Virtual Desktop
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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
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
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
IBM launches cloud virtual-desktop service
News IBM enters virtual-desktop market with eye on cost savings and manageability.
Tags: Cloud computing, IBM Corp., Virtual Desktop, Virtualization, Web Browser, Service, Cloud computing, Server, Thin Client, Hardware
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
IBM's 'Microsoft-free' desktop cuts costs by half
News IBM has made available a Linux-based collection of virtual desktop applications that run on a server without the need for desktop hardware--or Microsoft software, according to a report on The Wall Street Journal's Web site.
Tags: Desktops, Web browsers, Linux desktop OS, Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Virtual Desktop, back-office server, collaboration tool, desktop hardware
VMware revamps data center tools
News The company aims for the cloud with its next generation of data center-virtualization tools called vSphere, and announces a new Intel deal.
Tags: Virtualization, Mobile processors, Processors, Multiprocessor servers, Intel Corp., Virtual Desktop, Virtual Machine, Tool, VMware Inc., Worker
Gartner sees boom for virtualization in slump
News While virtualization software will take a knock from the downturn in Europe, Middle East and Africa, the market should bounce back, research firm predicts.
Tags: Virtualization, Virtual Desktop, EMEA, Gartner Inc., Hypervisor, Server, Germany, recession, U.K., revenue
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
Citrix builds iTunes-like store for apps
News Dazzle aims to let users find and buy business applications and virtual machines via a simple storefront interface.
Tags: Business applications, Web 2.0, Sales channels, Citrix Systems Inc., Virtual Desktop, Apple iTunes, Apple Macintosh, business software, software, Windows application
iCloud virtual desktop public-beta launched
News A Swedish startup has launched iCloud, a virtual desktop aimed at consumers and mobile workers, which it hopes to develop into an application marketplace.
Tags: Virtualization, Virtual Desktop, Google Inc., Web Browser, Virtual Machine, iCloud, Xcerion, iCloud Application, Server, performance
Free sandboxing tool isolates risky behavior
Techguide Sandboxie creates an isolated operating environment which prohibits applications from directly writing to anything on local or mapped drives unless the user wants it to.
Tags: Security, Software, Sandbox, Virtual Desktop, Tool, virtual folder, Tom Olzak, Sandboxie, Recovery Folder, Environment
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
Big Blue claims virtualization breakthrough
News For IT, question boils down to cost and management. IBM says Virtual Storage Optimizer will reduce physical storage requirements associated with storing virtual images.
Tags: Virtualization, Storage, IBM Corp., Virtual Desktop, Storage, Cloud Computing, Environment, Internet, barrier, desktop
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
