Archive for September, 2009

Why are Multiple Directories Deployed and Virtual Directories Ignored (Part 1) (2009-9-1)

Over the past few years I have had the pleasure of visiting and working with a pretty large number of directory owners. Those I have visited typically have Microsoft’s Active Directory (AD) and many have one or two additional directories and one or two had dozens. For customers that have multiple directories I would have [...]

Cloud Based Virtual Desktops – pretty cool! (2009-9-1)

IBM announced a new service that allows administrators to upload desktop images to their subscription based service. Once uploaded, the administrator can grant access to that image to users from anywhere they choose. There is a fifty desktop minimum and if the administrator doesn’t want to use IBM’s hosted service, IBM can provide them the [...]