Last week, Citrix quietly released XenApp – XenDesktop v7.7. Typically, Citrix ensures there are some major announcements around new releases. However, since its annual Citrix Summit conference starts next week, the hoopla arrives in January for this late-December release.
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Additional Thoughts on Criteria for Your Business Case Development
In a previous post, I talked about developing a criteria triangle, with the bottom being the systems/data layer, the middle the objectives/tactics layer, and the peak the strategic results layer. The objective is to make sure the criteria that you select hit in the middle and upper layers of the triangle, where folks work in the realm of …
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2016: The Year of the Public Cloud?
Once again, the pundits are lauding the new year as the Year of the Public Cloud. This seems the equivalent of the emperor’s new clothes. The Year of VDI having gone out of fashion, it is all about EUC now, you know.
Security in 2016: About the Person
In the new year, security is going to move from the organization itself to protecting the individuals who make up the organization. Or more to the point, educating the individual as consumers about operational security with an eye toward family, finances, and self. Without this focus, breaches will continue and become worse before they become …
Criteria Are Critical to Your Business Case
A key step in putting together a business case is to ask, “Who cares about what?” “Who” is your audience: the decision makers. “What” is their criteria. The purpose of this step is to accurately determine your audience for your business case and the factors they will use—their criteria—in making their investment decision.
Scale Is a Matter of Perspective
A lot of new technologies and techniques were invented and developed to enable large cloud businesses. Enterprise IT organizations are now looking at these innovations with an eye toward realizing business benefits from doing the same thing. Techniques like continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) are helping cloud companies. Enterprises are looking for the same …