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There's a lot of hype over virtualization today, and with good reason. In particular, many businesses are taking a strong look at virtual desktops. Even with the virtual desktop, virtual application, and desktop provisioning systems we have today, there is still some flexibility missing. What if you need offline access to a virtual desktop? What about the major performance hit you get when you run a Type II hypervisor like VMware Workstation or Microsoft Virtual PC?

Citrix and Intel recently announced a major initiative to create a Type I hypervisor for desktops. Imagine being able to run multiple operating systems, simultaneously, in offline mode, and still have those images centrally managed and delivered. Sound too good to be true? Check it out here:

http://community.citrix.com/display/xd/independence

Virtualization News

Virtualization leads Gartner's top 10 strategic technologies for 2009

"Gartner Inc. has ranked virtualization as the No. 1 strategic technology for next year, not for its "tremendously obvious" ability to virtualize servers, but for its increasing capability to virtualize just about everything else in a data center."

The Oracle comes to Xen

Oracle joined the Xen Project Advisory Board. Also, be sure to check out this press release about how XenServer achieved integration validation through Oracle's Application Integration Architecture for Partners initiative.

Xen and the Art of Hosted Desktops
"Citrix Systems' XenDesktop is a state-of-the-art product for hosted desktop virtualization and may be the gold standard by which other products are judged in a feature-for-feature comparison. Here's a look at the capabilities, options and feature sets available with this product, as well as how to install, set up and configure it in the data center."

VMware Announces General Availability of VMware View 3

"With VMware View 3, IT organizations can "decouple" a desktop from specific physical devices or locations to create a personalized view of a user's desktop, applications, and data - called "myView" - that is securely accessible from almost any device, at any time."

Storage News

Five Reasons to Make Dell EqualLogic PS Series Your Storage Consolidation Solution

Centralize storage and reduce administrative overhead
Simplify IT operations and reduce total IT expenditures
Online scalability without downtime
Increase availability and protect critical data sets
Consolidate storage assets across multiple OS environments

XenServer & EqualLogic Integration Demo
Take a look at how two great technologies, XenServer and EqualLogic, work together to provide even more value to businesses.

Upcoming Events

Emineo Group Seminar Series - Web Delivery to the Enterprise

Mark your calendars for this Lunch 'n Learn seminar on February 25th. More details will be coming soon.

Citrix Synergy

This customer-focused event will not only showcase today's hottest technologies, you'll have the opportunity to learn about the benefits of cloud computing, including cost reduction, flexibility, and reliability. May 4-7, 2009.

VMworld 2009
"Attend VMworld 2009 to hear about the latest industry trends and learn how virtualization can help maximize your organization's current and future IT investments."

Cool Links & Fun Stuff

Citrix Fast Launch Tool

"The Citrix Fast Launch utility was designed for use with Citrix XenApp 4.5 and 5.0. It is intended to be used as a tool that expedites the application launch experience for end users using Citrix XenApp. The resulting benefit is a near instantaneous availability of the application when the user launches the application in XenApp."

Workflow Studio 1.0 Released

"Citrix Workflow Studio is an IT process automation solution that enables you to compose, integrate and orchestrate rule-based workflows across your application delivery infrastructure. Workflow Studio acts as the glue across the IT infrastructure allowing administrators to easily tie technology components together via workflows that enable the system to truly operate as a dynamic delivery platform."

Tips & Tricks

Top 10 Items Found by Citrix Consulting on Assessments

Where the Heck is Telnet in Windows Vista?

Exchange 2007 - Distribution List Not Getting Mails From Outside - NDR 5.1.1

Accelerating ICA Using WANScaler and Branch Repeater - New Ways to Improve Your WAN Efficiency

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Emineo E-Letter - Issue #16 - March 16, 2009

Emineo E-Letter

March 16, 2009 - Issue #16

In This Issue

Emineo Group welcomes new team members!

XenServer - Fast and Free

eCommerce and PCI Compliance

New Features in XenApp

Upcoming Events

Emineo Group welcomes new team members!

Emineo Group recently added two new members to our team.

Doug Thomsen

Doug is our newest Enterprise Solutions Architect. Doug recently worked for First National Bank of Omaha as one of the lead architects for their VMware platform. Doug also recently received VMware's vExpert award.

Jeff Newton

Jeff is our new SMB Solutions Administrator. Having recently worked for a managed services company in Sioux City, Jeff has come back to Omaha to help us serve our small business customers.

XenServer - Fast and Free

There have been some very interesting developments in the server virtualization world in the last month.

First is the announcement that Citrix XenServer is free. Let me clarify this a bit. Citrix has always had a free version of XenServer, but it did not have enterprise functionality. There is now a single edition of XenServer, and it includes enterprise functionality such as SAN storage integration and live motion capabilities.

Citrix then took some functionality and created a separate product toolset called Citrix Essentials, which can be used with Citrix XenServer or Microsoft Hyper-V technologies. The Essentials product contains features such as high availability, integrated storage management, dynamic provisioning services, and automated lab management.

