Virtualization also enables "follow-me" sessions, where for example a doctor can access a running virtual desktop from each patient room, office or lab they work from throughout the day. Universities.

Desktop virtualization aims to lower the costs and increase the security of desktop computers, but agencies must determine which approach — or combination of methods — best suits their needs.

Other signs point toward a dynamic future for desktop and application virtualization. SoftGrid, for example, already integrates with Microsoft Active Directory.

With Thanksgiving and Christmas behind us and the New Year upon us, it is time to take stock and see what changed for desktop virtualization in 2010. One thing is very clear: We have moved from ...

Some examples of this type of virtualization are Oracle's VirtualBox, Parallels Desktop, VMware Workstation, QEMU and Microsoft's Virtual PC. Desktop virtualization is the simplest form of this ...

For companies deploying desktop virtualization, the main criteria for evaluating the success of the project is the end-user experience, according to a recent survey of 1,500 IT executives.

Virtualization can reduce the time and expense of managing desktops by a magnitude. But the choice of technologies and approaches is downright dizzying Managing PCs has always been painful, but ...

In this light, it's essential to take a holistic approach to the evaluation of desktop virtualization solutions. The underlying delivery technology -- for example, Citrix HDX™, VMware PCoIP or ...

Desktop virtualization could improve end-user experience, reduce IT costs and reduce energy consumption, according to early adopters. July 27, 2010 • Hilton Collins ...

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In a recent newsletter we introduced the concept of Application Delivery 2.0, a major component of which is virtualization. In our last newsletter we discussed the interest that we see in desktop ...

Neal Puff is CIO of Yuma County, Ariz. He holds PMP, CPM and CISSP certifications. Yuma County, Ariz., has long been a proponent of virtualization. Every production server we’ve installed over the ...