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Virtual desktop infrastructure and architecture

• IT pros weigh virtual desktops vs. PCs for Win 7 upgrades

  Many IT shops are getting ready to upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7, if they haven't started already. Do you virtualize endpoints or stick to the time-honored upgrade process? Continue Reading

• Citrix makes its own announcements during VMworld

  While most attention was focused on VMware during its VMworld conference, Citrix announced a release date for its client hypervisor and plans for a secure storage locker. Continue Reading

• Citrix's most popular platform: VMware

  While the industry debates the merits of Citrix vs. VMware, most IT shops use some combination of both for desktop virtualization. Continue Reading

• The most misunderstood virtual desktop definitions

  Think you know what "desktop virtualization" means? Think again. Brian Madden defines five common -- but often misunderstood -- virtual desktop terms. Continue Reading

• Citrix quietly slips new features into XenDesktop SP1

  For XenDesktop 4, Citrix separated fixes in its service packs from new features in its feature packs. So why did it put two new features into SP1? Continue Reading

• Who provides support in a multi-vendor VDI environment?

  When your multi-vendor virtual desktop installation resembles a VDI Frankenstein, it's hard to know who to call first.Continue Reading

• Where does OS streaming make sense?

  Desktop virtualization is more than virtual desktop infrastructure. OS streaming -- which doesn't involve a hypervisor -- may work in your IT environment.Continue Reading

• Why virtualization is harder for desktops than servers

  Although IT pros think their own slices of the industry are the hardest to deal with, virtual desktops may be more challenging than virtual servers.Continue Reading

• Is your vendor a virtual desktop NIMBY?

  Virtual desktop infrastructure vendors say their products can help manage user machines, but how many of them actually use their own products?Continue Reading

• Host-based vs. client-based 'remoting' protocols

  Microsoft RDP and Citrix ICA were once remote display protocols, but client software isn't dumb anymore, and RPP and HDX allow for partial "remoting" with some redirection.Continue Reading

• Pair your Win 7 and virtual desktop migrations

  Windows 7 migrations and virtual desktop rollouts are big, disruptive projects that are best done together.Continue Reading

• HDX versus PC-over-IP: The protocol war is not over yet

  Microsoft's Remote Desktop Protocol, VMware's PC-over-IP and Citrix's ICA, renamed HDX, are all good enough, but the struggle for the title of best remote protocol isn't over yet.Continue Reading

• What are 'zero clients,' and how are they different from thin clients?

  At Citrix Synergy 2010, Wyse unveiled the Wyse Xenith, a "zero client" device. Find out how this stateless technology works and how can help with device management.Continue Reading

• Looking ahead to Citrix Synergy 2010

  Brian Madden has attended Citrix's annual user conference since it began in 1998. In this week's column, he gives a sneak peek into the sessions at the 2010 show.Continue Reading

• How VDI can make your desktop security worse

  Although virtual desktop infrastructure supposedly tightens security, it can in fact let unpredictable users harm data center security.Continue Reading