The second item of significant interest is a third-party experiment performed by VirtualizationReview.com, where VMware, Citrix XenServer, and Microsoft Hyper-V were tested side-by-side. The findings? "XenServer Roars Off the Line." Before you start thinking this test was skewed towards XenServer, know that the testing was performed by a confirmed VMware guy.

If you still haven't embraced server virtualization for your company, you're missing out on a tremendous savings to your total cost of ownership. Whether VMware, XenServer, or Hyper-V, virtualization is here to stay, and is still on the rise. Gartner predicts that Worldwide Virtualization Software Revenue Will Increase 43% in 2009.

eCommerce and PCI Compliance

If your eCommerce site accepts credit cards, you must be PCI-DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) compliant. One of the requirements for PCI-DSS that is of specific interest is requirement 6.6, which states:

"Ensure that all Web-facing applications are protected against known attacks by applying either of the following methods:

Having all custom application code reviewed for common vulnerabilities by an organization that specializes in application security.
Installing an application layer firewall in front of Web-facing applications."

Emineo Group can help you evaluate these two options. We partner with an application security company, and we sell and support Citrix Application Firewall (part of Citrix NetScaler). Click here for a white paper titled "Citrix Solutions for Complying with PCI-DSS."

New Features in XenApp

Citrix Increases Value of Flagship Application Virtualization Solution

Many new features are being added to Citrix XenApp, including server provisioning, user profile management, load testing, and more. Licensing is also being changed, so that many features are available to users offline without using additional licenses; think single sign-on and cached applications.

Upcoming Events

Citrix User Group of Omaha

The next meeting for CUGO will be Wednesday, April 1st. More details will be coming soon. Keep checking the web site for details, and be sure to register, as space will be limited.

Citrix Synergy

VMworld 2009
"Attend VMworld 2009 to hear about the latest industry trends and learn how virtualization can help maximize your organization's current and future IT investments." August 31 - September 3, 2009.

Emineo E-Letter - Issue #14 - October 13, 2008

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Issue #14 � October 13, 2008

Increase the Stability of Your XenApp Farm

One of the most important things you do with your XenApp farm is make sure all your servers are configured exactly the same. This prevents troubleshooting issues on a per-server basis. However, keeping servers consistent is a big administrative chore, and despite everyone's best efforts, per-server issues still arise.

Citrix Provisioning Server for Datacenters can address these issues by allowing you to create a single "gold" image of your XenApp environment, and then stream that image to as many physical or virtual XenApp servers as you want.

Click here to see a video demonstration of Provisioning Server.

News of Interest

Windows Server Virtualization Licensing Calculators
Did you know that another advantage to virtualization is that you can actually save money on Microsoft licensing?

iSCSI SANs grow in midmarket, enterprise
"Storage networks allow disparate storage resources to be centralized and organized within the data center. The available storage can then be centrally managed and allocated to users or applications. Fibre Channel (FC) has been the dominant storage area network (SAN) architecture for years, but its high cost and management complexity have deterred many SMBs from adopting this SAN technology."

Citrix Cloud Center (C3)
"Just as distributing computing evolved from the mainframe era, cloud computing is the next major wave that will supplement today�s computing model. C3 brings together the service delivery infrastructure building blocks that have been proven in the world�s largest clouds and enterprise datacenters, enabling massively scalable architectures that support rapid innovation and cost reduction."

Whitepaper: Integrated Virtualization Done Right
"This white paper will show you how an HP integrated Citrix XenServer can support what is needed, now and in the future for your virtual environment."

EdgeSight 5.0 Released - Demo - Evaluation Virtual Appliance
"EdgeSight manages application performance and availability where it matters most � at the business user level. By providing a direct line of sight across networks, servers, databases and desktops, EdgeSight goes beyond traditional device and network monitoring tools to improve application visibility."

Cool Links & Fun Stuff

Microsoft Search Server Express is FREE!
Microsoft finally brings the search experience from the desktop to the datacenter.

SysInternals Tools on Demand
Many of us IT people have been using SysInternals tools for years. Now you can access these tools on demand without downloading and installing them.

TweakUAC
"TweakUAC is a free software tool that you can use to quickly turn UAC (User Account Control of Windows Vista) on or off, or to make UAC operate in the quiet mode."

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Emineo E-Letter - Issue #13 - September 16, 2008

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Issue #13 � September 16, 2008

Emineo Group welcomes new team member!

Bob Hrbek

Bob brings the Emineo Group 13+ years in Information Technology, Enterprise Infrastructure Implementation, and Project Management experience. Bob has extensive experience in Citrix technologies, architecting and delivering Citrix solutions to Hewlett-Packard's international network.

Why Virtualize?

Gartner says that virtualization will be the highest-impact trend in infrastructure and operations through 2012. Some businesses are still struggling with why to virtualize. Virtualization brings very real savings and return on investment when you look at data center optimization and making the data center "green". Virtualization also helps make business continuity and disaster recovery more affordable than ever. Emineo Group provides Virtualization Assessments to help businesses determine the benefits and return on investment of virtualization.

