Implementing VDI isn't as simple as looking at a comparison chart and choosing a vendor based on the licensing cost. Factors like hypervisor flexibility and secure remote access technology play a role ...

When connecting to a remote virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) desktop, there are many different vendors and devices to choose from (you can use anything from a cell phone to a GPU-equipped ...

We began testing with VMware View Version 3, but upgraded to Version 4 during the testing cycle. The big difference between the two is that View 4 adds a new transport protocol – PCoIP — that speeds ...

No, VMware isn't going open source with their core products any time soon -- at least, I don't think so. But there's little question they understand how important it is to have at least one toe in ...

VMware used its VMware Partner Exchange, held this week in Las Vegas, to unveil the VMware Express, a mobile VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure) demo center built into an 18-wheeler. The VMware ...

IT shops that want to use VDI but have end users with graphic workload requirements can deliver virtual desktops with good performance if they add a GPU to the mix. GPU options for virtual desktops ...

But VDI is hardly new, and so far it has not lived up to that potential. Part of its slow uptake is that many IT administrators are a little gun-shy as a result of the thin client experience. After ...

Virtualization watchers have speculated for years when Microsoft would throw a low-cost blow at arch-rival VMware in the desktop virtualization fight. This week, Microsoft delivered the punch via a ...

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 ...

Microsoft's new desktop virtualization initiatives announced yesterday are a long-anticipated move to make desktop and application virtualization easier and cheaper for enterprises. But it's also part ...