2008 saw all the major virtualization vendors seriously fill out their desktop virtualization portfolios. But the desktop, as we've come to know it, has hardly gone away. Gordon Haff Gordon Haff is ...

Maintaining employees' computers is one of the information technology department’s most thankless responsibilities. The desktop and laptop PCs that are fixtures of today’s workplace eat up IT staff ...

Before moving to any type of desktop virtualization, IT pros must consider network connectivity, management and security. Watch the network: Most desktop-virtualization tools have some kind of remote ...

The Palo Alto, Calif.-based server virtualization company said it bought Foedus, a Portsmouth, N.H.-based provider of virtualization technologies and services. Foedus is one of VMware's premier ...

* Two methods of desktop virtualization An emerging technology destined to resolve many IT headaches without prescription medication is desktop virtualization. The technology helps IT staffs deliver ...

Citrix XenDesktop puts the core desktop PC components, including the operating system, the application, and the settings, into a desktop image that can be run off a server, said Calvin Hsu, principal ...

VMware View 4 is most focused on improving user experience, one of the things that has limited the appeal of desktop virtualization in the past. Gordon Haff is Red Hat's cloud evangelist although the ...

Desktop virtualization, on the other hand, is a new way of delivering the individual PC environment that white-collar workers demand and love. In essence, servers host an entire desktop environment ...

Successful server virtualization deployments lead many IT managers to believe desktop virtualization would provide the same benefits. While that is partly true, companies need to be aware of how the ...

Faced with a massive PC refresh at a price tag of $1.8 million, Jack Wilson instead rolled the dice on virtual desktops three years ago. The enterprise architect at Amerisure Insurance didn’t just ...