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  MIT business school grapples with virtualization

  MIT's Sloan School of Management has embraced virtualized desktops as a way to meet user needs and streamline operations, but the IT staff accepts that finding just the right mix of hardware and software is an ongoing challenge.

  By Tim Greene | 11 May, 2012 02:52

  Tags: VMware, Virtualization, virtual desktops, VDI, thin clients, hardware systems, Data Center, Configuration / maintenance, case study

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  Reducing VDI cost by exploring alternatives to centralized VM storage

  This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter's approach.

  By Amir Husain, president and CEO, VDIworks | 10 April, 2012 06:46

  Tags: Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, desktop virtualization cost, hardware systems, network storage, VDI, VDI cost, virtual desktops, Virtualization

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  Suncorp banks on desktop virtualization

  A series of natural disasters including the Queensland floods of 2010 prompted Brisbane-based bank, Suncorp, to implement a desktop virtualization project called Desktop Anywhere.

  By Hamish Barwick | 06 March, 2012 10:50

  Tags: desktop virtualisation, Gartner, Suncorp, virtual desktops

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  NaviSite wants to host your virtual desktops

  Seeking to capture a slice of market share in the emerging field of virtual desktop services, NaviSite, a Time Warner Cable managed service provider of cloud-based products has announced its next major endeavor: a desktop as a service (DaaS) offering aimed specifically at enterprise customers.

  By Brandon Butler | 28 February, 2012 07:33

  Tags: cloud computing, Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, desktop services, hardware systems, internet, NaviSite, SaaS, Software as a service, time warner, Time Warner Cable, virtual desktops, Virtualization

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  F5 gear bought to optimize WAN also helps with VDI

  Distribution Management Inc. bought F5's Big-IP Gateway to handle WAN optimization, but it turns out the platform solved a string of problems that cropped up when the company deployed VMware virtual desktop infrastructure, too.

  By Tim Greene | 14 February, 2012 02:20

  Tags: Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, f5, Gateway, hardware systems, LAN & WAN, management, networking, Traffic management, VDI, virtual desktops, Virtualization, VMware, wan optimization

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  Virtualised desktops gain Aussie traction

  Virtualisation giant VMWare has put together a specialist crack team to tackle the opportunity of converting legacy "fat client" PC desktops in Australian organisations to slimline virtualised environments, as more virtual desktop rollouts continue to emerge around the country.

  By Renai LeMay | 26 August, 2010 10:28

  Tags: virtual desktops, virtualisation, VMware, VMware vSphere

• McAfee and Citrix partner to secure virtual desktop

  McAfee and Citrix have announced a strategic partnership and collaboration agreement to make secure virtual desktop and make it scalable for large enterprise deployments, according to a release. The collaboration will enable Citrix XenDesktop customers to extend management of desktop security to virtual environments using the McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator platform.

  By Channelworld staff | 13 May, 2010 09:58

  Tags: Citrix, cloud, mcafee, security, virtual desktops, virtualisation

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  Need desktop access over the Web? Try some Guacamole

  A new open source project dubbed Guacamole allows users to access a desktop remotely through a Web browser, potentially streamlining the requirements for client support and administration.

  By Rodney Gedda | 04 May, 2010 10:15

  Tags: desktop linux, Guacamole, html 5, Java, Linux, open source, remote displays, virtual desktops, VNC, XML

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  Microsoft sweetens pot for the virtual-desktop curious

  In an effort to capture what it sees as a growing market for virtual desktops within enterprises, Microsoft is simplifying some licensing agreements and enhancing its virtual-desktop-related software.

  By Joab Jackson | 19 March, 2010 06:04

  Tags: Microsoft, virtual desktops, virtualisation

• Linux, Windows or both? Doesn't matter to virtual desktop vendor, Ulteo

  Ulteo is poised to offer commercial support for its free virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) software, which the open-source startup says will cost companies a fraction of established offerings from Citrix Systems, Microsoft and VMware, while offering, in some cases, more choice in platforms.

  By Eric Lai | 03 February, 2010 23:14

  Tags: Ulteo, VDI, virtual desktops

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  Red Hat open sources desktop application protocol

  Red Hat has open sourced a virtual desktop protocol it acquired last year, called the Simple Protocol for Independent Computing Environment (SPICE), in the hope of fostering its wider adoption.

  By Joab Jackson | 11 December, 2009 09:34

  Tags: open source, Red Hat, SPICE, virtual desktops, virtualisation

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  Citrix bows to customer pressure on XenDesktop licensing

  Citrix Systems has added more licensing options and editions to its upcoming desktop virtualization platform XenDesktop 4, including the option to pay by the number of devices used, it said on Tuesday.

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 21 October, 2009 08:07

  Tags: Citrix, Citrix XenDesktop, virtual desktops, virtualisation, xen

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  IBM puts virtual desktops in the cloud

  IBM is rolling out a subscription service that aims to make it easier for large companies to use desktop virtualization, a technology that has been slow to take off but which some say has big potential.

  By James Niccolai | 01 September, 2009 11:44

  Tags: IBM, virtual desktops, virtualisation

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  Forget desktop virtualisation, here comes user virtualisation

  A management software vendor has released software that it said helps IT managers oversee and maintain the "personalities" of virtualized desktop PCs.

  By Eric Lai | 25 August, 2009 05:15

  Tags: AdaptivePersona, Tranxition, virtual desktops, virtualisation

• Desktop virtualization on a slow ramp, VMware chief says

  Organizations are finding it hard to calculate the cost benefits of desktop virtualization and broad adoption is unlikely to happen for another year or two, VMware's CEO said on Wednesday.

  By James Niccolai | 23 July, 2009 10:55

  Tags: virtual desktops