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Helge Klein on
November 25, 2009.
Windows
Beginning with Vista, when formatting a drive the entire disk is overwritten with zeroes. While this is good for end users who like to wipe all data prior to selling or throwing away a disk drive, SAN-based volumes should not be formatted like this. Perform a quick format instead. But if you want to make sure the data is really gone – no need for “secure erase” programs any more! The need for multiple overwrites is a myth. Continue reading ‘New Articles, Tools, Tips and Tricks: Windows, Hyper-V, Citrix, PowerShell and Application Streaming / App-V’
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Helge Klein on
November 23, 2009.
ChromeOS seems to be the talk of the day. Why not? It is an interesting concept. But will it be successful? That is the wrong question, actually. It should be rephrased to: When will it be successful? Continue reading ‘My Take on ChromeOS? It will be Successful when End Users can Manage their Photos and Music in the Cloud’
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Helge Klein on
November 18, 2009.
DiskLED is a small tool that displays performance counter data using an animated system tray icon. The new version 1.1 comes with a graphical configuration dialog that lets you choose from all performance counters available on the local system – you can monitor network throughput just as easily as hard disk activity or memory usage. In this article I am going to show you how to do that. Continue reading ‘How to Easily Monitor System Performance with the new DiskLED 1.1′
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Published by
Helge Klein on
November 11, 2009.
What would Joe, a Citrix admin, put on his Christmas wish list? Here are some guesses in no special order. Continue reading ‘Citrix Products 2010: A Wish List’
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Published by
Helge Klein on
November 9, 2009.
I just returned from my first CTP (Citrix Technology Professional) meeting and thought I might share a few experiences.
The meeting took place in one of Citrix’s headquarter buildings in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The meeting itself ran over two days, which means that most attendees were away from home and work for four. While that is certainly nice to know, the question you probably have is: “What does actually happen during such a meeting?” Continue reading ‘What is a CTP Meeting all about?’
