Application Virtualization Smackdown by Ruben Spruijt

I like these smackdowns that Ruben and company put together. They actually list out relevant considerations when choosing what option best fits your use case. I think that does justice to addressing the complexity of the discussion.

http://t.co/a6wbiXQv

Considerations when Updating an #AppV Read-only (Shared) Cache | StealthPuppy

As I transition between jobs, my coworker asked why we use a Read-Only Cache in our VDI environment and how the symbolic links fit in. I didn't have a neat, tidy answer, but fortunately for me Aaron Parker did. The following is a good explanation of the process around updating the Read-Only Shared Cache for App-V and also what symbolic links are good for.

Considerations when Updating an #AppV Read-only (Shared) Cache: http://j.mp/qztd7r

XenServer 6.0 released

For anyone on XenServer, they just released a brand new version. The improvements read as fairly significant. The installation procedure utilizes an upgrade wizard, which to this guy, having never used XenServer, seems from the documentation like a new option. It even has a prereqs check with a mitigation option, which should ideally make the process so easy anyone should be able to do it. (right?) They still recommend you backup your database before beginning the upgrade.

http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX130418