Desktop Virtualization


Revved Up Microsoft Virtualization Tools Now Available

User Experience Virtualization 1.0 and Application Virtualization 5.0 now available through MDOP 2012. Also, second service pack for App-V 4.6.

When to Use Offline VDI

Desktop virtualization isn't an online-only strategy. Here's what is involved in taking users offline as well.

Dell Serves Up Virtualization-Ready Windows Server 2012 Line

Dell on Tuesday unfurled its Windows Server 2012 product line and described its virtualization support efforts.

View 5.1 Ups the Ante

VMware View 5.1 offers a multitude of new features that enhance the virtual desktop infrastructure user experience.

How to Mass Storage vMotion

The best thing about storage vMotion? Migrating VMs whether powered off, or on.

The Virtual Networking Prophet -- An Interview with Martin Casado of Nicira

Living proof that Casado and Nicira are doing some great things in the network virtualization arena.

A Peek at Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter Solution Accelerator Beta

MVMC is a free tool out of the Solution Accelerator line and it will definitely give VMware a run for its money.

How To Use Windows 2008 Services for NFS for Your vSphere Lab Shared Storage

Handy solution for consolidating connections to shared storage in a virtualized lab environment.

Q&A: Drobo's Jim Sherhart on Shared Storage for vSphere

An interview on what makes their storage devices better than what the competition has come with so far.

Is VDI Still Viable?

It's easy to take potshots at virtual desktop infrastructure, but this embattled technology has plenty of time to become a formidable force.

Microsoft Beta Testing User Experience Virtualization, App-V 5.0

Microsoft User Experience Virtualization will be integrated into the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack; App-V 5's enhanced application streaming goes under scrutiny with testers.

New Free Tool from Quest/vKernel: vOPS Server Explorer

A product of the Quest buyout of vKernel is that vKernel's free tools have undergone much improvement. Witness vOPS Server Explorer.

Dell Offers 3 New VDI Solutions

Dell introduces two turnkey VDI appliances based on Dell PowerEdge servers, available now, and is slated to add a cloud-based VDI solution next quarter.

What is VMware vCloud Integration Manager?

A new tool in the vCloud line is aimed at VSPP members, but VMware admins can learn a thing or two from the product's mission.

Gartner: PCs Out, 'Personal Cloud' In by 2014

A new report from research firm Gartner Inc. predicts that, by 2014, the PC will no longer be the primary digital device for most users.