Desktop virtualization is encapsulating and delivering either access to an entire information system environment or the environment itself to a remote device.

Desktop virtualization and VDI mean pretty much the same thing. VMware was first to promote the VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure) terminology, but Microsoft and Citrix have followed suit, ...

Virtual Desktop for a Small Business Environment. A virtual desktop means that a user’s desktop environment (the icons, wallpaper, windows, folders, toolbars, widgets, etc.) is stored remotely on a ...

Take desktop virtualization. As 2011 kicks into gear, many in the vendor and investment communities are wondering (again) if this will be the year DV takes off. Of course, for many vendors, DV in one ...

Most desktop virtualization approaches require some changes to operation of desktop systems, applications and the like. The second golden rule of IT is "don't touch it, you'll break it." ...

Desktop virtualization in general, and VMware’s approach in particular, contains more challenges than just market acceptance to grow significantly, however, Rose says.

Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) After virtual machines and virtual memory, and the availability of these capabilities in low-cost microprocessors and PCs, ...

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 ...

"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 ...

As with virtual desktop infrastructure, reducing costs is a major benefit. Virtual machines limit the need for new hardware deployments and can be more cost-effective than bare-metal servers.

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.

Other vendors also leaped into the desktop virtualization market in the past two weeks, some unexpectedly: • The Virtual Computing Environment — a vendor group formed by Cisco, ...