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Articles in category: Desktop Virtualization
Does Hurricane Sandy Reignite the Desktop Virtualization Conversation?
Explore Home -- Virtualization Review (Oct 29 2012)
We're facing what is being called the biggest hurricane of our generation crippling the entire east coast of the U.S. And this usually turns up the conversation to backup and recovery issues that challenges any organization reliant on physical desktops in the event of a disaster. So, how about a few questions to start off this blog? I am sure someone will make the case for having laptops and a VPN and my immediate rebuttal is, I sure hope you have enough VPN capacity for all the workers that are
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Virtual Bridges Delivers Enhanced Cloud Management And Mobility Capabilities With IBM Software
Explore Field Technologies Online (Oct 25 2012)
Virtual Bridges, Inc. recently announced that new features of its VERDE Cloud Branch and on-premises deployment solution have been incorporated into the IBM Virtual Desktop solution to support the growing demand for scalability and simplicity with mobile computing.
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Windows 8: 10 Questions For Microsoft's Enterprise Chief
Explore InformationWeek (Oct 25 2012)
Erwin Visser, Microsoft's senior director for Windows Commercial, says enterprises can expect immediate benefits from Windows 8 in key areas like mobility, security, and virtualization.
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Citrix Systems Unveils New Release Of Xenclient Solution
Explore Field Technologies Online (Oct 24 2012)
Citrix Systems, Inc, a provider of virtual computing solutions, has unveiled Citrix XenClient Enterprise 4.5, a solution for client virtualization.
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Is It Time to Wave Goodbye to the PC?
The consumerization of IT, desktop virtualization and cloud components such as Dropbox storage are creating an environment where the PC is no longer king of the IT mountain, writes Doug Caddell, managing director at HBR Consulting. Visit Law Technology News
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Is Cisco Finally Fed Up With VMware, EMC?
Explore InformationWeek (Oct 23 2012)
Virtual desktops: User tips from the trenches
The lure of virtual desktop infrastructure - less costs for endpoints, reduced power requirements, lower management costs, better security - is compelling but mastering the environment is tricky, say users that have embraced the technology. read more (Read Full Article)
Cloud Graphics: Could Your Next Smartphone or PC Use a Virtual GPU?
Explore Techland (Oct 19 2012)
Nvidia's throwing its silicon hat in the cloud computing ring with something it's calling a VGX or "virtualized graphics" card, the idea being to offload virtual desktop (VDI) graphics processing from CPUs to GPUs, something existing virtualization tools don't do well, if at all.
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Mentions: Nvidia
Microsoft hopes to lure users away from VMware with new migration tool
Microsoft's free Virtual Machine Converter (MVMC) tool is now available for download. The tool is used to convert virtual machines that today run on VMware products into a format compatible with Microsoft's own virtualization environment, Hyper-V, the company said in a blog post on Thursday. read more (Read Full Article)
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CA Technologies and Citrix Team to Simplify and Accelerate the Adoption of
Explore CFO - Leading Business (Oct 18 2012)
Cloud Services Cloud Infrastructure The first area of collaboration between the two companies focuses on leveraging CA Technologies management solutions to provide in-depth insight and control of public and private clouds built on Citrix Cloud Platform technologies. This focus will initially include the following: •CA Nimsoft Monitor support for Citrix CloudPlatform, powered by Apache CloudStack™, and Citrix XenServer® to
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Mentions: Citrix Trademark Office Securities and Exchange Commission
Virtual desktops: User tips from the trenches
Explore Computerworld (Oct 18 2012)
The lure of virtual desktop infrastructure - less costs for endpoints, reduced power requirements, lower management costs, better security - is compelling but mastering the environment is tricky, say users that have embraced the technology.
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Nimble Unites With Cisco and VMware to Deliver New Reference Architecture for Powerful, Low-Cost VDI Implementations
Explore Marketwire (Oct 18 2012)
High-Performance Storage Architecture Supports 1,000 End Users in 3U of Rack Space for $43 per Desktop
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Cisco, Citrix Extend Partnership on Networking, Cloud, Mobility
Explore eweek.com (Oct 18 2012)
Citrix and Cisco have an eye on the future of cloud computing and workforce mobility, aiming to develop services that help businesses stay connected wherever they are.
