About Shawn Bass

Shawn Bass, an independent consultant based in the Chicago area, is a “Citrix Technology Professional” and a “Microsoft Most Valuable Professional.” He’s been working with Citrix technologies since the WinView product days, and today, most of his clients are Fortune 500 companies (primarily in the financial services and insurance markets).

Shawn got involved in trying to help the server-based computing community around February 2005. Back then, he’d spent long hours lurking on a variety of forums and learning from others, so he decided it was finally time to give back to assist others. Since that time, he’s become an active poster on the support forums on BrianMadden.com, the official Citrix Support Forums, and Softgridguru.com.

Shawn is a 10-time (and top rated) presenter at BriForum, and has spoken at other worldwide events including Citrix Synergy, PubForum, and various Citrix user groups. He also continues to teach the independent desktop virtualization 5-day master class that he and Brian developed back in 2004.

Shawn Bass has been a member of the TechTarget Speaker Bureau since its formation in 2012.

You can follow him on Twitter @shawnbass

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Events with Shawn Bass

BriForum 2013

BriForum is the only technical event that is 100% dedicated to desktop virtualization, VDI, application virtualization, Remote Desktop Services, and the consumerization of IT. This is your exclusive opportunity to participate in 40+ technical breakout sessions led by expert speakers who provide the most independent, advanced, technical information and best practices around this constantly evolving space. Top-notch industry analysts, bloggers and best-selling authors will tackle these issues and technologies head on and offer the latest tips, tricks, and verified techniques that can be applied immediately within your organization. They talk honestly and openly about technical challenges they have faced, how they solved them, what works and what does not work. This unique event is coming back in 2013 to London and Chicago! Vist our website for more information about what to expect.

Register today by calling John Barbato at (617) 431-9674 or completing our quick online registration form.

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London, UK

Chicago, IL

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Desktop Virtualization 2013 Seminar with Brian Madden, Gabe Knuth, and Shawn Bass

Coming to 23 cities across the globe this year, independent industry experts will guide you through proven ways to deal with Windows apps and desktops in a world of tablets, BYO, and web. Spend just a few hours out of the office to take advantage of a live Q&A, peer networking opportunities and tons of valuable information regarding how to effectively manage your users’ desktops in the consumerization era.

Register today by calling Jen Tobin at (617) 431-9722 or completing our quick online registration form.

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More resources from Shawn Bass

Is Microsoft finally closing in on Citrix?

If you've been around the server-based computing industry for any length of time you're no stranger to the Citrix rumor mill.  At one time there were stories about Citrix being doomed as a company, acquired by Microsoft, acquired by Oracle and even IBM or Cisco acquiring them

Why thin clients and zero clients haven't lived up to the "last PC you'll ever buy" hype

I've been collecting thoughts on this blog article for a few weeks now. It seems this was quite timely given Brian & Gabe's recent interview with Tom Flynn from HP where they talked about thin clients, zero clients, etc. Here are my thoughts on the topic.

VDI and TS are not more secure than physical desktops

For almost 20 years now, I've been implementing Terminal Services and VDI solutions. During that time, I've spent a good deal of time speaking to people about the benefits of these solutions as well as implementing it for customers.

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