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VMware mobilizes virtual desktops with View 5 and Horizon App Manager
With VMware View 5, virtual desktop customers get PCoIP improvements and persona management, among other things. But it can't really help with XP to Windows 7 migrations. News | 30 Aug 2011
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Citrix XenDesktop 5.5 packs RingCube, XenApp and WAN boost
Citrix fortifies XenDesktop 5.5 with RingCube's app delivery feature, along with XenApp 6.5 in virtual desktop race against VMware. News | 24 Aug 2011
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Intel says client virtualization isn't better than VDI, just smarter
Makers of client virtualization products love that Intel supports their model over server-based VDI, but the chipmaker really doesn't care. News | 17 Aug 2011
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Citrix acquires RingCube for application personalization
Enterprises that use the XenDesktop virtual desktop software from Citrix Systems can expect to see more personalized user applications with the company's acquisition of RingCube. News | 10 Aug 2011
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Hosted application stores help IT pros wrangle cloud apps
New application delivery platforms aggregate SaaS apps and give IT a way to control how end users access cloud-based apps. Here are three to consider. News | 05 Aug 2011
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Considering VDI? Prepare to master layering
VMware and Citrix VDI only go so far. IT pros must add user profile layers, application layers and more to create a true desktop experience through virtualization. News | 29 Jun 2011
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VMware Horizon App Manager offers IT admins control in the cloud
VMware’s cloud application management tool Project Horizon is part of VMware's cloud strategy, as well as a response to the need for a way to secure enterprise cloud-based apps. News | 17 May 2011
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Obey Microsoft licensing rules and run IE6 on Windows 7
It's still illegal to use application virtualization to run Internet Explorer 6 apps on Windows 7. But new software skirts Microsoft's rules and runs IE6 apps in IE8 browsers. News | 30 Mar 2011
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To hell with Microsoft's rule against IE virtualization
Microsoft doesn’t support IE6 virtualization, but some IT shops violate their EULAs to run virtual Internet Explorer because the benefits outweigh the risk. News | 10 Jan 2011
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IT pros fume over Microsoft's rules against IE virtualization
Microsoft prohibits virtualizing Internet Explorer, but is the company reading its own application virtualization rules correctly? News | 06 Dec 2010
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