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- VDIworks2Go
- VDIworks has been working on how to better create, deploy, access and manage virtual desktops for years and often develops creative solutions to the challenges organizations have faced. Recently, the company launched VDIworks2Go as a way to overcome some of the impediments mobile staff members face. by Dan Kusnetzky
- Tags: Virtual Desktop, Virtual Machine, VDIworks, Desktop Virtualization, Desktops, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Windows 7 - The "Blue Badge" experience
- Windows 7 - The "Blue Badge" experienceProbably didn't want to distract testers...Microsoft probably didn't want to distract testers from focusing on more important items, so they left these trivial eye-candy features hidden.RE: Windows 7 - The"(for 32-bit Vista … no 64-bit version available yet)"Nice slip there ;)Underwhelmed...These features are profoundly...
- Tags: desktop virtualization, Linux, Operating systems, Microsoft Developers, virtual desktop, Microsoft Windows 7, desktop, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Compiz
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
- Looking forward to webinar on cloud-based desktops as a service story
- This may be the last best bet for network service and communications providers as they seek a recurring and growth-oriented business service portfolio. As a small business owner, I'd be happy to acquire QuickBooks as a service, for example, or even move more of my apps, data, and PC functions...
- Tags: Desktop, Webinar, Business Service, Dana Gardner, Virtual Desktop, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, Desktone, Desktop Virtualization
- Blog posts 2008-10-21
- A new virtual desktop tool from Microsoft's Windows Sysinternals team
- Microsoft's Windows Sysinternals team has developed a lightweight and very dependable virtual desktop manager called Desktops that allows you to create up to four virtual desktops on your computer. This allows you to spread out your applications on the various desktops. In this edition of the Windows Vista Report, Greg...
- Tags: Team, Virtual Desktop, Microsoft Corp., Tool, Greg Shultz, Microsoft Windows Sysinternals Team, Desktop Virtualization, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Download resources 2008-10-14
- Desktone "Desktops as a Service"
- I had the opportunity to chat with Desktone about their recent announcements. In the last little while they announced a pilot of virtual desktops as a service and partnerships with both Wyse and Microsoft. Here's what Desktone had to say in the desktop as a service announcement: Desktone,...
- Tags: Virtual Desktop, Desktone Inc., Desktop Virtualization, Desktops, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- Sneaky Virtual Desktop (exe)
- Sneaky Virtual Desktop allows users to have up to 32 desktops on their machine at once. Sneaky provides quick "hotkey" access between each, and will perfectly camouflage almost any application. Whether you're at your office and you want to keep out boss and co-workers, or if you're at home and...
- Tags: Virtual Desktop, BNetDev.Com, Sneaky Virtual Desktop, Sneaky, Desktop Virtualization, Desktops, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-10-03
- Citrix desktop virtualization
- I've been thinking about a virtual desktop demonstration Citrix presented at its analyst day a few weeks ago. I posted a bit about my experiences see Mark Templeton shares his vision at Citrix event, but haven't been able to post reviews on everything I saw there. Their desktop virtualization demonstration...
- Tags: Desktop, Citrix Systems Inc., Virtual Desktop, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Utility Computing, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Servers, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-10-02
- Virtual desktop solutions and mobility
- Virtual desktop solutions and mobilitySolutions for mobilityDan's observation that virtualization proposals should factor in the needs of the mobile user, and avoid multiple solutions for different classes of user, has resonance all the way back to IT asset management fundamentals such as Inventory and Application Usage Monitoring. At Vector Networks...
- Tags: LANs, desktop virtualization, Virtualization, Network technology, NETWORKING, Dan, mobility, Virtual Desktop Solution, LAN Based, LAN, virtual desktop
- Discussion threads 2008-09-19
- Desktone, Wyse bring Flash content to desktop virtualization delivery
- Desktone dtFlash, introduced today, resides in the host virtual machine and acts as the interface between the Flash player and Wyse TCX. Together they allow users to run wide-ranging multimedia applications, including Flash, on their virtual desktops. by Dana Gardner
- Tags: Desktop, Multimedia, Virtual Desktop, Wyse Technology Inc., Flash, Desktop Virtualization, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-09-15
- Red Hat draws its line in the virtual sand with Qumranet
- The caves of Qumran, located in in the highly disputed region of the West Bank that sits between Israel and Jordan and is populated by both Palestinians and Jews, is where the famous Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered. The scrolls are said by many Judaic scholars...
