Virtual desktop infrastructure, or VDI for short, is a method for taking virtual desktops — virtual machines running the Microsoft Windows desktop operating system — and hosting them in the data ...

As organizations increasingly embrace remote and hybrid work, desktop and application virtualization have become essential strategies for ensuring flexibility, scalability, and security. However, ...

Belle Wong is a freelance writer specializing in small business, personal finance, banking, and tech/SAAS. She spends her spare moments testing out the latest productivity apps and plotting her latest ...

Oracle has introduced new desktop virtualization software, including new releases of three products. The new product versions are Oracle Virtual Desktop Infrastructure 3.4, Sun Ray Software 5.3 and ...

Virtualization isn’t just for geeks or those who run enormously powerful servers. It offers something for everybody, and if you haven’t yet dipped your toe into the virtualization ocean, then you’re ...

For companies deploying desktop virtualization, the main criteria for evaluating the success of the project is the end-user experience, according to a recent survey of 1,500 IT executives. Desktop ...

Application virtualization is using special tools to "encapsulate" an application allowing it to run in an enhanced way. The application may run in an isolated environment that makes it possible for ...

Russell Smith is a technology consultant and trainer specializing in management and security of Microsoft server and client technologies. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer with more than 15 ...

Despite client virtualization becoming increasingly popular, there is still much confusion about the different technologies and how they will play out in the enterprise. Many firms still believe that ...

The acquisition of Kaviza, a maker of simple desktop virtualization software for small businesses, by Citrix Systems is all the buzz at this week’s Citrix Synergy event at San Francisco’s Moscone ...

A term that I've been hearing more frequently in the past few months is "desktop virtualization." What does that mean anyway? It seems to me that this could be the use of any one of several different ...

There are times you need to know which remote display protocol you're using; here's how to find out. The other day a colleague asked me how she could find out which display protocol she was running on ...