Category: Announcement

Introducing: VDI Drones – Mass bench-marking and load testing, easy as pie

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About two weeks ago I had the pleasure to sit down with Dennis Smith – founder and owner of Gourami software. Dennis and I have known each other for a couple of years now and I’ve come to know Dennis as real IT nerd with a big passion for developing software – free (community) software, as well as various ‘paid for’ solutions. Today I would like to introduce you to VDI Drones, a new product released by Gourami aimed at benchmarking/load testing your virtual and underlying physical infrastructure.

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Inside Citrix: The Prologue and first three chapters are online and available for download

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A moment I’ve been looking forward to for the past couple of weeks! I’ve just published the Inside Citrix prologue and the first three chapters – just to get you started. Click the link the below or directly visit chapters page via the main menu. Throughout the coming months, I’ll try and publish at least one chapter per week, though I might skip a week here and there, so bear with me.

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All chapters of Inside Citrix – The FlexCast Management Architecture published online!

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Just over two years ago, around May the 16thmy book became available on Amazon, the paperback version that is. Two months later, the Kindle version was finished as well. Today I’m announcing the (soon to be) online availability of all chapters here on basvankaam dot com.  Continue reading All chapters of Inside Citrix – The FlexCast Management Architecture published online!

I’m joining (the) Technical Fellows – Why join the navy if you can be a pirate?

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No, I didn’t switch companies, I’m perfectly fine where I am now. Technical Fellows is a Dutch initiative, founded by multiple experienced and seasoned IT professionals – trust me, these guys are really good. To be honest, I am by far the least technical and knowledgeable person in the group. Read on…

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Synergy 2018: Per-user Outlook search indexing and OST caching options. What was announced? High level cheat sheet included.

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During Citrix Synergy a ton of new and exciting announcements were made. I wasn’t there to witness it myself but luckily, I was able to enjoy the Keynote (amongst other sessions and announcements) from a sunny and warm terrace (cold beers included) since the weather here in the Netherlands was some of the best we’ve seen in a long time. Of course, the 9-hour time difference also helped.

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Terug naar waar het allemaal begon – Salomon IT Solutions!

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Met veel plezier kan ik mededelen dat ik per 1 mei 2018 in dienst treed bij Salomon-IT-Solutions als Senior Business Consultant. In deze blog vertel ik je graag wat ik daar ga doen, waarom ik voor Salomon heb gekozen, waar we als organisatie voor staan en wat dit betekent voor mijn betrokkenheid rondom Liquidware.

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A new chapter! Excited to announce that I will be joining Liquidware

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After three great years with Detron I acepted a new role/challenge over at Liquidware. Building on their current EMEA presence in both the UK and Switzerland, I will be joining Liquidware in the Netherlands from where we will focus on further business expansion within NL, the Benelux and other European regions – read on.

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Heads up! Citrix Smart Check introduces diagnostics uploads and custom checks and alerts – deep dive (and video) included

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Throughout the last couple of months, I have written multiple posts on Citrix Smart Tools, with a special interest in Smart Check. Have a look here and here. Not that long ago I had a short talk with Mathew Varghese, the Director of Product Management for Smart Tools and Insight Services, which also includes Scout. He told me about, and showed me some interesting features that are coming to Smart Check, not that long from now (Q4).

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Pre-announcement – A quick, Twitter based IoT survey coming your way

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Throughout the next couple of weeks, we (Douglas Brown and myself) will launch a Twitter based survey consisting of 10 to 12 questions focussing on the Internet of Things, in general. As you might know, Twitter pols can consist out of 4 multiple choice answers, and of course the questions themselves can’t be too long either, making them easy to read and answer. We’ll also include the ‘other’ option in the form of a reply to give a more detailed or open answer.

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With XenDesktop & XenApp 7.14 comes Scout 3.0 – some big changes, read what’s new

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Version 7.14 of XenDesktop & XenApp comes with an updated version of Scout, version 3.0 to be exact – up from 2.23 before that. As you will find out throughout this post there are a couple of substantial differences between the two. I’ll start by highlighting some of the main features/capabilities of Scout as part XenDesktop & XenApp 7.13 and earlier versions, followed by how this is now handled within version 3.0. I have included a couple of screenshots as well.

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