The VDI Delusion: Why Desktop Virtualization Failed to Live Up to the Hype, and What the Future Enterprise Desktop Will Really Look Like
BRIAN MADDEN is known throughout the world as an opinionated, super technical, fiercely-independent desktop virtualization expert. He's written several books and over 2,000 articles about desktop and application virtualization. His blog, BrianMadden.com, receives millions of visitors per year and is a leading source for conversation, debate, and discourse about the application and desktop virtualization industry. Brian is also the creator of BriForum, the premier independent application delivery technical conference.GABE KNUTH, known asthe other guyat BrianMadden.com, has been in the application delivery space for 14 years, and has seen the industry evolve from the one-trick pony of terminal services to the application and desktop virtualization of today. Having spent most of his IT career as a consultant, Gabe's focus tends to lean more toward practical, real-world technology in the industry, essentially boiling off the hype and reducing solutions to their usefulness in today's corporate environments. This second perspective gives BrianMadden.com another dimension of independent, timely content. Gabe's involvement in BriForum has been influential to its success, both as the main technical organizer and as a presenter.JACK MADDEN has worked on-and-off with Brian and Gabe since 2005. In 2011 he joined them full time as a contributor for BrianMadden.com and the editorial director for ConsumerizeIT.com.Brian, Gabe, and Jack can be heard on their weekly internet radio show and speak at events around the world.