News of Interest

Citrix User Group of Omaha - September 18 Meeting
"Citrix will be discussing the features and functionality of desktop virtualization and how we can ease administration by centralizing management of the desktops in a single location."

Citrix XenApp 5.0 Released
"XenApp 5 introduces significant enhancements for application streaming and isolation, a completely redesigned, easy to use end user experience and powerful end user performance monitoring tools. In total, XenApp 5 includes more than 50 new features and enhancements that simplify and streamline management and support, while substantially reducing the total cost of ownership and improving the overall end user experience. Now, more than ever, XenApp 5 is the best option for delivering all Windows applications to both connected and mobile users."

Citrix XenServer 5.0 Released
XenServer 5.0 includes new and improved features such as XenConvert (P2V), support for Windows Server 2008 and Hyper-V, and SAN-based storage options.

Microsoft Big Easy
"The Big Easy Offer 2.0 gives you choices on Microsoft products and solutions that fit your needs. For every qualifying product you purchase, Microsoft pays you partner subsidy funds to purchase more products and services from the Microsoft Partner of your choice."

Outlook Anywhere Bug with Windows Server 2008
Be careful running Exchange 2007 on Windows Server 2008. A bug in Exchange 2007 Outlook Anywhere doesn't properly work with IPv6.

Cool Links & Fun Stuff

Google Chrome Browser
This browser is to browsing as Google Search is to searching: simple, clean, and easy. This browser is very clean and easy to use, but there are some sites and applications that it won't support.

Internet Explorer 8 Beta
The next big version of IE is on its way. Initial reviews are that content doesn't display properly in many web sites. Advice: wait for the release candidate before playing with this one.

TrueCrypt - Open Source Hard Drive Encryption
Hard drive encryption should be mandatory for any business laptop. An excellent free solution.

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Emineo E-Letter - Issue #11 - May 26, 2008

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Issue #11 � May 26, 2008

Emineo Group welcomes new team member!

Carla Rogowsky

Carla brings the Emineo Group 15+ years in Information Technology, Enterprise Infrastructure Implementation, and Project Management experience. Carla has extensive experience in Microsoft technologies, Active Directory, Exchange, Citrix, BigIP F5, Cisco, and a wide variety of server based support applications.

News of Interest

Windows Vista Service Pack 1
"Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) is the complete set of Windows Vista updates we've issued over the past year plus some enhancements to improve your PC's performance."

Windows XP Service Pack 3
"Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) includes all previously released updates for the operating system. This update also includes a small number of new functionalities, which do not significantly change customers� experience with the operating system. This white paper summarizes what is new in Windows XP SP3."

Cool Links & Fun Stuff

External Collaboration Toolkit for SharePoint
"This solution accelerator is a collection of software and guidance that you can use to easily deploy a SharePoint-based environment for collaboration with people outside your firewall. The accelerator allows users to create collaboration environments that use the familiar SharePoint interface. Because the solution is easy to use, end users are more likely to use it rather than revert to e mail."

Smart Citrix Client
This download enables you to specify settings that must normally be made within an ICA file.� You can also create an ICA file to suit your particular needs.

MFCOM Application Management Tool
"The AppManagement tool can be used to manage applications. This tool is written in Csharp.net and uses an Mfcom.dll to query the IMA."

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Emineo E-Letter - Issue #12 - August 26, 2008

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Issue #12 � August 26, 2008

Emineo Group welcomes new team member!

Matt Geiger

Matt is our new Business Development Manager, and brings with him several years of managing enterprise accounts and customer relationships.� Welcome to the team Matt!

News of Interest

Citrix Wins 2008 Microsoft Partner of the Year for Global ISV - Infrastructure, and Wins 2008 Microsoft Partner Award for Citizenship
"Citrix took home the ISV Partner of the Year Award, for the company's superior technology and delivering innovative infrastructure solutions based on Microsoft platforms."

It's Time to Explore Orlando
Project Orlando, the next version of XenServer, has some very cool features, including automated high availability and a P2V migration tool.

Citrix Systems Unveils Project Kensho for Easy Creation of Hypervisor-Independent Application Workloads
"Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS), the global leader in application delivery infrastructure, today announced �Project Kensho,� which will deliver Open Virtual Machine Format (OVF) tools that, for the first time, allow independent software vendors (ISVs) and enterprise IT managers to easily create hypervisor-independent, portable enterprise application workloads.� These tools will allow application workloads to be imported and run across Citrix XenServer, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and VMware ESX virtual environments."

Cool Links & Fun Stuff

RemoteApp Filter - Freeware
"RemoteApp Filter is an extension to the TS Web Access [1] feature provided by Microsoft in its new Windows 2008 Server. RemoteApp Filter make it possible to filter out applications that are not supposed to be shown to particular users or groups of users."

Citrix Provisioning Server for Datacenters
"Citrix Provisioning Server for Datacenters 4.5 reduces total cost of ownership and improves both manageability and business agility by virtualizing the workload of a datacenter server - operating system, applications and configuration - and streaming the workload on-demand to physical or virtual servers from the network."� See the demo from Synergy here.

Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.1
"The Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit is an integrated platform with tools and guidance that make it easier for you to assess your current IT infrastructure and determine the right Microsoft technologies for your IT needs. It offers easy inventory, powerful assessment and actionable recommendations for Windows Server 2008, Windows Server Hyper-V, Virtual Server 2005 R2, Microsoft Application Virtualization (formerly SoftGrid), System Center Virtual Machine Manager, Windows Vista, 2007 Microsoft Office, and SQL Server."

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Emineo E-Letter - Issue #10 - April 13, 2008

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Issue #10 - April 13, 2008

Citrix User Group of Omaha - April 29th

Emineo Group is proud to sponsor the new Citrix User Group of Omaha!

The goal of this group is to provide a venue for Citrix users to get together, share ideas, and learn about how other people and businesses are using Citrix technologies.

Our first meeting will be held at New Horizons on 2125 North 120th Street (120th & Blondo), Tuesday April 29th, from 5:30pm to 7:30pm.

Justin Thurlow, a Sales Engineer from Citrix, will be our guest speaker, and will give a presentation on the new features that will be coming out in Citrix XenApp 5.0. We will also be taking your suggestions for topics that you would like to see covered in future meetings.

Please RSVP to CUGO@EmineoGroup.com by April 28th, as Emineo Group will be providing pizza for all attendees.

News of Interest

Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 Rollup Pack 2
Released in March, this rollup pack includes all publicly released hotfixes to date.

Citrix Unveils New Low Pricing for their Virtualization Hypervisor Solution, XenServer
"Innovative New Licensing Model Allows Unlimited Virtual Machines Per Server at a Single Low Price; New Data Shows Rapidly Growing XenServer Installed Base and Channel Momentum"

Cool Links & Fun Stuff

Citrix Health Check Agent
"The Citrix Health Check Agent (HCAService) tool monitors the health of each individual Citrix server by performing a series of tests. If one of the Health Check Agent tests fails, the default action is to record the failure in the Event Log. Alternate actions can be configured that stop the IMA Service and XML Service. Stopping the IMA Service temporarily removes the server from the farm�s load balanced list until an administrator is able to address the issue."

Troubleshooting Tools for Citrix Environments
A collection of Citrix utilities and their descriptions.

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Emineo E-Letter - Issue #8 - February 21, 2008

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Issue #8 - February 21, 2008

Citrix iForum Highlights Seminar - February 28th

If you weren't able to attend the Citrix iForum / App Delivery Expo in Las Vegas, come to our seminar to get the highlights of the event. Here's a snapshot of what at this recap session will cover:

End-to-End Virtualization: From the Datacenter to the Desktop
1. Server Virtualization with Citrix XenServer
2. Application Virtualization with Citrix Presentation Server
3. Desktop Virtualization with Citrix XenDesktop
Strong Alignment with Microsoft - a true joint commitment to continued innovation and ensuring broad interoperability
The absolute latest in Application Delivery & how to Deliver in a Dynamic World
Why EasyCall/SmartAuditor/PowerSmart are three powerful announcements for your business

Email mike.jacobs@citrix.com with �yes, I will attend�. Hurry, space is limited, register today!

February 28th, 2008
1:00 � 5:00PM
Microsoft Office
One Valmont Plaza, Suite 201
13815 FNB Parkway
Omaha, NE 68154

News of Interest

Citrix XenServer Wins Gold in SearchServerVirtualization.com 2007 Product of the Year Awards, Virtualization Platforms Category
"Citrix XenServer Enterprise Edition 4.0 has been named the Product of the Year in the Virtualization Platforms category of the SearchServerVirtualization.com 2007 Products of the Year awards."

Microsoft Broadens Virtualization Strategy Beyond Data Center
"Microsoft wants virtualization to change the way IT works from the data center to the desktop."

With Latest Server, Microsoft Rides The 64-Bit Range
"Is smashing through the 4-Gbyte RAM barrier all we have to look forward to, or will additions and improvements--including Network Access Protection, high availability, virtualization, Server Core, PowerShell, SMB 2.0, IIS7, a completely rewritten IP stack, and an updated version of Terminal Services--live up to their billing?"

Security Update

Microsoft Security Intelligence Report
"The Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIR) provides an in-depth perspective on the changing threat landscape including software vulnerability disclosures and exploits, malicious software (malware), and potentially unwanted software. Each individual report focuses on data and trends observed in either the first or second half of each calendar year and uses historical data to provide context. The purpose of the SIR is to keep Microsoft�s customers informed of the major trends in the threat landscape and to provide valuable insights and security guidance designed to help customers improve their security posture in the face of these threats."

Cool Links & Fun Stuff

SIW - System Information for Windows
"SIW is an advanced System Information for Windows tool that gathers detailed information about your system properties and settings and displays it in an extremely comprehensible manner."

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Emineo E-Letter - Issue #9 - March 18, 2008

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Issue #9 - March 18, 2008

Emineo Group welcomes new team members!

