Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
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Microsoft gears up for victory in the virtual battle
Insight newsmaker Redmond's senior director for virtualization product management Zane Adam says the company will use its tried and tested methods to grab a bigger share of the virtualization market.
Tags: Virtualization, Strategy, Citrix Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Market, Virtual Machine, VMware Inc., Hypervisor, Server, XenSource Inc.
Red Hat buys virtualization player Qumranet
News With the US$107 million purchase, Red Hat gains hypervisor and desktop virtualization tools to challenge VMware and Microsoft.
Tags: Operating systems, Virtualization, Acquisitions, Open source, Red Hat Inc., Hypervisor, software, processor, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Linux
Parallels plugs USB links into virtual desktops
News The virtualization company is partnering with Silex to incorporate USBs into customers' virtual networks.
Tags: Components, Virtualization, Desktops, Virtual Desktop, Scanner, Virtual Environment, USB, Parallels Virtuozzo, operating system, Environment
Seven benefits of virtual desktop infrastructure
Techguide With the ever increasing prices of upgrading desktop computers, virtualization of the desktop is becoming very appealing.
Tags: Virtualization, Servers, Storage, Apple Inc., Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, Virtual Desktop, Microsoft Windows Vista, Steven S. Warren, Altiris Inc., Thin Client
Get ready for virtualization to affect you, too
News VMware is pushing its software for use on PCs and mobile phones. There is plenty of room for expansion, but watch out for that cloud.
Tags: Virtualization, VMware Inc., computer, Server, Virtualization, PC
VMware creates virtual desktop alliance
News Citrix, HP, IBM and Wyse Technology, are just a handful that have joined in the effort to speed up adoption of virtual desktop products.
Tags: Desktops, Remote management
Microsoft attacks potential VMWare feature
News Software giant has criticized virtualization rival VMWare for an idea that could see virtualized operating system images patched while they were still running in memory.
Tags: Virtualization, Security, Microsoft Corp., Virtual Machine, Attack, software company, VMware Inc., Hypervisor, operating system, Sydney
HP chooses thin-client key for virtualization
News The company announces new products with virtualization and thin clients as well as closer links with Citrix virtualization software.
Tags: Virtualization, Blade servers, Hewlett-Packard Co., Thin Client, software, billing, blade server, Linux, partnership, asset
Virtualization homes in on desktops
News Software makers are eyeing more ways the one-computer-as-many approach can help businesses and beyond.
Tags: Desktops
Fujitsu to plug in Citrix virtualization
News Citrix's Xen technology will be combined with Fujitsu's servers and workplace virtualization portfolio to provide an integrated bundle for setting up VDIs.
Tags: Virtualization, Desktops, Server platforms, Business Strategies & Functions, Infrastructure/architecture management, Consumer Technology, Citrix Systems Inc., Virtual Desktop, VMware Inc., Server
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
Sun goes for virtualization x-factor
News Sun Microsystems has launched an open source virtualization platform for servers under the banner xVM Server.
Tags: Virtualization, Microsoft Windows, Open source, Virtual Desktop, operating system, Sun Microsystems Inc., Edinburgh, Silicon.com, Scotland, Linux
