CUG.NO spring event part 2

So being on a Norwegian boat, the power plugs are a bit different from my Danish ones, so my afternoon update i would have delivered yesterday is now being delivered today … i was finally able to charge my laptop and even more importantly.. my phone

After a good lunch yesterday the event continued with Alessandro Perilli with a topic on the competitors in the virtualization space. It was interesting to hear his view on the situation in what sometimes seems like an over-filled market. Alessandro did a good job explaining the pros and cons of the competitors. And this morning he concluded his serie of 3 sessions with a view into the Security of the virtualization platform. I think its hard to recap the content of this security session, but the truth is that he got me wondering if maybe the rapid pace in which we are moving to virtualization is actually too fast and might end up causing security risks that we cannot comprehend today. Maybe we should move back to physical servers?.. anyone see a pattern

Daniel Wedel from the norwegian distributor Commaxx did an excellent presentation on XenServer 5.0, functionality and possibilities. Daniel was an excellent presenter and extremely knowledgeable about XenServer.

Today Alessandro Perilli did his security in virtualization session like i mentioned earlier after which Hårvard Bruvold from Steria did a presentation of Citrix Access Gateway Enterprise and integration with XenApp. It was a run through of the configuration needed and demonstration of the improved security when using the Secure Gateway functionality which is available in both the Secure Gateway and all Access Gateway editions.

Ole Kristian Lona from Atea did a good presentation on the Netscaler, what is it, and what do we need it for. Ole Kristian did a good job running through the concepts and technologies which is in the Netscaler platform. I really think we need to find a few good Citrix evangelists to work on the ANG products to bring the messages of new features to the community.. it is a very different product line.

.. Next up is going to be Tahir Saleem & Olav Lillebo from Tenera, they are going to share their insights on Tips and tricks when implementing XenApp. I will do a post about this session at a later time, if there ends up being information which is non-Norwegian

It truly is great to be in a different country with languages so alike that we can speak to each other in our natives tongues and the norwegian user group has been extremely open. They are a great group.

Rene Vester