Lori Miller

Lori brings the Emineo Group 20+ years in Information Technology, Technical Project Management, Database Management and process improvement experience. Lori has extensive experience in Microsoft technologies, Active Directory, Exchange, Citrix, Symantec, security, HIPAA compliance, and a wide variety of server based support applications. In addition to being a senior network engineer, Lori has also been the Director of Information Technology for two local businesses, providing strategic planning to ensure a secure, scalable, and reliable network infrastructure.

Larry Johnson

Larry brings the Emineo Group 15+ years in Information Technology. Larry's other job consists of being the Department Chair and Senior Instructor at ITT's School of Information Technology. While continuing to teach and mentor the new IT generation, Larry brings expert service and support to our small business customers.

News of Interest

Citrix User Group of Omaha
This new user group will be having its first meeting in April. Tentative date, time, and place is April 15th, 5:30pm, at New Horizons on 120th & Blondo. A special edition newsletter will be sent out when details are finalized. Contact Emineo Group with any questions.

EMC Acquires Mozy
"Berkeley Data Systems, providers of Mozy online backup has been acquired by EMC Corporation, the world's leader in information storage, information management and data protection software. Mozy is now part of a much larger corporation with even more resources to invest in Mozy's full portfolio of online backup and recovery services."

Cool Links & Fun Stuff

Jing (free)
From the makers of Snag-It! - "The concept of Jing is the always-ready program that instantly captures and shares images and video... from your computer to anywhere."

SpamAware (free)
"SpamAware is a plugin for Ms-Outlook and MS-Outlook Express. It uses SpamAssassin to score new incoming mails and decides based on the settings made in options what to do with the mail. It contacts through SpamAssassin several spam-server to be more efficient. The application is completely functional after installation and gets automatically active on new mails. It supports Black- and Whitelist filtering and is able to automatically add all your Outlook and Outlook Express contacts and add recipients of mails you write to the Whitelist."

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Emineo E-Letter - Issue #6 - November 14, 2007

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Issue #6 - November 14, 2007

Citrix Unveils End-to-End Virtualization Strategy

With the completion of the XenSource acquisition, Citrix now adds two new product lines to its portfolio, Citrix XenServer� for server virtualization and Citrix XenDesktop� for desktop virtualization. Combined with the company�s existing application virtualization products, these two new additions give Citrix the industry�s most comprehensive end-to-end virtualization portfolio.

http://www.citrix.com/English/NE/news/news.asp?newsID=683173&ntref=hp_promo1_US

News of Interest

Microsoft Server Virtualization Product Christened 'Hyper-V'
"Microsoft has unveiled the official name of the server virtualization technology that will be included with Windows Server 2008 early next year: Hyper-V."

Microsoft Centro Redubbed Windows Essential Business Server
"Microsoft's long-awaited mid-market server bundle now has a name: Windows Essential Business Server, which is slated to hit beta two in 30 to 60 days. The offering, which had gone by its code name Centro, fills a big gap in Microsoft's infrastructure lineup, targeting companies with up to 250 desktops. The current Small Business Server is restricted for use on one server and tops out at 75 users. Customers have clamored for a graceful growth path between that and the complex-and-pricey enterprise buy in."

Microsoft Gives Away Search Server 2008
"According to a press release issued by the company, Search Server 2008 Express packages up the enterprise search capabilities found in SharePoint Server 2007. With it come free connectors for searching among data and documents in EMC's Documentum and IBM's Filenet document management systems. Microsoft says that it's working with other partners to provide more connectors and federated search features that support the OpenSearch standard." Microsoft Enterprise Search Homepage

Security Update

Password Safe
If you're still keeping all of your passwords in your head, in a spreadsheet, or written and stuck to your monitor, it's time to move them all to a safe.

Analysis: Hijacked PayPal Accounts Highlight the Human Element of Fraud
"The United States Department of Justice on Saturday celebrated the guilty plea of a botnet operator from Los Angeles who, according to the DOJ, hijacked PayPal accounts and defrauded a Dutch advertising company for which he had been hired as a security consultant."

Cool Links & Fun Stuff

EnvokeIT WindowManager
If you use Citrix published applications with multiple monitors, this utility can keep certain windows from popping up halfway on each screen.

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Emineo E-Letter - Issue #7 - January 8, 2008

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Issue #7 - January 8, 2008

2008 New Year's Resolutions

Happy New Year from Emineo Group! Most of you by now have made your New Year's resolutions, and maybe some of you have already forgotten them. Consider trying something new this year... make a resolution to actively participate in making America (and the world) a better place for everyone. If you haven't seen SiCKO or An Inconvenient Truth yet, you owe it to your loved ones to go rent them. Find out more about how YOU can make a difference:

Take Action For a Better Healthcare System
Take Action Against Global Warming

News of Interest

In case of emergency, put your cell on ICE
"A campaign is under way encouraging people to enter an emergency contact number in their mobile phone's memory under the heading "ICE" (i.e. In Case of Emergency). This contact information will allow paramedics and police officers the ability to contact the designated relative/next-of-kin in the event of an emergency." Other helpful sites include http://www.icesticker.com/ and http://www.icecontact.com/.

The Language Bar Icon Appears in the Notification Area After Launching a Published Application
Ever notice how the Language Bar appears everywhere? Even when you deselect the option during the install? Follow this advice if you want to remove it completely.

