Desktop virtualization, on the other hand, is a new way of delivering the individual PC environment that white-collar workers demand and love. In essence, servers host an entire desktop environment ...

In this roundup I take a look at four of the leading desktop virtualization packages, including VMware Workstation 6.0 Beta 3, a feature-laden developer workbench; two legacy compatibility solutions, ...

There is an ongoing debate about what type of storage is best to use to support desktop virtualization solutions, especially in small to medium sized implementations. Storage is one of the most ...

“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 community ...

The coming fast growth of the desktop virtualization market has brought out multiple vendors, large and small, looking to gain a foothold and get their share as early as possible. Vendors of desktop ...

Successful server virtualization deployments lead many IT managers to believe desktop virtualization would provide the same benefits. While that is partly true, companies need to be aware of how the ...

As server virtualization becomes more widespread desktop virtualization is quickly becoming the next big project that IT Managers have on their white board. As with any new IT project it has the ...

In the summer of 2006, Parallels released the first version of its virtualization solution. Target groups and usage types ...

Editor’s note: This sidebar accompanies the mainbar “The Virtual Desktop Is Here.” Client/server computing, n-tier computing, thin clients, blades, streaming, virtualization. As different as these ...

Slated for launch next month, NComputing's Office In A Box is aimed at midmarket customers that are looking to shave cost from their operations. It follows NComputing's launch last week of Classroom ...

KDE Plasma is arguably the best Linux desktop, and it just keeps getting better, to the point where going back to Windows ...

For the past six months, our offices have been part of the brave new world of virtualization. Not of servers, storage or networks, but of the next-generation desktop. For the past six months, our ...