Application Virtualization
40 Stories
Will virtualization bend or break licensing rules?
Insight perspective Implementing virtualization without studying your licenses could lead to some unpleasant surprises, says Gartner analyst.
Tags: Software licensing, Virtualization, IT budgeting, Gartner Inc., application virtualization, Procurement, asset management, compliance, client-server, desktop software
Why are IT systems so unreliable?
Insight perspective IT systems are notorious for failing just when they're needed most. Can organizations do anything to fix this?
Tags: Virtualization, Security Management, Business security, Application Availability, Service Availability, application virtualization, Tony Lock, performance, Hardware, software
Virtualizing desktops in your enterprise
Insight perspective Citrix Systems executive offers a step-by-step guide for enterprises to successfully prepare for, and implement, desktop virtualization.
Tags: Virtualization, Data centers, Network-attached storage (NAS), Storage area networks (SAN), Desktops, Disaster Recovery, Security, Worker, TCO, information technology
Centralize desktop control with VDI
Techguide Find out some of the reasons for considering virtual desktop infrastructure, and the ways by which a VDI implementation takes form.
Tags: Operating systems, Servers, Virtualization, Virtual Desktop, Solution, Virtual Machine, Storage, operating system, application virtualization, VDI
Application virtualization comes to smartphones
News VMware has made it possible for smartphones to use any software application on any handset.
Tags: Business applications, Mobile/Wireless, Mobile applications, Apple Inc., Smart Phone, VMware Inc., application virtualization, Use Case, Thin Client, Apple iPhone
Redmond's virtualization shift continues
News More product and pricing policy changes as Microsoft aims to adapt to a world in which software moves freely from one physical machine to another. Separately, VMware gets Microsoft certification.
Tags: Virtualization, Microsoft Windows, Software licensing, Microsoft Corp., Hypervisor, remote access, Server, software, Redmond, Softricity SoftGrid
Analysts: Virtualization to save businesses millions
News Butler Group report predicts savings from virtualization as it reduces energy consumption and operating costs.
Tags: Servers
Feeling the heat at Microsoft
Insight Antitrust woes, a protracted battle for Yahoo, and a shifting software market. Welcome to Steve Ballmer's world.
Tags: Leadership, Acquisitions, Sales/revenue, Antitrust, Business applications, Microsoft Windows
Microsoft hints at another cheap Office option
News Microsoft is readying a lower-cost option for Office Home and Student productivity suite.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office, advertisement, product key, Microsoft Corp., software, CBS Interactive Inc., Microsoft Windows Live, DVD, Microsoft Windows
Microsoft introduces 'Starter' version of Office
News New ad-supported, limited feature version will come preloaded on certain new PCs. The replacement for Microsoft Works is one of several new ways Microsoft is trying to create new customers for its productivity suite.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Software, Microsoft Office, Google Inc., advertisement, Microsoft Corp., software, CBS Interactive Inc., PC Company, Microsoft Works
Dell likes Linux for virtualization
Techguide At LinuxWorld, the Dell CTO says the two will make running multiple operating systems on a single computer easier.
Tags: Open source, Linux, Linux desktop OS, Linux server OS
10 things you should know about virtualization
Techguide Virtualization has been a major buzzword in the IT world for a few years. Now the buzz is getting louder.
Tags: Network administration/implementation, Microsoft Windows, Linux
Survey: Utilization of virtual desktops to grow
Insight perspective Desktop virtualization technology is ready for enterprise-class implementations, says Citrix Systems executive.
Tags: Virtualization, Data centers, Desktops, Virtual Desktop, Survey, provisioning, CIO, sensitive information, data center, desktop
Youth Olympics virtual world to debut early 2010
News First-ever Olympic virtual world will be built by ST Electronics, and may be extended to education and e-government after the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games.
Tags: Web sites, E-government, Singapore, earnings per share, entertainment, CEO, virtual world, financial, team, Web sites
Thin, but no flakes: 4 thin-clients reviewed
Insight RMIT examines the back end for thin-client setups.
Tags: Thin clients