Security Update

Citrix Hotfixes Moved
When Citrix redesigned its web site, you could no longer find hotfixes under the Downloads section. You need to go to the Support site, select your product, and then select Hotfixes.

Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1
"The new capabilities of Exchange Server 2007 deliver the advanced protection your company demands, the anywhere access your people want, and the operational efficiency you need."

Cool Links & Fun Stuff

Look@LAN Network Monitor (free)
Very nice (and free) network monitor.

Mount ISO Files as a Virtual CD
Here is a free (unsupported) utility from Microsoft to mount ISO files without having to burn them to a CD first.

Contacting Emineo Group

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Emineo E-Letter - Issue #3 - August 14, 2007

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Issue #3 - August 14, 2007

Citrix Evaluation Virtual Appliance Download

The Citrix Evaluation Virtual Appliance (EVA) is a new pre-configured, ready-to-go, virtual machine system for evaluating Citrix Presentation Server Platinum Edition�. Based on a Microsoft .VHD Test Drive base image of Windows 2003 Server R2, the Citrix EVA will enable evaluators to interact with the Citrix management interface, and evaluate the application delivery infrastructure from both the administrative and end-user perspectives within as little as 10 minutes after completing the download.

http://www.citrix.com/English/ps2/products/feature.asp?contentID=658703

News of Interest

Web Interface 4.6 Released
'nuf said.

Judge Says Unix Copyrights Rightfully Belong to Novell
"In a decision that may finally settle one of the most bitter legal battles surrounding software widely used in corporate data centers, a federal district court judge in Utah ruled Friday afternoon that Novell, not the SCO Group, is the rightful owner of the copyrights covering the Unix operating system."

Security Update

Google Dives Into Security Market

Google Buys Postini

Google Buys GreenBorder, Web Sandbox

Using private certificates with Web Interface &/or Secure Gateway
This nifty (and free) little add-on gives you the ability to use a private certificate on your Web Interface without worrying about deployment hassles.

Citrix Hotfix Rollup Pack PSE450W2K3R01
For Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 and Citrix Access Essentials 2.0 for Windows Server 2003

Cool Links & Fun Stuff

XBox Commercial - Water Balloon Fight
Cool commercial from Microsoft showing all kinds of ways to fight with water balloons.

Monitor your web site for free
"... provide web site monitoring to webmasters and site owners absolutely free. Monitor your web site's availability 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with instant email alerts and weekly web site performance statistics."

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Emineo E-Letter - Issue #4 - September 15, 2007

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Issue #4 - September 15, 2007

Effective Disaster Recovery (with Citrix)

"In this white paper, learn how a simulated business implemented a disaster recovery plan utilizing IT solutions. Discover how Citrix solutions can reduce risks, lower disaster recovery costs, and increase organizational flexibility as part of disaster recovery plan."

http://www.citrix.com/drwp

News of Interest

Citrix Enters Datacenter and Desktop Virtualization Markets with Acquisition of XenSource
"Citrix has signed a definitive agreement to acquire XenSource a leader in enterprise-grade virtual infrastructure solutions. The acquisition moves Citrix into adjacent and fast growing datacenter and desktop virtualization markets."

Could Microsoft join bidding for XenSource?
Or could Microsoft be looking to buy Citrix?

Security Update

It's Here: Windows Server Update Services 3.0
"Microsoft Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) 3.0 delivers new features including an MMC-based user interface with advanced filtering and reporting, improved performance and operational reliability, flexible deployment options to improve branch office support, and more content access through the Microsoft Update Catalog site."

Data Encryption Toolkit for Mobile PCs
"You've seen the headlines. Mobile PCs are easy targets for theft. And news stories are appearing with increasing regularity about companies whose employees have either misplaced their mobile PCs, or had them stolen�laptops filled with sensitive employee or customer information. Losing confidential data can cost your organization hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost business and damage its reputation. The Data Encryption Toolkit for Mobile PCs provides tested guidance and powerful tools to help you protect your organization�s most vulnerable data. The strategies outlined in this Toolkit are easy to understand, and the guidance shows you how to optimize two key encryption technologies already available to you in Microsoft Windows XP or Windows Vista: the Encrypting File System (EFS) and Microsoft BitLocker Drive Encryption (BitLocker)."

Cool Links & Fun Stuff

AdventNet ADManager Plus
"ADManager Plus is a web-based product that simplifies enterprise-wide Windows Active Directory management from a central point. The ADManager Plus, with its ease-of-use, intuitive UI, eliminates the need of using command line tools and scripts to manage the Active Directory. It saves the administrator's time with its integrated management and reporting module. (The free edition allows to manage and reports up to 100 objects in a single Domain.)"

World Clock
Very interesting statistical web site showing the rate of growth for the world population, extinct species, military expenditure, infectious diseases, and more.

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Emineo E-Letter - Issue #5 - October 24, 2007

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Issue #5 - October 24, 2007

Citrix Makes Single Sign-On Easy

Synchronization-based and Metadirectory-based SSO solutions are complex, difficult to maintain, and sometimes increase in complexity in direct relation to the number of applications they have to support. Citrix Password Manager offers a simple solution that supports the most complex environments.

