Opinion

Opinion

Virtual desktop software and vendors

• Understand VDI market shifts from traditional VDI to cloud

  As the VDI market shifts to cloud-based VDI and DaaS, it's important to understand the bigger picture. Understand the benefits and complexities of the changing market.  Continue Reading

• Workspot belongs in the second tier of VDI platforms

  Workspot's VDI 2.0 platform puts it squarely in the desktop virtualization market game. The company has come a long way since its early days.  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

• 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

• 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

• Which VDI vendors will fill the Dell vWorkspace void?

  Dell is no longer selling licenses to new vWorkspace customers. Other midmarket desktop and app virtualization vendors will be scrambling to earn a piece of vWorkspace's market share.  Continue Reading

• AppSense-LANDesk marriage leads to a honeymoon for IT

  LANDesk has a product portfolio that includes nearly everything but the type of user environment management AppSense specializes in. The AppSense-LANDesk deal is too good a fit to not go well.  Continue Reading

• New remote desktop client offers a shortcut for mobile users

  There's a new remote desktop client on the block, and it integrates with Citrix XenApp. HopTo's Mobile App eXperience uses simple keyboard shortcuts to make Windows apps mobile friendly.  Continue Reading

• What does the Dell-EMC deal mean for vWorkspace?

  Dell's acquisition of EMC will also make it the largest stakeholder in desktop virtualization leader VMware. So what happens to Dell vWorkspace, the company's own VDI platform?  Continue Reading

• Will anyone buy Moka5?

  Client-side virtualization company Moka5 has laid off most of its staff, and word is that the company is looking to be acquired. Because of overlap, VMware and Citrix are non-factors, which leaves companies like Dell and ThinSpace as prime suspects.  Continue Reading

• Windows 10 Task View brings native virtual desktops -- sort of

  The rumors about native virtual desktops in Windows 10 are true, but the feature might not be what you think. Task View is more of an organizational tool than a true virtual desktop.  Continue Reading

• Why VMware and Citrix will support Linux VDI

  There's only a handful of customers who need Linux VDI, but that doesn't change the fact that they need it. In shops that use both Linux and Windows, a unified virtualization tool from VMware and Citrix could hit the spot.  Continue Reading

• Google inspires DaaS dreams with Windows Server support in the cloud

  Google Compute Engine now has Windows Server support, so what might that mean for the possibility of Google DaaS?  Continue Reading

• Did Citrix buy Framehawk for its mobility technology or protocol?

  At first, it seemed like Citrix bought Framehawk for its overall mobility technology. But maybe it was just for the protocol.  Continue Reading

• Desktop virtualization technology booms and busts of 2013

  Storage was a boom while Windows 8 was a bust this year in the desktop virtualization space.  Continue Reading