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Virtual desktop infrastructure and architecture

• Why Google Chromeboxes are a good budget VDI client

  Picking the right endpoint for a VDI deployment is important. Organizations can turn to Google Chromebox devices to save money and simplify management. Continue Reading

• Comprehensive guide to using cheap thin clients for VDI

  Raspberry Pi devices and Google Chromebooks are among the lowest-cost VDI thin clients, but zero clients and cheap repurposed PCs are viable alternatives. Dive into this guide on cheap thin clients to find out more. Continue Reading

• Four key components that make Citrix HDX tick

  Citrix HDX is a group of remote display technologies, rather than a single protocol, and IT can get a better handle on its XenApp and XenDesktop deployments by taking a look under the hood. Continue Reading

• How to bake up Raspberry Pi thin clients for VDI

  Raspberry Pis are one of the lowest-cost computing options out there, so it's only natural for IT to wonder whether they're suitable as thin clients for some enterprise use cases. Continue Reading

• Citrix SCOM Management Packs provide holistic XenDesktop monitoring

  Citrix XenDesktop Platinum customers can now benefit from the company's acquisition of management packs for a key Microsoft infrastructure monitoring tool. Continue Reading

• Converged and hyper-converged Infrastructure for VDI

  Using converged and hyper-converged infrastructure for desktop virtualization can reduce hardware compatibility problems and ease management. Converged infrastructure gives IT shops the opportunity to buy their entire hardware stack all at once. ...Continue Reading

• Virtual GPU is nearly ready for the enterprise masses

  GPU virtualization is traditionally only for virtual desktop users that need to run resource-intensive applications, but more competition among vendors could change that paradigm.Continue Reading

• 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