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Virtual desktop software and vendors

• April 30, 2019 30 Apr'19

  Dell Unified Workspace could make life easier for IT admins

  VMware's integration into Dell devices and services as part of the newly unveiled Unified Workspace product could be a boon for IT admins.

• April 26, 2019 26 Apr'19

  Citrix SaaS products gain traction, a sign of IT's push to modernize

  Citrix's quarterly earnings show an uptick in Workspace and subscription-based revenue. But not all the news was good, as CEO David Henshall also announced the CFO's resignation.

• April 04, 2019 04 Apr'19

  Reports of Citrix layoffs may be overblown

  Citrix responded to a report of substantial layoffs that a few positions were eliminated during a marketing restructuring and that no leadership or C-level positions were affected.

• March 27, 2019 27 Mar'19

  Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops gets UX, security upgrades

  Citrix continues to add new capabilities to its cloud products, but getting consumers to adopt as-a-service offerings remains a hurdle.

• March 21, 2019 21 Mar'19

  Windows Virtual Desktop enters public preview

  The highly anticipated release of Windows Virtual Desktop will provide a cloud-based desktop and app virtualization service, integrated with Office 365 ProPlus and built on Azure.

• November 20, 2018 20 Nov'18

  Microsoft acquisition of FSLogix to help push cloud desktops

  FSLogix can help Microsoft solve problems that have plagued the integration of Office 365 and virtual desktops, and it will immediately benefit the new Windows Virtual Desktop.

• May 11, 2018 11 May'18

  ControlUp targets virtual desktop, server overprovisioning

  If IT pros overprovision virtual desktops and servers, they waste money and resources. But there are other problems associated with poor resource allocation.

• January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18

  Meltdown and Spectre patches hit XenApp performance especially hard

  Organizations with VDI and RDSH will likely take a performance hit after patching Meltdown and Spectre, according to test results from Lakeside Software.

• January 11, 2018 11 Jan'18

  Citrix enables Nvidia vGPU live migration

  Virtual desktop users are averse to downtime. A new capability from Citrix and Nvidia allows for live migration of vGPUs so VDI shops can keep graphics processing up and running.

• November 21, 2017 21 Nov'17

  Cloud-hosted apps catching on to meet user demand

  With the ever-increasing popularity of cloud computing, organizations are also considering streaming their applications. Several cloud-hosted app services can help.

• July 20, 2017 20 Jul'17

  Android apps on Chromebooks hurt appeal as thin clients

  All future Chromebook releases will support Android apps, which brings concerns regarding their security, management and overall usefulness as thin clients.

• July 17, 2017 17 Jul'17

  VDI product bundles aim to urge adoption by improving customer support

  Organizations don't want to go through the headache of involving multiple vendors in their VDI environment, so vendors aim to mitigate this and other negative aspects of VDI.

• July 06, 2017 06 Jul'17

  Ivanti makes surprise buy of UEM provider RES Software

  Ivanti acquires user environment management vendor RES Software for its automation and identity management tech. The deal follows Ivanti's 2016 deal for RES competitor AppSense.

• June 02, 2017 02 Jun'17

  VDI on Windows 10 S provides a Windows Store workaround

  The knock against Windows 10 S is it only supports Windows Store applications. Businesses that really want to adopt the OS can you use VDI to deliver other types of apps.

• May 26, 2017 26 May'17

  IGEL CEO talks shift to VDI endpoint management software

  As thin client vendor IGEL expands beyond hardware, CEO Jed Ayres sits down at Citrix Synergy 2017 to talk about the future of the desktop virtualization market.