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Give users the virtual desktop they want

Posted September 29, 2011 - 9:52 am

Members from the CIO Executive Council weigh in on how to give users the best virtual desktop experience. Add your opinion and advice.
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In VMworld keynote, Maritz describes a VMware driving full speed in every direction

Posted August 30, 2011 - 3:39 pm

At the VMworld conference, VMware CEO Paul Maritz described efforts to lead virtualization in half a dozen markets at once, only one of which it unquestionably owns now.
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Why build Hyper-V into Win8? To make XP apps run and push VMware back

Posted June 21, 2011 - 1:09 pm

Rather than breaking apps built for other versions, Windows 8 may ship with a hypervisor that runs XP apps in an XP VM reducing migration headaches and outflanking VMware in client OSes.
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Citrix acquires appliance vendor to make VDI simple enough for SMBs

Posted May 24, 2011 - 4:23 pm

Complexity and lowish ROI compared to other forms of virtual computing holds virtual desktops back; Citrix keeps trying to make it simple and cheap
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Survey shows fear may be keeping users from virtual desktops

Posted February 23, 2011 - 6:00 am

Companies with no virtual desktops rate the difficulty of getting some far higher than do companies that have done it before.
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The devices end users really want

Posted February 18, 2011 - 2:01 pm

Users want full access to all IT resources from every device, from anywhere, but do the bulk of their real work from just one or two.
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How do you license software on virtual desktops?

Posted February 8, 2011 - 2:03 pm

Despite pushing hard to get users to adopt virtual desktops, Microsoft and other vendors can't give a straight answer on how to license for them.
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Tablets, phones make desktop virtualization the revolution that never was

Posted December 28, 2010 - 1:29 pm

Analysts and vendors have been waiting years for 'The Year of the Virtual Desktop' that never happened; now iPads, iPhones may make the delay permanent.
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Recession-bred PC diet may become permanent

Posted December 21, 2010 - 6:28 pm

Tablets will replace a lot of PCs, but an expected drop in sales of semiconductors could indicate a permanent change in the way we buy hardware for end users.
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Virtual servers still the only really successful sibling

Posted December 7, 2010 - 5:31 pm

IDC survey shows 70 percent of server workloads will run on virtual machines by 2014; apps running on VMs to outnumber those on real machines this year.
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Microsoft Offers Free Beta of Updated Virtual Desktop App

Posted October 13, 2010 - 11:35 am

Microsoft updated and enhanced MED-V, but it's still just a way to avoid snags in Win7 migrations, not a real effort to virtualize the desktop.
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High-level developer perspective on virtualization

Posted January 13, 2010 - 12:30 pm

What can the various forms of "virtualization" do for developers? Jon Collins provides a valuable overview.
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