In a series of blogs over the course of this week we will examine the desktop virtualization race and see who is in the lead, pros and cons, and what needs to be done. Desktop virtualization is a hot topic and on everyone?s radar for 2010, so where do we stand today?...

HP is consolidating VMware and Citrix Systems desktop virtualization approaches with its own management software, and offering refreshed thin client devices.

By Mark Wilson

In the second of my post-TechEd blog posts, I’ll take a look at one of the sessions I attended where Microsoft’s Eduardo Kassner spoke about various architectures for desktop delivery in relation to Microsoft’s vision for the Windows optimised desktop (CLI305). Again, I’ll stick with highlights in note form as, if I write up the session in full, it won’t be much fun to read!

• Kassner started out by looking at who defines the desktop environment, graphing desktop performance against configuration control [..]

With VMware Inc.'s release of View 4, the company is making some big promises on performance and price. Here are five areas to consider before taking the plunge.

View 4 addresses a persistent desktop virtualization problem: the latency inherent in running desktops from virtual machines on central servers.

VMware's cluster announcement of products, reference architectures and services is designed to both establish dominance in desktop virtualization and slow the growth of competitors.

VMware's latest desktop virtualization software features a new remote desktop protocol designed to improve low-bandwidth experience.

The rise of Web-based apps, virtualization, and a crop of powerful mobile devices have the traditional PC desktop on the run.

By Rich Brambley

Unlike it’s big brother VMware Workstation 7, nowhere is it published that ESX/ESXi 4 is a supported guest OS of VMware Player 3.0. In fact, ESX 4 is not even among the listed choices in the...

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As we stated in the last newsletter, the goal of cloud computing is extremely clear. That goal is to make a significant improvement in the cost effective, elastic provisioning of IT services. This newsletter will explore how desktop virtualization supports that goal and will identify some of the performance problems that are associated wtih desktop virtualization.