Desktop virtualization is a technology “hot button,” with industry pundits touting widespread adoption. In a nutshell, desktop virtualization involves running virtual machine instances on servers ...

Recent talk regarding a potential spin-off of HP’s PC business drove a heated debate about whether other technology firms might do the same. Will the PC continue to provide value to end users or has ...

The coming fast growth of the desktop virtualization market has brought out multiple vendors, large and small, looking to gain a foothold and get their share as early as possible. Vendors of desktop ...

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 ...

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Desktop virtualization is a virtualization technology, which separates an individual's PC applications from his or her desktop. Virtualized desktops are usually hosted on a remote central server, ...

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 ...

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 ...

In this entry we continue our series on Desktop Virtualization and the challenges it creates for the storage infrastructure. Today we focus on the problem of cost. As I mentioned in the opening entry ...

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 ...

New Citrix products and industry partnerships will be part of an 'aggressive' desktop push, likely to be announced in early October Citrix is preparing a major desktop virtualization push that it ...

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 ...