Are you certifiable?

As I sit in my hotel room at the Park Hotel in the heart of beautiful Amsterdam, pondering my “Tim Tebow-ian” lifestyle, my mind turns to the subject of certifications. What else would I think about in Amsterdam? This is a subject I have gained a lot of experience in over the past 20 years. 20 years? Did I just type “20 years?” I cannot believe I am able to say that I have been in the software industry for two decades. I could have sworn I was only 29 years old!

Anyway, while at the RES Sales Kick Off event here, ... READ MORE>>

In 2011 RES Software released RES VDX and RES Subscriber for VDX. These are the next generation applications of Workspace Extender and RES Subscriber. By using this software, it's possible to use locally installed applications in a remote desktop.

At the Support department we receive questions regarding several different aspects of this product. In this article I will mention some best practices and FAQ's of RES VDX. The configuration can be different when using RES VDX in a standalone configuration from a configuration when it's integrated into RES Workspace Manager. Both configurations will be mentioned in each section.

How the RES VDX Engine is started

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Happy New Year. Recently I guest blogged on VMBlog.com about the upcoming year in our industry and what it means to the RES portfolio. Here are some highlights.

With the increasing adoption of devices such as smartphones, tablets, touch sensitive screens and sub compact, ultra portable hardware, enterprises are going to realize that their employees are using these to access data and applications throughout the day. Android, Windows 7 (with the launch of Windows 8) and iOS all have enterprise and consumer experiences people desire. The biggest point of disruption to the IT department is Christmas, as new technology floats into the hands of corporate users. ... READ MORE>>

Since RES PowerFuse 2010 SR1 a new option has been introduced within the RES PowerFuse / Workspace Manager Console: Disable Active Setup.

Still a lot of questions arise around this subject. Let me try to explain a bit more and give a nice example from a current customer case.

The purpose of this blog?
Disable Active Setup is more and more used as a logon-speed-up feature. Fact is that Active Setup takes some valuable time from the user at logon. These days more Local Profiles are being used, customers hate to see the Active setup at each logon. It is so easy to enable this feature, but think about the possible consequences.

What is ... READ MORE>>

By Sean Donahue, Senior Director Global Alliance Marketing

I have been with RES Software for 6 months now,  and while sitting in my room at the Marriott at yet another Citrix user event,  my thoughts turn to somewhat reflective and even melancholy. You see, when someone leaves the sanctity of Microsoft, it is not done on a whim or without careful analysis and consideration. There is usually much due diligence and research involved in the background of the company one thinks of taking wing and flying away to. I say usually because that was not necessarily the case in my chosen path away from ... READ MORE>>