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  VDI shoot-out: Citrix XenDesktop 5.5

  Certainly the most flexible VDI solution I've worked with, Citrix XenDesktop is the model of compatibility coupled with excellent capabilities. XenDesktop not only works with Citrix XenServer, but also runs on top of other vendors' hypervisors.

  By Keith Schultz | 15 December, 2011 02:41

  Tags: dell, freemium, Microsoft Windows, networking, operating systems, software, virtual desktop, Virtualization, Wide Area Networking

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  VDI shoot-out: VMware View 5

  An excellent platform for building an enterprise VDI solution, VMware View 5 takes advantage of all the features, services, and fault tolerance built into VMware's flagship vSphere hypervisor.

  By Keith Schultz | 15 December, 2011 02:31

  Tags: freemium, Microsoft Windows, networking, operating systems, software, Teradici, virtual desktop, Virtualization, VMware, Wide Area Networking

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  Migrating from T1 to fiber WAN

  Back in the old days, the only realistic way to connect multiple remote sites was by T1 or T3 delivered either point-to-point or via Frame Relay. These were either slow and expensive or fast and unbelievably expensive. Then came MPLS, which dispensed with the need for point-to-point circuits from site to site, but was still bound by high expense. You got what you paid for. These circuits were not only reliable, but if a T1 or T3 circuit dropped, you could generally count on the carrier to jump on the problem quickly and resolve it with some expediency.

  By Paul Venezia | 08 December, 2011 02:16

  Tags: freemium, networking, Verizon Communications, Wide Area Networking

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  How to slash your WAN costs

  For more than two decades, I've been involved in designing wide area networks to allow the various office locations within large companies to communicate with one another. I thought I'd seen everything. Then one day my company's CFO came to me with a troubling request. He asked me to reduce our voice and data networking costs by 40 percent.

  By Desmond Fuller | 07 December, 2011 22:11

  Tags: Google, Microsoft, networking, Wide Area Networking

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