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.

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

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.

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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 ...

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 ...

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