June, 2011

Six Things We’ve Learned About Desktop Virtualization

Today is our last VDI Trender post for a little white – I know you’re all heartbroken – so we will do a little recap of what we’ve learned during the past two months and what we might be seeing as we gaze into our virtual crystal ball.

Three Different Takes on Desktop Virtualization

What are people in the blogosphere saying these days about desktop virtualization? Actually, before we ask that, we should ask if there is really such a thing as the blogosphere anymore. In any case, there are people who write...

VMware Targets Government Apps With Partner Program

Interesting announcement earlier this week from VMware of a new program for partners who provide VMware-based VDI solutions to the federal government. The new VMware Ready Desktop Solutions Program will initially be offered by qualified VMware solution...

What Are the Drivers For Desktop Virtualization

So, we mentioned this survey the other day from Matrix24 showing that 59 percent of companies surveyed at 2011 Citrix Synergy are either in the process of deploying desktop virtualization, or planning to deploy within the next six months. I guess that’s...

Desktop Virtualization: Welcome to the Mainstream

Get this: If you’re not doing desktop virtualization this year you are now in the minority. At least that’s what research from a company called Matrix42 is indicating. According to this survey, 59 percent of companies are...

What’s Up With Virtual Containers?

What’s going on with virtual containers as a desktop virtualization strategy?

Intel had been – and presumably still is – a major proponent of virtual containers as an alternative to hypervisor-based VDI solutions. I was...

Top IT Trends: Where’s VDI?

The Techster is getting ready to move offices so it’s been a time of cleaning out files, which is always fun. I have in front of me a list of Gartner’s Top Ten strategic technologies for 2010 and 2009 and it’s interesting to see kind of where things...

Thinking VDI? Have You Thought About Storage?

If you’re thinking about VDI, one of the most important considerations is your storage infrastructure. First of all, you’ll have to have a lot more capacity in your centralized storage environment whether it’s a SAN or NAS. The reality is most of the...