We’re one step closer to Windows in the cloud
I've been saying for a long time now that Microsoft's master Windows plan is to move you to a cloud-based Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) model. Earlier this year, I pointed out that Windows 11 was...
View ArticleHow multiverse simulation can speed up innovation
Apparently, during the pandemic, I spent so much time-consuming digital content, I stopped reading print magazines. Last weekend I tried to catch up on reading my Popular Mechanics magazines — from...
View ArticleNetApp’s cloud-based Spot PC: Right solution, right direction, wrong company
(Disclosure: most of the vendors mentioned are clients of the author.)There should be no doubt that the current trend surrounding personal computing is to move the loads and the cost from the desktop...
View ArticleNetApp’s Spot PC: a foundation for a new desktop paradigm?
After I wrote about NetApp’s Spot PC last month, I had a surprisingly nice call with Spot PC’s general manager, Jeff Treuhaft. He reminded me that this is still a very young offering and, given that,...
View ArticleMacStadium’s VMWare virtualization replacement now available at AWS
Reflecting the growing popularity of the Mac platform, Mac cloud and SaaS provider MacStadium's Orka Platform is now available to purchase at the AWS Marketplace, a move that brings Orka to Amazon EC2...
View ArticleMicrosoft Dev Box — a better path to provisioning and productivity?
Disclosure: Microsoft is a client of the author.Microsoft is basically a platform and tools vendor, and it’s particularly good at developing tools largely because it’s made up of developers. But the...
View ArticleHow spatial computing ends the concept of remote work
You roll into Starbucks.While a barista makes your Chocolate Crunch Frappuccino with espresso-infused whipped cream sprinkled with crushed biscotti and almonds, you flip open your thin, light laptop...
View ArticleWindows on Mac improves for professional environments
The best way to run Windows on a Mac is being updated with new features and macoS Sonoma compatibility. Among the new features in the latest Parallels Desktop release are TouchID support for Windows,...
View ArticleWindows-as-an-app is coming
My first computer was an IBM 360 mainframe. To use it, I relied on a 3270 terminal. From there, I quickly moved on to a PDP-11 minicomputer running Unix — where my interface was a VT-102 terminal.In...
View ArticleKilling VMware
When Broadcom bought VMware for $69 billion last November, we knew there would be changes. What we didn't know is that Broadcom's radical changes would leave partners and customers alike questioning...
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