Windows Server 2008. Indeed we are one of the first applications of any kind to be certified for this new platform. Moreover, the same version of PowerTerm WebConnect is also fully compatible with Windows Server 2003, 2003 x64 and 2000. This means that it is the only

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-70687517015076031242007-11-26T09:57:00.001+02:002007-11-26T19:08:46.174+02:00

If you browse the Internet using Microsoft Internet Explorer you must have encountered that annoying phenomena where in many web sites controls, such as Flash or Media Player, display a tooltip containing the text "Click to Activate" when your mouse hovers over them. When you do click the control that text disappears, but the control itself appears to ignore that first click. So, for example, if

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-30198889656827282392007-11-26T08:47:00.000+02:002007-11-26T08:55:17.867+02:00

I got this cool link via a comment on my Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services post (thanks Anon, whomever your are ...) I do wish the video included somebody from the Terminal Services team. Also, I never knew you could get so excited about Group Policies :-)

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-45851370454521766702007-11-22T00:03:00.000+02:002007-11-22T00:09:33.053+02:00

A few months ago I wrote a piece about Vista User Access Control (UAC). The gist of it was that while the concept of UAC is good, the way in which it has been implemented will cause many people to turn it off. Obviously when turned off it doesn’t do anybody any good. I asserted that if Microsoft had relaxed the rules a little bit, at least in the initial system configuration stage, a lot more

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422871152017717887.post-14950307745326765712007-11-20T00:32:00.000+02:002007-11-20T00:54:15.369+02:00

Just in case you live in the UK and need an argument to convince the organization you work for to switch to Server Based Computing, check out this article (link via Slashdot). Apparently the British Government's Information commissioner Richard Thomas has called on the Ministry of Justice to make it a criminal offence to lose a laptop containing sensitive data that is not sufficiently encrypted.

EricomGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076602015808289596noreply@blogger.com0