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Mentions: Citrix Cisco Joe Skorupa
Dell Extends End-to-End Desktop Virtualization Portfolio with Partners
Explore Integration Developer News (Oct 17 2012)
Dell is rolling out enhancements to its cloud client computing offerings to help organizations adopt desktop virtualization. The latest offerings feature improved clients, , storage and end-to-end reference architectures. The work reflects co-development with VMware, Wyse and other partners. Dell’s latest virtualization-enabling products aim to help companies deal with the challenges of provisioning, managing, maintaining and securing enterprise desktops, according to Dell execs. Among the enhan
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Dell Extends Cloud Client Computing Portfolio with New Solutions Validated by
Explore businesswire.com (Oct 17 2012)
)--Dell today is announcing new additions and enhancements to its end-to-end cloud client computing portfolio. The solutions, which are specific to Citrix-based IT environments and now available in the US and Europe, are easy to select, deploy, and support, and deliver a cost effective and highly secure user experience to any device anywhere. End-to-End Dell Desktop Virtualization Solutions with Citrix Products Dell is unveiling new vStart for VDI Citrix XenDesktop 5.6 reference architectures to (Read Full Article)
SAP Unveils HANA-Powered Cloud Development Platform
SAP laid out broad details of a new cloud-based application development platform powered by the HANA in-memory database during the Tech Ed conference in Las Vegas on Tuesday.
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Mentions: Intel Oracle Amazon Web Services
OpenStack 'clock is ticking,' Forrester Analyst Warns
OpenStack needs to get a move on it, a leading Forrester analyst says. Member companies need to start seeing a return on their investments or else they may become disinterested.
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Doctor's Orders: Healthcare In The Cloud
Judy Klickstein is a cloud believer. As CIO of Cambridge Health Alliance, a midsized healthcare provider just outside of Boston, she's excited about the efficiencies cloud computing can bring to her organization.Klickstein is certainly open to the idea of using the cloud, but so far CHA's IT investments, though working with management firm Egenera, have been around optimizing the IT infrastructure behind the company's firewall. The hospital has decreased the number of servers CHA uses through virtualization, and has automated as many processes as possible, including daily backups.
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BMC To Package Amazon Cloud Services As Part Of Expanded Partnership
Systems management company BMC has scored somewhat of a coup by announcing an expanded partnership with Amazon Web Services, which many consider the leading public cloud provider. BMC will package and provide support for Amazon cloud services as part of its "JumpStart" offering, which will include Amazon Web Service instances, along with BMC software licenses and professional services. BMC says it's aimed at supporting developers who may be launching business or web applications in Amazon's cloud, including SAP, Oracle, MS SharePoint, as well as AWS Elastic MapReduce or DynamoDB, which are AWS database services.
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Microsoft Betting BIG on Cloud with Windows 8 and Tablets
Explore Forbes.com (Oct 11 2012)
The upcoming Windows 8 launch will cost a staggering amount. Microsoft, the driving force behind personal computing for 30 years, is betting its future on the cloud and tablet computing. And there are two schools of thought about the sanity of that bet. The Windows 8 release date is October 26; [...]
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Mentions: Microsoft Steve Ballmer
Dell Expands Cloud Client Computing Solutions for VMware View
Explore Stock Market Quotes and Financial News (Oct 9 2012)
Dell today is announcing a host of new and enhanced industry-leading cloud client computing solutions that provide organizations with the broadest choice in how to implement, manage, deploy and access virtual computing environments using VMware. Coming on the heels of recent cloud client computing developments, Dell, the market leader in thin-clients¹, is expanding support for VMware View and PCoIP protocol on its zero- and thin-clients, Desktop as a Service (DaaS) with PCoIP support and new cha (Read Full Article)
Mentions: Dell United Kingdom France
Desktop Virtualization No Cost Saver?
Explore Network Computing (Oct 4 2012)
An industry consultant has a message for IT organizations looking to bring the benefits of virtualization to the PC: Don't believe the hype when it comes to VDI. Don Krueger, principal consultant at GlassHouse Technologies, said that while Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) can bring lots of benefits to the enterprise and to knowledge workers, cost savings isn't one of them.
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Mentions: GlassHouse Technologies
Citrix Cashes In and Unites Xen, CloudStack Investments in Project Windsor
Explore zdnet.com (Oct 4 2012)
Citrix this week unveiled XenServer 6.1 upgrade that is tightly integrated with (its formerly owned) CloudStack open source cloud platform as it sets it sights on a new architecture known as "Windsor" that will merge XenServer and CloudForms into one IaaS.
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Mentions: Citrix Linus Torvalds Amazon
Think Like a CFO to Gain C-Suite Credibility
Explore Forbes.com (Oct 4 2012)
Information technology is about driving business results through revenue growth, leveraging economies of scale, and optimizing business decisions through analytics. However, many CIOs make the mistake of venturing too far into the IT “weeds” with technology speak.
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Mentions: CIO
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