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whitepaper Vista SP1: What You Need To Know Before You Deploy2008-06-30 Global Knowledge
  The release of Windows Vista SP1 allows you to take advantage of improvements that Microsoft and its partners have developed to provide the best experience possible. SP1 addresses key feedback Microsoft has received from customers without sacrificing application compatibility. SP1 delivers improvements and enhancements to existing features that significantly affect customers, but it does not deliver substantial new operating system features. This white paper help will help you decide whether you should deploy now or if you wait.

Tags: Strategic Planning, Upgrades and Migration, Windows Vista		   
whitepaper The Federal Desktop Core Configuration (FDCC)2008-01-01 Microsoft
  This white paper reviews the ongoing OMB and NIST Federal Desktop Core Configuration (FDCC) program at an executive level. It provides information on how the program originated, its current status and source data for additional information. The concept of enhancing PC and network security while also reducing the total cost of ownership first took shape on a large enterprise scale in the US Air Force. During the 2004-2006 timeframe, the Air Force, partnering with Microsoft, developed the Standard Desktop Configuration (SDC) and successfully deployed the SDC image on over 435,000 desktops and laptops.   
whitepaper Characterizing and Evaluating Desktop Grids: An Empirical Study2007-12-01 University of California
  Desktop resources are attractive for running compute-intensive distributed applications. Several systems that aggregate these resources in desktop grids have been developed. While these systems have been successfully used for many high throughput applications there has been little in-sight into the detailed temporal structure of CPU availability of desktop grid resources. Yet, this structure is critical to characterize the utility of desktop grid platforms for both task parallel and even data parallel applications. This paper addresses the following questions: What are the temporal characteristics of desktop CPU availability in an enterprise setting? How do these characteristics affect the utility of desktop grids? Based on these characteristics, can one construct a model of server "Equivalents" for the desk-top grids, which can be used to predict application performance?

Tags: High Performance Computing		   
whitepaper Set Up a New Desktop Computer2007-12-01 Microsoft Tips
  When one sets up a new desktop computer, some assembly is required. And computer setup isn't limited to hardware - when one first turns on a new computer that has Microsoft Windows preinstalled, one needs to perform some simple setup tasks. If the new computer is a standard desktop model, it consists of at least four pieces: a Central Processing Unit (CPU), which is the box that contains the computer's processor, memory, disk drives, and ports for connecting external devices; a monitor; a keyboard; and a mouse. There might also be a pair of external speakers. Turn the CPU around. The back of the CPU has a collection of ports and jacks that looks something like this illustration, although they might be arranged differently.

Tags: Word Processing		   
whitepaper Dell Flexible Computing Solutions: Deploying On-Demand Desktop Streaming2007-11-01 Dell
  The Dell Flexible Computing Solution for On-Demand Desktop Streaming is based on the Citrix Provisioning Server for Desktops (formerly Ardence Software-Streaming Platform). This solution enables streaming the operating system and applications seamlessly to diskless client machines. This paper presents the steps required to deploy a Dell Flexible Computing Solution for On-Demand Desktop Streaming using a client image stored on either a standalone server or a highly available configuration of servers and shared by all clients. The steps presented apply to deployment on clients with Dell EasyConnect Technology and configured by Dell. EasyConnect Technology simplifies deployment and eliminates manual license management requirements.

Tags: Streaming Media		   
whitepaper Performance Characterization of the Dell Flexible Computing On-Demand Desktop Streaming Solution2007-11-01 Dell
  Businesses face increasing challenges in deploying, managing and securing their end user computing machines. Today's information workers rely heavily on their corporate desktops or notebooks to accomplish day-to-day tasks and functions. Managing end user systems is a crucial part of business IT operations. The Dell Flexible Computing Solution for On-Demand Desktop Streaming, based on the Citrix Provisioning Server for Desktops, enables diskless client computers to boot from a network server via well known mechanisms. The network server, referred to as the "Streaming server," delivers disk images containing operating system and applications on demand to clients over the network. The solution removes the traditional requirements of deploying and maintaining software on a client machine's local hard drive.

Tags: High Performance Computing		   
whitepaper Virtualization in Education2007-10-25 IBM
  When it comes to desktop computing in Education, flexibility is key. Availability of computers in classrooms, offices, labs, dorm rooms, and throughout campus is expected. Students, faculty and staff want to be able to access their own data, securely, from all of these locations. This white paper discusses how virtualization technology can help connect educators and students to applications and information from almost any device.

Tags: Mobile - Wireless Communications, Virtualization		   
whitepaper Windows Desktop Search 3.01 Administration Guide2007-09-26 Microsoft
  Windows Desktop Search (WDS) is the search technology that lets users quickly find almost anything on their computers, including e-mail messages, calendar appointments, photos, documents, and more. In WDS 3.x, the search engine is now a system service but it retains the desktop performance features of previous versions of WDS. WDS 3.x has been optimized in its integration into Vista to give a superior experience compared to WDS on older machines. WDS uses simple search syntax to search for information that the user has selected to index. This means that when a user types "email from:john date:yesterday", WDS will list all e-mail messages that the user received yesterday from anyone named John.

Tags: Windows Vista		   
whitepaper Desktop Virtualization and Independent Computing2007-09-25 Kusnetzky Group
  Virtualization has been around for a long time and takes many forms. Each of the forms is designed to move one aspect of an application system from a physical environment into a logical or virtual environment. Virtual environments can be created to provide an ideal environment for a function or application that may be strikingly different from the underlying physical environment. When speaking to IT executives, however, Kusnetzky Group analysts often hear concerns about the experience staff members have with virtual machine-based environments. This, the Kusnetzky Group thinks, is one of the reasons for the limited adoption of this technology on the desktop. The Kusnetzky Group expects each new wave of technology to improve upon that experience.

Tags: Virtualization		   
whitepaper Virtual PC-Type Thin Client System2007-09-18 NEC
  NEC has developed VirtualPCCenter, a thin client system with a completely new concept that virtualizes integrates entire personal computer environments on servers, and also developed the US100, a dedicated terminal for the system. Features that deserve special mention with regards to the VirtualPCCenter include a diverse range of functions intended to adjust the balance of the load on virtual PCs, as well as to improve operability. Furthermore, the US100 offers an animation playback accelerator capability, considered unsuitable for thin clients, as well as a software phone, featuring a superior sound quality and lower incidence of acoustic delay. This paper introduces features of the VirtualPCCenter and US100.

Tags: Thin Clients, Virtualization