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Virtual desktop infrastructure and architecture

• Weigh hyper-converged vs. converged infrastructure systems

  Converged and hyper-converged infrastructure can help IT streamline performance and management of its VDI deployment. Despite similar names, CI and HCI use distinctly different architectures. Continue Reading

• How hyper-converged infrastructure platforms support VDI

  Converged infrastructure gives IT shops the opportunity to buy their entire hardware stack -- storage, networking, compute and server virtualization -- in one SKU. They can also add a software management layer and tightly integrate those components ... Continue Reading

• Don't worry so much about the mobile VDI user experience

  Traditionally, virtual desktops are harder to use on smartphones and tablets, but most endpoints work better now with VDI than in past years. Plus, IT has new products available to ease the pain. Continue Reading

• Four questions to ask before using Chromebook thin client devices

  Using Google Chromebooks as VDI clients can save organizations money and simplify IT management, but they're not the perfect fit for every company. Continue Reading

• Raspberry Pi thin client devices are finally viable for the enterprise

  Citrix partnered with Raspberry Pi to create minimal-cost thin clients optimized for the HDX remote display protocol, providing a new way to lower the price of XenApp and XenDesktop deployments. Continue Reading

• Three benefits of using hyper-converged infrastructure systems for VDI

  Hyper-converged infrastructure systems bring all the necessary back-end hardware and software to support a VDI deployment into a tightly-integrated chassis. Discover three ways HCI helps VDI shops, plus a few concerns to keep in mind.Continue Reading

• When single sign-on technology is a good fit for VDI

  As more VDI shops deliver virtual desktops separately from applications, single sign-on provides a way for IT to reduce users' burdens when it comes to multiple logins and remembering passwords.Continue Reading

• NComputing vSpace in focus after company ditches DaaS

  NComputing has been a solid, budget VDI and app virtualization vendor for a while, but it nearly wandered off a cliff while pursuing desktop as a service. Now the company is back to concentrating on what it does best.Continue Reading

• Consider using cheap Chromebook and Raspberry Pi devices for VDI

  The benefits of inexpensive VDI endpoints don't end with saving money. These devices, such as low-cost Google Chromebooks, can also improve security and make endpoint management easier.Continue Reading

• Take a closer look at what's in VMware Workspace One

  After Citrix released a cloud-based management platform in 2015, VMware answered with Workspace One, which combines enterprise mobility management, user authentication and a virtual desktop platform.Continue Reading

• Compare Citrix, VMware and Microsoft remote display protocol options

  As desktop and app virtualization technologies advance, the top vendors' remote display protocols are keeping pace. Citrix HDX, Microsoft RemoteFX, VMware Blast and Teradici PCoIP protocol can all support modern end-user computing.Continue Reading

• Digital workspace products unite user resources

  Digital workspaces provide central access to, and management of, users' corporate resources, making it easier for IT and users to do their jobs. It's no surprise the workspace market is also the latest battle ground for Citrix and VMware.Continue Reading

• Which organizations don't need to deliver virtual workspaces?

  Virtual workspace products make employees' desktops, applications and data available to them in the office or remotely. But not every company is well-suited to reap benefits from workspace products.Continue Reading

• Dell Windows 10 thin clients boost virtual desktop security

  Dell is banking on the success of Microsoft's Windows 10 IoT Enterprise operating system by incorporating it into two of its Wyse 5000 and 7000 series thin clients.Continue Reading

• Four ways mobile VDI access is changing -- and one way it's not

  The mobile device landscape is constantly advancing, and it's altering how IT shops deliver virtual desktops and applications to on-the-go employees. Learn how to keep up with the times.Continue Reading