The first time I experienced a virtual desktop was with my little Linux netbook I used at university. With its tiny screen, it wasn't really feasible to have multiple apps open at once, so with a ...

As server virtualization becomes more widespread desktop virtualization is quickly becoming the next big project that IT Managers have on their white board. As with any new IT project it has the ...

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Microsoft this week announced a couple of previews for organizations using the Azure Virtual Desktop virtual desktop infrastructure service. There's a new Microsoft Cost Management tagging capability ...

As organizations increasingly embrace remote and hybrid work, desktop and application virtualization have become essential strategies for ensuring flexibility, scalability, and security. However, ...

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 ...

VMware on Tuesday opened the formal portion of its VMware Partner Exchange with new product promotions, hints of upcoming products, a review of its cloud strategy, and attacks on competitors Microsoft ...

Citrix’s desktop virtualization customers are still using VMware’s server hypervisor on the back end, but a Citrix executive claims a shift away from VMware is afoot. Citrix is widely acknowledged as ...

When I put together an overview of VMware's virtualization portfolio in May of this year, my focus--like the company's--was on their products that establish a virtualized infrastructure, and then ...

Parallels is perhaps best known for its popular desktop virtualization product, Parallels Desktop for Mac, but the larger and faster-growing segment within the company actually has to do with building ...