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 ...

Many IT organizations are starting to come to the realization that there will be no silver bullet when it comes to desktop virtualization, given all the virtualization variants. Instead, they will ...

The Palo Alto, Calif.-based server virtualization company said it bought Foedus, a Portsmouth, N.H.-based provider of virtualization technologies and services. Foedus is one of VMware's premier ...

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 ...

Parallels, which specializes in cross-platform virtualization solutions, has launched Parallels Desktop 26, featuring ...

It seems that just about every day I hear from a newcomer to the virtualization software market that has focused its time and creativity on "desktop virtualization." I've got one or two posts to write ...

“Virtualization is a how, not a what,” says Jerry Chen, VMware‘s senior director, enterprise desktop. The truth of this statement-and the extent to which some people in the virtualization community ...

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 ...

There’s huge interest in desktop virtualization technology, due to its promises of improved security, manageability and flexibility. Here are some details on how the technology works and why it might ...

Citrix Systems, EMC's VMware unit, Microsoft, Symantec, and other big dogs have shelled out more than $2 billion on acquisitions related todesktop virtualization in less than two years. But now that ...

VMware View 4 is most focused on improving user experience, one of the things that has limited the appeal of desktop virtualization in the past. Gordon Haff is Red Hat's cloud evangelist although the ...

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 ...