What do you want to see from OS Deployment software?
May 26, 2009
I’ve been going over some research in the server management space. A lot of research firms lump visionapp Server Management (vSM) with products that just do OS deployment, such as Ghost and Acronis. But some of the research has surprised me.
For instance, the research experts say that there’s no market for OS deployment tools for companies with under 500 managed nodes (servers + workstations). Yet in a recent survey, over half of the companies with under 250 workstations were using more than one OS deployment tool in their company!
I must confess that I don’t get the reason for this. Are OS deployment tools “purpose-built” — in other words, are some software titles better for certain deployments, and other software titles better for other deployments? I can leap to all sorts of conclusions over what this means — that no software out there is adequate for any one customer’s OS deployment needs, or that this software is based on specific user preferences, or that this software is so inexpensive that customers can afford to have more than one solution — but it’s all conjecture. And the research firms don’t have the answers.
So, if you use more than one OS deployment tool — why?
visionapp CTO Rick Dehlinger will provide the keynote at the visionapp IT Virtualisation Strategy and Solutions Seminar. 
This event will be held at the Tate Modern in London on May 14th, with Rick Dehlinger delivering the keynote: “The Future of Application Delivery.”
In many ways, our industry is at an inflection point. The virtualisation and application delivery market spaces have collided. IT is being forced to deliver with less and adapt quickly to the challenging economic times. The rate of change and innovation in technologies, business models, and consumption patterns is dizzying! In this context, getting some perspective on the future of the industry may be more than an interesting aside – it could be a matter of survival.
This session will provide valuable perspective based on discussion content from Citrix Synergy 2009. At Synergy, there was a panel discussion with some of the most respected technologists in the industry, including Rick Dehlinger (CTP, CTO of visionapp), Bernard Tritsch (CTP, CTO of Immidio), Brian Madden (CTP, Industry Analyst), and high-level technical people at Citrix Systems, including CTO Simon Crosby, Chief Architect Brad Petersen, and Director of Technology Strategy Michael Harries.
Rick will present the thoughts from the Synergy panel and the 5 most important technology trends impacting our industry.
Contact visionapp UK at +44 (0) 20 7282 1710 if you or any of your team would like to attend. (You must reserve a seat to attend.)
Congrats to HP!
May 4, 2009
We didn’t win the Citrix Ready solution of the year 2009 — that award went to Hewlett-Packard — but we are honored to be a finalist!
If you are at Citrix Synergy, stop by our booth (#550) and see our finalist-worthy products in action. The opening night party is at 7 PM in the MGM Convention Center’s Expo Hall.
