And virtualization also adds the ability to move desktop environments and hosted applications as needed for load-balancing or fail-over. To make existing terminal services and blade systems work with ...

VMware has announced an upgrade to its application virtualization software, which aims to reduce the cost of deploying new desktop programs to end users. The software allows IT departments to package ...

Application virtualization delivered in a SaaS model is perhaps the most lucrative business solution providers should expect to see for a long time to come. Channel partners servicing virtually every ...

On the back end, other optimizations have been created to streamline the management of the entire VDI. One example is the ...

One of the big questions in technology for the last three years has been how end users will adopt desktop virtualization. The answer, at least from some early adopters, seems to be “how won’t we do it ...

*EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second in a series about alternative desktop technologies for improving management and security of Windows and other desktop platforms. One Boston-based ISV is giving ...

It took Microsoft a long time to integrate virtual desktop functions into its operating system. While virtual desktops had been established under Linux and macOS for years, they only made their way ...

The new version of XenApp, formerly the Citrix Presentation Server, combines with Citrix XenServer to create an "end-to-end" solution that spans servers, applications, and desktops. Companies using ...

Although VMware got its start with a desktop virtualization product aimed at developers, the company today is best known for bringing server virtualization to the mainstream. Creating multiple virtual ...

Do you have situations where users work from home, connecting from personal devices? Do you trust those devices and the networks they're connecting from? Do you have compliance regulations that ...

Have you heard? Thin is “in” again. From VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure) to RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) to SVS (Software Virtualization Service), the ghosts of thin client computing are being ...