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Microsoft Partners: Desktops Aren't Becoming Irrelevant

10 March 2010 | 5:42 pm

A Google executive recently raised industry eyebrows by saying that desktop PCs will be 'irrelevant' in three years. Not surprisingly, Microsoft channel partners have a different view.

Will deploying Microsoft Office in VDI cost you dearly?

10 March 2010 | 9:53 am

Both Presentation Virtualisation and Desktop Virtualization can be used to provide a Windows desktop experience and to deliver applications, such as Microsoft Office, not only to desktop hardware that might be older but to non-Windows desktops (e.g. Linux PCs. Apple Macs or Thin Client devices). Both virtualization technologies can help your business centrally manage and support applications...

G.ho.st is shutting down. Is this the beginning of the end for browser desktops?

10 March 2010 | 12:01 am

Just a quick post regarding G.ho.st (now moved to Ghost.cc and simply called "Ghost"), a company we took a brief look at last year when looking into the upstart browser-desktop movement. According to their website, "the public Ghost service will be closing on March 15th." Of the three browser desktops that we profiled, Ghost seemed to have the most comprehensive solution. It worked...

Citrix XenApp 6 Sets New Standard In On-Demand App Delivery For Physical And Virtual Desktops

9 March 2010 | 1:00 pm

New Release Simplifies Management, Enhances Scalability and Expands High-Definition Support for Macs, Smart Phones and Microsoft Platforms

Citrix releases virtual appliance versions of their WAN accelerator. When will this be built into XenDesktop?

5 March 2010 | 12:00 am

Back in 2007 I wrote how WANscaler could become Citrix’s secret weapon if they integrated its WAN smarts into the server-side creation of ICA (now HDX) data packets. Then in 2009, I wrote about WAN optimization again , stressing that the emergence of client-based computing solutions will reinforce the importance of the WAN. (After all, I think 90% of “VDI” will ultimately be...

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