Tips

Tips

• Dell Wyse thin clients offer VDI shops a diverse device selection

  Dell Wyse offers a wide variety of thin clients that span from high-end to cheap zero clients. The Wyse 3030 and 7040 are two of the newer offerings from the company.  Continue Reading

• Three VDI challenges that can derail any project

  IT shops need to look out for complexity, cost and performance problems when they put a VDI implementation plan in place.  Continue Reading

• Save space for flash-based storage in your VDI deployment

  VDI shops are accustomed to storage issues. Moving to a flash-based storage array could solve a lot of problems and help prevent performance-related issues.  Continue Reading

• Five features good user profile management tools should include

  When looking for user profile management tools, VDI admins should search for the best possible user experience, multi-platform support and more.  Continue Reading

• Citrix HDX SoC technology empowers VDI shops to use cheap thin clients

  VDI shops can take advantage of thin clients, which are cheaper and easier to manage than full-fledged laptops and desktops, by using Citrix's HDX SoC program.  Continue Reading

• VMware HCI and VDI form a storage-focused tag team

  By combining its HCI offering, which is powered by VSAN, with Horizon View for VDI, VMware offers a storage-centric way to deploy virtual desktops.  Continue Reading

• Discover the top sources of shadow IT risk for VDI shops

  The presence of shadow IT is a challenge for VDI shops. Users can circumvent IT with unauthorized applications and cloud-hosted virtual desktops.  Continue Reading

• VDI vendor lock-in might not be as bad as it seems

  Vendor lock-in sounds like a dark cloud IT shops should avoid. But when it comes to VDI, it's not always the end of the world.  Continue Reading

• Citrix Linux Virtual Desktop provides Windows VDI alternative

  Windows isn't going anywhere, but with Citrix's Linux Virtual Desktop, VDI admins who want to work with open source desktops can actually do so.  Continue Reading

• How AppSense gives LANDesk management a virtual boost

  Prior to its acquisition of AppSense, LANDesk customers required third parties for VDI management. AppSense fills the gap with centralized management for physical and virtual machines.  Continue Reading

• VDI monitoring tools are crucial to the end-user experience

  A few performance hiccups are all it takes for users to lose their cool with VDI. Fortunately, VDI monitoring tools can help IT pinpoint and fix issues.  Continue Reading

• Find the right home for each of the four VMware Horizon editions

  There are four editions of VMware Horizon IT admins should know about: Horizon for Linux, Standard, Advanced and Enterprise. Each one addresses different needs.  Continue Reading

• How NVIDIA vGPU aims to lighten the graphics rendering load

  The number of users working with graphics-intensive apps on virtual desktops is rising. IT should take time to learn about vGPU options, including what NVIDIA brings to the table.  Continue Reading

• Three benefits Citrix NetScaler Unified Gateway delivers to VDI shops

  Citrix NetScaler Unified Gateway helps VDI shops by providing one point of network entry, enabling single sign-on and delivering a consistent user experience.  Continue Reading

• Citrix XenDesktop features make it a fit for BYOD, graphics workloads

  Citrix XenDesktop isn't perfect for every organization, but it can be a good fit for companies with BYOD and a lot of graphics-intensive applications.  Continue Reading