Citrix Password Manager Homepage

Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Single Sign-On, 2007

News of Interest

Citrix completes XenSource virtualization buy
"Xen, like competing virtualization packages from companies including VMware, SWsoft, Qumranet and Microsoft, lets a single computer run multiple operating systems simultaneously."

Security Update

Citrix Application Firewall
"Citrix Application Firewall protects Web applications from the growing number of application-layer attacks, including buffer overflow exploits, SQL injection attempts, cross-site scripting attacks and more. In addition to proven attack defenses, Citrix Application Firewall provides identity theft protection by securing confidential corporate information and sensitive customer data."

October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month
"October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month. Microsoft and the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) have teamed up again this year to help increase awareness about Internet security issues. With a campaign that focuses on public relations activities, educational programs, and events for home users, small businesses, education audiences, and child safety forums, we want to encourage everyone who uses a personal computer to keep one idea in mind: protect yourself before you connect to the Internet."

Cool Links & Fun Stuff

Microsoft HealthVault (beta)
"Imagine if you had a way to collect, store, and share the health information critical to your family's well-being. HealthVault is the new and free way to do just that."

User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
"A service to help with slow log off and unreconciled profile problems." Great utility for Citrix Presentation Server - helps shut down those user processes in the background that tend to stay open.

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Emineo E-Letter - Issue #1 - June 13, 2007

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Issue #1 - June 13, 2007

Introducing the Emineo E-letter!

Hello friends of Emineo Group, and welcome to the first edition of the Emineo E-letter!

Many of you have received newsletters from me in the past, either from ConsultIT or from Egis Technologies. This newsletter will strive to keep you informed about news, security, Citrix, Microsoft, and all kinds of IT related topics. If you don't wish to receive this newsletter in the future, please refer to the link at the bottom of this page, where you can unsubscribe.

I hope you enjoy the E-letter.
Randy

News of Interest

Introducing Citrix WANScaler
"Citrix WANScaler solutions provide high-performance application delivery to branch office users. WANScalers accelerate application performance across wide area networks (WAN) by an average of 5x to 30x, and up to 300x at peak compression efficiency. With WANScalers in the network, End users in the branch office will experience LAN-line application performance over the WAN which means less time waiting for slow applications and more time using the application."

Microsoft Server 2008 Available in Beta 3
"Terminal Services Gateway and Terminal Services RemoteApp are designed for easy remote access and application integration with the local desktop, enabling secure and seamless application deployment without the need for a VPN."

When will you upgrade to Exchange 2007?
Most companies I've spoken to this year are planning for Exchange 2007, but haven't decided yet when to bite the bullet. Most will wait until 2008 or until the first service pack is released. Regardless of when you upgrade, there are a few key changes you should be aware of:

Built-in capabilities for Unified Messaging
Public folders are optional, not required
No more routing groups
Requires 64-bit hardware and operating system

Security Update

DAV Security
This Omaha-based company has a number of high-level security products and services. Check out the Compliance Manager!

Microsoft Network Monitor 3.0
"Network Monitor 3.0 is a protocol analyzer. It allows you to capture network traffic, view and analyze it. This version is a complete overhaul of the previous Network Monitor 2.x version."

Cool Links & Fun Stuff

Windows Desktop Search 3.01 for Windows XP
This sweet little tool has been around for a while now, but it keeps getting better. No longer requires a toolbar. This product is built-in to Windows Vista.

Microsoft Windows PowerShell
"Microsoft Windows PowerShell command line shell and scripting language helps IT professionals achieve greater control and productivity. Using a new admin-focused scripting language, more than 130 standard command line tools, and consistent syntax and utilities, Windows PowerShell allows IT professionals to more easily control system administration and accelerate automation."

PDFCreator (freeware)
"PDFCreator easily creates PDFs from any Windows program."

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Emineo E-Letter - Issue #2 - July 18, 2007

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Issue #2 - July 17, 2007

Get AMBER Alerts on your cell phone!

Although this is only indirectly technology related, I feel that it's important enough to not only include in this month's newsletter, but to take front and center position.

If a child is abducted in your area, you can receive wireless alerts on your cell phone that may include critical information and descriptions. I urge you to sign up for this service, and tell all your friends about it.

https://www.wirelessamberalerts.org/

I hope you enjoy this month's newsletter!

Thank you.
Randy

News of Interest

10 things you'll miss when you upgrade to Exchange 2007
"The new version of Exchange has some interesting enhancements, but unless you're a command-line guru, you may feel like you've lost more than you've gained. Tom Shinder shares his list of the Exchange 2003 features he misses most."

Microsoft Forefront
Forefront is product line from Microsoft that includes enterprise deployment of antivirus, antispyware, and other security features.

Microsoft and Citrix Expand Partnership to Improve Application Access and Address Branch Office Complexity
"Companies to collaborate on developing and marketing a new Citrix WANScaler� branch office appliance based on Microsoft Windows Server and Microsoft ISA Server."