- Tags: Hypervisor, Red Hat Inc., Virtual Desktop, Qumranet, Open Source KVM, Virtualization, Hardware, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Virtual desktop solutions and mobility
- Several suppliers, including Citrix and VDIworks, have come forward to speak with me about work they're doing to address the inhibitors to deploying VDI-based solutions. Here are some of the issues these suppliers are addressing. Organizations have come to think that the only...
- Tags: Desktop, Mobility, Virtual Desktop, VDIworks, Staff Member, Desktop Virtualization, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- ClearCube VDI Suite
- ClearCube recently announced its Virtual Desktop Infrastructure VDI Suite. The goal is to increase the power of previous ClearCube offerings and intice others to join the party. Here's how ClearCube describes its new offering: ClearCube Technology, the market leader in centralized desktop computing...
- Tags: blade, clearcube technology, virtual desktop, desktop virtualization, blade servers, desktops, utility computing, servers, hardware, dan kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-08-08
- Virtual Desktop (exe)
- Too many open windows on your desktop at a time? Virtual Desktop will create new desktops for you and let you to switch between desks and windows quick and easy. This project consist of two applications: one NT service which manage desktops and another which create desktops. This version is...
- Tags: Virtual Desktop, Free Soft, Desktops, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-07-03
- Parallels and Quest - a different approach to desktop virtualization
- Parallels and Quest Software have teamed up to offer a different approach to desktop virtualization, one based upon operating system virtualization and partitioning rather than virtual machine software. What was announced Here's what Parallels and Quest said about their joint announcement: Quest Software and Parallels...
- Tags: Operating System, Virtual Desktop, Quest Software Inc., Desktop Virtualization, Desktops, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-06-26
- Mokafive Version 1
- I recently had a chance to speak with Dr. John Whaley, Co-founder and CTO of MokaFive. His company has developed a different approach to desktop virtualization (read a combination of virtual machine software, application virtualization and streaming) that, he hopes, will revolutionize how organizations create, deliver and administer desktop environments....
- Tags: Environment, Virtual Desktop, MokaFive, Professional Solution, Desktop Virtualization, Desktops, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-06-16
- VMware debuts ThinApp 4, Desktop Manager 2.1 to elevate virtual desktop lineup
- Not surprisingly, VMware is putting more emphasis on the virtual desktop. On Tuesday, the Palo Alto, Calif. company debuted a new version of its ThinApp application virtualization solution for running multiple applications on a Windows desktop and an update of its desktop manager broker with better...
- Tags: Virtual Desktop, Application Virtualization, VMware Inc., Desktop Virtualization, Desktops, Hardware, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-06-10
- Citrix integrates security appliance with XenDesktop
- Citrix has integrated one of its security products with its recently released XenDesktop virtual desktop solution. The latest incarnation of Citrix's Access Gateway appliance, version 1.8, will allow companies to deliver virtual desktops to users based on identity, location and security status. The Ft...
- Tags: Desktop, Security, Citrix Systems Inc., Virtual Desktop, XenDesktop, Desktop Virtualization, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-06-09
- VMware, Sun's Ray team partner on VDI
- I was so enmeshed in the XenDesktop happenings at Citrix Synergy last week that I paid little notice to virtualization market leader VMware, which made some significant VDI-related announcements of it own. As Citrix's XenDesktop team announced deals with thin client makers HP and Wyse, VMware announced...
- Tags: Team, Sun Microsystems Inc., Thin Client, Virtual Desktop, VMware Inc., Sun Ray, Thin Clients, Hardware, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-05-29
- Virtual Desktop Infrastructure: Deployment Considerations
- VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, or "VDI", is the term used for a new approach to the provisioning, delivery and management of user desktops in the enterprise. This architecture is comprised of multiple components, but primarily leverages the benefits gained from 'Hypervisor-enabled virtualization.' Predominantly used for the consolidation of x86 servers,...
- Tags: Desktop, Virtual Desktop, EMC Corp., Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2008-05-07
- VirtueDesktops (zip)
- VirtueDesktops is a virtual desktop manager for Apples Mac OS. It offers features, eye candy and configurable options that no other desktop manager on the mac has added yet. Sadly, VirtueDesktops is no longer under active development. It is based upon the work done by Rich Wareham on DesktopManager (specifically...
- Tags: Virtual Desktop, Virtue Desktops, VirtueDesktops, Desktop Virtualization, Desktops, Hardware
- Software downloads 2007-12-20
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