This is soon USA Citrix Synergy time, despite the recent event of Synergy in Europe cancellation, I want to share with the one who will be able to come the link to all the Geek Speak sessions. A lot of these sessions will be led and / or have CTPs among the speakers. See you in there ! SYN501: Geek Speak Tonight! (Both sessions) http://www.citrixsynergy.com/losangeles/sessions-labs/breakout-sessions.html?track=Geek+Speak+Live!&session=SYN501&sourceID=pvc-CTP SYN502: Persistent VDI: real-world solution or empty promise? http://www.citrixsynergy.com/losangeles/sessions-labs/breakout-sessions.html?track=Geek+Speak+Live!&session=SYN502&sourceID=pvc-CTP SYN503: Data everywhere and still no visibility: how to consolidate your Citrix data for greater insights http://www.citrixsynergy.com/losangeles/sessions-labs/breakout-sessions.html?track=Geek+Speak+Live!&session=SYN503&sourceID=pvc-CTP SYN504: Hands off my gold image! Automate XenDesktop and XenApp images using free tools http://www.citrixsynergy.com/losangeles/sessions-labs/breakout-sessions.html?track=Geek+Speak+Live!&session=SYN504&sourceID=pvc-CTP SYN505: From Windows app to mobile app in 10 easy minutes http://www.citrixsynergy.com/losangeles/sessions-labs/breakout-sessions.html?track=Geek+Speak+Live!&session=SYN505&sourceID=pvc-CTP SYN506: May the best protocol win: an independent comparison of Microsoft RemoteFX and Citrix HDX http://www.citrixsynergy.com/losangeles/sessions-labs/breakout-sessions.html?track=Geek+Speak+Live!&session=SYN506&sourceID=pvc-CTP SYN507: Reducing desktop infrastructure management overhead using “old school” tactics http://www.citrixsynergy.com/losangeles/sessions-labs/breakout-sessions.html?track=Geek+Speak+Live!&session=SYN507&sourceID=pvc-CTP SYN508: The “wow” factor that NetScaler brings to desktop virtualization http://www.citrixsynergy.com/losangeles/sessions-labs/breakout-sessions.html?track=Geek+Speak+Live!&session=SYN508&sourceID=pvc-CTP SYN509: VDI workload best practices: independent research results defined (VRC 2013 edition) http://www.citrixsynergy.com/losangeles/sessions-labs/breakout-sessions.html?track=Geek+Speak+Live!&session=SYN509&sourceID=pvc-CTP SYN510: Integrating Microsoft App-V into XenApp, XenDesktop and VDI-in-a-Box http://www.citrixsynergy.com/losangeles/sessions-labs/breakout-sessions.html?track=Geek+Speak+Live!&session=SYN510&sourceID=pvc-CTP SYN511: Provisioning services and machine creation services in an Excalibur world http://www.citrixsynergy.com/losangeles/sessions-labs/breakout-sessions.html?track=Geek+Speak+Live!&session=SYN511&sourceID=pvc-CTP SYN512: Direct from customers: “The VDI and SBC State of the Union” a new VRC project http://www.citrixsynergy.com/losangeles/sessions-labs/breakout-sessions.html?track=Geek+Speak+Live!&session=SYN512&sourceID=pvc-CTP SYN513: Mobile device licensing in an enterprise environment: a Pandora's Box? http://www.citrixsynergy.com/losangeles/sessions-labs/breakout-sessions.html?track=Geek+Speak+Live!&session=SYN513&sourceID=pvc-CTP SYN514: PowerShell wizardry: solving real-world customer problems http://www.citrixsynergy.com/losangeles/sessions-labs/breakout-sessions.html?track=Geek+Speak+Live!&session=SYN514&sourceID=pvc-CTP
This blog is a reaction / answer to Daniel Feller blog post about The Future of the Desktop at Citrix Synergy GeekSpeak Live and on the Citrix Community Blog I agree with Daniel Feller and this is what I was thinking yesterday while listening to the guys. I though the question is not : "will Windows still be there as a desktop, entry point or kind of a portal ?" we already have the beginning of the answer since more than two years, with the diversity of devices (and OS) we want to access our application more than a desktop ! That why I think XenApp will remain an essential piece of the virtualization-consumerization puzzle. The v-companies (VMware, Microsoft, Citrix and others) gotta need to be careful on every move, and give the ability to user to access an application whatever is the device, the location and the time and not only focus on the Desktop (virtual or not) delivery About SaaS, Daniel, I'm sure you know it will slow down the business if not embraced but this is not that easy. Some applications are remaining difficult to move to the "Private Cloud" (I don't like the word...) and even with all the technology we have now, some apps will remains on the local workstation. And finally I don't think this is the future, I just think this is the industrialization-automation-virtualization process evolution on the past 5-6 years and some are going with it, some are not.