Security Update

Data Encryption Toolkit for Mobile PCs
"The Data Encryption Toolkit for Mobile PCs provides tested guidance and powerful tools to help you protect your organization�s most vulnerable data. The strategies outlined in this Toolkit are easy to understand, and the guidance shows you how to optimize two key encryption technologies already available to you in Microsoft Windows XP or Windows Vista: the Encrypting File System (EFS) and Microsoft BitLocker Drive Encryption (BitLocker)."

Citrix Client v10 - SSL Error 47
If you're running Citrix client version 10.0 (included with Citrix Presentation Server 4.5), and you receive SSL Error 47 when connecting through Secure Gateway or Access Gateway, you'll want to obtain a newer client from Citrix. Or you can contact Emineo Group for the updated client as well.

Cool Links & Fun Stuff

Portable Applications for your USB Drive (free utility)
"Now you can carry your favorite computer programs along with all of your bookmarks, settings, email and more with you. Use them on any Windows computer. All without leaving any personal data behind."

Lyrics Plugin for WMP or WinAmp
"Lyrics Plugin is a piece of software tailored for music fans. To put it simply - it is an add-on to view lyrics in WinAmp or Windows Media Player. No more searching for lyrics. Just start listening to your favorite songs and lyrics will be displayed automatically. Oh, and if lyrics is not found, you can add it yourself."

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Emineo Group Seminar Series Event - February 25, 2009


	How long will. Users struggle. With slow access to. Web apps. Before they. Complain?
		Join us for a complimentary seminar to learn how you can accelerate your web apps by up to 5x with Citrix� NetScaler�.

Mission-critical Web applications are at the heart of every business
— any delay or disruption results in lost productivity and profitability.
But delivering fast applications is challenging due to increased user
mobility, "chatty" TCP protocols, and long distances caused by data
center consolidation and geographically dispersed users.

Fortunately, now you can ensure significantly faster access to the Web applications your users depend on. If you�re running SharePoint�, SAP�, Oracle�, or other enterprise apps, attend our complimentary seminar to learn how an integrated advanced application delivery solution can help you:


•	Accelerate Web apps up to 5x to all users — anytime, anywhere — using advanced compression and content caching

•	Intelligently manage application traffic with Layer 4-7 load balancing

•	Ensure 24/7 availability of business-critical applications

•	Increase application security with integrated Web app firewall

•	Free up valuable server resources with TCP optimization and SSL offloading

Seminar Details:
Lunch �n Learn - 11:30am-1:30pm
Dave & Busters, February 25, 2009

Seating is limited. Register today!
Or call (402) 218-1278 x104

Emineo Group Seminar Series Event - November 6, 2008

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Please be our guest for the next installment of our Seminar Series events. We have two exciting topics in store.

Session 1: Rethinking Application Delivery is an executive forum to turn your datacenter into a delivery center. Hear about the Citrix strategic philosophy on delivering (not deploying) applications to end users and the technology that will help you get there.

Session 2: What's New with Citrix will cover the Citrix suite of products and how they will benefit your team. Come and learn about the new features in XenApp 5.0, XenServer 5.0, and the rest of the new products and features Citrix has to offer.

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DATE: Thursday, Nov. 6th

TIME: 8:30 am- 12:00 pm

LOCATION: The Thompson Center, UNO campus

6705 Dodge Street

Omaha, NE

DETAILS:

8:30 Registration / Continental Breakfast
9:00-10:15 Rethink Application Delivery
10:15-10:30 Q&A / Break
10:30-11:45 What's New with Citrix
11:45-12:00 Q&A / Seminar Evaluation

At Emineo Group, our goal is to provide information that our current and potential customers can take back to their businesses to implement. The Emineo Group Seminar Series is designed to give you information about topics that will increase your knowledge and give you real world applications for current technologies. Come and join us or give Emineo Group a call for a private demonstrations to your technical team.

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Emineo Group Seminar Series Event - July 8, 2009

Attend our seminar to learn how you can optimize delivery of your multimedia apps.

It’s a common misconception that Citrix XenAppTM (which you may know as MetaFrame or Presentation Server) can’t handle rich multimedia content and graphic intensive applications.

The truth is, XenApp can actually improve user access to streaming multimedia apps by using client-side resources to decompress and render audio, video and graphics without a high-speed network. It even reduces server and network loads while enhancing the user experience. And by adding Citrix Branch RepeaterTM to your XenApp environment, you can also ensure high performance and fast delivery of apps to your remote and branch offices.

Attend our seminar on July 8th 2009 to learn how you can:

•	Dramatically improve user access to graphics-intensive apps
•	Boost productivity for mobile and branch users
•	Reduce overall cost of app management up to 50%

Seminar Details:
Lunch �n Learn
July 8, 2009 : 11:30am-1:00pm
Scott Conference Center
6450 Pine Street, Omaha

Seating is limited. Register today!
Or call (402) 218-1278 x104.

Can't attend the seminar in person? Register for the live webinar instead! Send an email to webinar@emineogroup.com and details will be sent to you when available.