Dell buys desktop virtualization specialist Wyse Technologies in a bid to boost data center sales and expand its cloud VDI business.
Dell refreshes its virtual desktop portfolio with a new appliance, a 12G PowerEdge-powered enterprise option and a cloud-based offering.
VDI has yet to capture the mainstream, but Virtual Computer has a plan -- flip the technology around. It believes Intelligent Desktop Virtualization, or IDV, carries many of the benefits of VDI with few of the disadvantages. Will enterprises bite?
Aiming to help IT organizations make their virtual desktop infrastructure more flexible, VMware has released a "technology preview" of its View client for Mac OS X Lion, and has promised similar previews of clients for Ubuntu Linux and the Kindle Fire in coming weeks.
While the 'D' in VDI stands for Desktops, VDI is now being used to deliver services in innovative new ways, like virtual ATMs.
Startup backs desktop virtualization approach that departs from traditional VDI deployments.
VDI, despite its lengthier history, has yet to gain the traction that server virtualization has. End-user owned devices, such as iPads and other tablets, just might give provide the nudge needed to win over acceptance from employees and employers alike.
The four-year-old startup insists that the rise of virtual computing demands new virtual storage architecture.
Five-year-old firm looks to help enterprises improve security and lower costs while reducing VDI complexity.
Are you looking to save money on desktop support but not ready to bankroll a VDI solution? These 5 alternatives will save you money and provide the centralized management that you need.
NComputing's L300 ties VDI into a nice neat package. Learn how to get your servers and clients up and running in a jiffy.
Is virtualization technology mature enough to handle your mission-critical applications. Not surprisingly, VMware thinks so. It's reasoning might not be what you think.
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server virtualization, VMware, desktop virtualization, mission-critical, hybrid cloud
A recent survey from Symantec found that for many respondents, virtualization fell short of expectations. Why? The technology underpinnings of some flavors of virtualization aren't quite there yet.
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storage virtualization, private cloud, server virtualization, desktop virtualization, hybrid cloud
Pano Logic 4 adds new hardware and VDI management to the company's zero-client (not a thin client) release -- but some silicon remains.
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virtualization technology, thin client, desktop virtualization, XenDesktop, Pano
With VMware's stock soaring to new heights, the future continues to look bright for virtualization. It's 2011 and virtualization no longer means just servers -- a recent CDW report finds desktop virtualization deployments on the rise.
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virtualization, virtualization technology, VMware, desktop virtualization, CDW
Virtualization Experience Infrastructure is set to deliver a virtual desktop with new partnerships and technologies.
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cloud computing, Citrix, Cisco, VMware, desktop virtualization
Virtualization and cloud were key components of two recent OS releases: Fedora Linux 14 and Windows Server 2008 SP1. Suddenly, the OS isn't such a dinosaur after all.
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Fedora, server virtualization, hypervisor, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, desktop virtualization
VDI provides valuable benefits to mobile employees.
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virtualization technologies, virtual desktop, desktop virtualization, VDI, virtual desktop infrastructure
The cost savings and ease of management that draws enterprises to virtualization
technologies is also proving attractive to government entities of all stripes.
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storage virtualization, virtualization technologies, server virtualization, government, desktop virtualization
A good virtual desktop strategy should focus on following the end user from device to device.
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virtualization technologies, data center, desktop virtualization, VDI
Virtually Speaking: Following on its recent release of VirtualBox, Oracle is now refreshing the Sun Ray client and the Oracle Virtual Desktop Infrastructure.
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Oracle, virtualization technologies, desktop virtualization, virtualbox
The company has optimized Workstation 7.1 and added new hypervisor tweaks.
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virtualization technologies, virtual machine, VMware, desktop virtualization
Reports from the Midsize Enterprise Summit indicate that CIOs are interested in server virtualization.
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server, server virtualization, Enterprise, desktop virtualization
Virtually Speaking: Microsoft and Citrix combine their virtualization
technologies to beat VMware on the desktop, and Microsoft revises its licensing.
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Microsoft, virtualization technologies, Citrix, desktop virtualization, VDI
Desktop virtualization technologies are becoming more common in the enterprise, but is this a viable technology?
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virtualization technologies, data center, hardware, Enterprise, desktop virtualization
Fujitsu has teamed up with Pano Logic on the 'zero client' approach to desktop virtualization.
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virtual, desktop virtualization, Pano, zero client
Virtually Speaking: With an acquisition, a maintenance release
and a significant upgrade planned for later this year, VMware is gunning full
throttle for the desktop virtualization market. But it's not the only vendor with
desktop virtualization in its cross-hairs.
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virtualization, VMware, desktop virtualization
Virtually Speaking: Sun just updated its virtual desktop software, VirtualBox, but Oracle's post-acquisition jaws of death loom large.
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Oracle, virtualization, Sun Microsystems, desktop virtualization, virtual box
Virtually Speaking: VMware is expressing renewed interest in the virtual desktop. Microsoft has arrived there, and Xen is increasing its presence.
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virtualization, Citrix, VMware, desktop virtualization, Xen
Virtually Speaking: With IT budgets still in the dumper, the virtual desktop may give Windows 7 a sizable boost. VMware Workstation 7 is being positioned accordingly.
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operating system, virtualization, Windows 7, VMware, desktop virtualization
Virtually Speaking: In the face of Windows 7's approaching official release date and Snow Leopard's recent release, VMware Tuesday unveiled a new version of its desktop virtualization environment for Macs. Is it the glue to a heterogeneous client environment?
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Apple, Fusion, VMware, desktop virtualization, Mac OS X
