Articles by 'Ken Phelan'

Blog Author - Ken Phelan

Ken is one of Gotham’s founders and its Chief Technology Officer, responsible for all internal and external technology and consulting operations for the firm. A recognized authority on technology and operations, Ken has been widely quoted in the technical press, and is a frequent presenter at various technology conferences. Ken is the Chairman of the Wall Street Thin Client Advisory Council.

By Ken Phelan, Posted in Virtualization

Gotham rolled out this self-assessment at an event this week, and I thought I would share it with our Blog followers. First of all, let me clarify my use of the term DaaS. DaaS does not refer specifically to an outsourced or cloud Desktop. DaaS is your internal desktop offering, offered as a service. This can be delivered via traditional internal methods, cloud methods, or some hybrid. The important inflection to DaaS is that you’re offering your users a Desktop Service. It’s a productization issue. Your... read more.

  • March 17, 2015

By Ken Phelan, Posted in Security

I was out to dinner with my parents the other night and my mother started getting on my case. You know, the way mothers do. “Kenneth.” Yes, I’m a grown man and my mother still calls me Kenneth when she’s angry with me. “I’ve been reading the paper and there are all these security problems all the time. Aren’t you supposed to be fixing this? There must be something you can do to stop it. It seems like quite a problem.” Mothers. How is it that they can bundle up a wonderful compliment (I’m capable... read more.

  • February 25, 2015