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• March 12, 2015 12 Mar'15

  Unidesk adds Hyper-V support, bolsters Microsoft VDI

  Unidesk 3.0 includes support for Microsoft VDI, giving some VMware Horizon users reason to consider a move to Hyper-V.

• February 27, 2015 27 Feb'15

  Low-cost app publishing alternative to Citrix and VMware emerges

  Parallels acquired 2X Software to add app publishing, but faces a difficult battle with entrenched virtual desktop vendors Citrix and VMware.

• February 09, 2015 09 Feb'15

  Unidesk helps law firm weather VDI storms

  When a New England law firm needed to enhance its VMware VDI environment, it turned to Unidesk to manage more than 100 application layers for approximately 200 employees.

• February 03, 2015 03 Feb'15

  Q&A: How Immidio buy boosts VMware workspace management

  VMware's Harry Labana discusses plans to tie Immidio to App Volumes and vRealize for workspace management across physical, virtual and cloud desktops.

• January 29, 2015 29 Jan'15

  Citrix to axe VDI-in-a-Box as company restructures

  In addition to letting 900 employees go, some Citrix products will be eliminated as part of a re-organization, with VDI-in-a-Box the first to go.

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• January 29, 2015 29 Jan'15

  VMware to acquire Immidio for App Volumes, user management

  VMware is in talks to acquire Immidio to fill the gaps within its user management and App Volumes tech and draw interest from XenApp customers.

• January 20, 2015 20 Jan'15

  Citrix X1 Mouse could be a boon for iOS users

  The new Citrix X1 Mouse is big news for iOS users because Apple doesn't support Bluetooth mice. But Citrix's device communicates with Receiver, making remote Windows apps on iOS devices a reality.

• January 16, 2015 16 Jan'15

  Citrix's Sanbolic buy to power new WorkspacePod

  Citrix's new purchase will help power its WorkspacePod converged infrastructure offering, aimed at improving VDI for customers.

• January 13, 2015 13 Jan'15

  Big-name DaaS providers will help increase adoption in 2015

  Many DaaS providers have name recognition on their side -- VMware, Amazon and Microsoft, for example. That clout has helped the DaaS market expand in 2014, and it will increase DaaS adoption in 2015.

• December 23, 2014 23 Dec'14

  VDI problems solved, 'anti-VDI' emerges in 2014

  Most -- if not all -- VDI problems have been solved at the close of 2014. Now anti-VDI is on the horizon. In the year to come, HP's Moonshot could gain traction with its back-to-basics approach.

• December 23, 2014 23 Dec'14

  Cloud-hosted desktops rule 2014

  Amazon WorkSpaces, VMware Horizon DaaS and Microsoft Azure RemoteApp Services all validated the gravity of cloud-hosted desktops and applications in 2014.

• December 23, 2014 23 Dec'14

  Virtualization vendors in 2014: Citrix XenApp returns, CWS is born

  In 2014, Citrix brought back XenApp and revealed Citrix Workspace Services, but VMware is hot on the company's heels, which will keep things interesting in 2015.

• December 19, 2014 19 Dec'14

  Top 10 DaaS, VDI news stories of 2014

  Desktop as a service, GPU and application publishing dominated virtualization news in 2014. Take a look back and catch up on what happened with Microsoft, Citrix and VMware.

• December 18, 2014 18 Dec'14

  New per-user Windows license pricing cuts VDI costs

  Early quotes for Windows' new per-user Software Assurance licensing could save significant money for IT shops doing VDI.

• December 05, 2014 05 Dec'14

  Azure RemoteApp pricing revealed, with limits

  Microsoft's Azure RemoteApp two-tier plan offers IT choices based on worker usage models, but beware of overage charges that could increase the monthly price.