Virtual Computer, the company redefining PC lifecycle management through virtualization, today announced Version 2.0 of NxTop. Based on 12 months of development and feedback from hundreds of deployments, NxTop 2.0 provides a mature platform for organizations evaluating or implementing their next generation desktop initiative. “The response to our 2.0 release has been phenomenal,” said Dan […]
Red Hat has updated its virtualization platform, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (REV), to include support for desktop virtualization, the company announced Monday. The beta version of REV 2.2 will include a number of new programs that will allows customers to run a virtualized desktop infrastructure (VDI). It’s been four months since the November 2009 release […]
Lumension, a global leader in endpoint management and security, today announced it has forged a new partnership with Citrix Systems, a leading provider of virtualization, networking and cloud computing technologies, to extend its leading-edge Lumension® Endpoint Integrity Service (EIS)to Citrix customers. As insecure applications and software plaguing organizations with newly introduced vulnerabilities, the new partnership […]
AppPlus is proud to officially announce the beta release of OSD+. OSD+ is a highly valuable software tool which has been designed to enhance, enable and simplify the post sequencing phases of Microsoft App-V infrastructures. This applies not only to new App-V deployments, but also suitable for App-V upgrades and normal business operations. By leveraging […]
User profiles are a little understood but highly critical aspect of any Citrix implementation. User profiles impact the user experience, logon time, access to user data, storage requirements, and more. Your user requirements, infrastructure, and Citrix technologies have a bearing upon your optimal user profile solution, which in turn impacts the success of your XenApp and/or XenDesktop […]
RingCube Technologies, the leading provider of managed virtual workspaces, today announced vDesk version 3.0, a high-performance enterprise desktop virtualization solution that simplifies the creation, access and management of Windows desktops. With the release of vDesk 3.0, RingCube introduces new management functionality that delivers global scalability, significantly faster MobileSync, support for Microsoft Windows 7 and hardware-assisted […]
Citrix described virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) performance differences using various hypervisors. Citrix has done some testing with different Hypervisors to see which hypervisor used makes a difference with desktop virtualization. These tests were conducted internally, by Citrix virtualization team. Only Citrix XenDesktop 4, desktop virtualization solution was used for the tests. VMware’s View desktop virtualization […]
App Streaming in Citrix XenApp 6.0 supports isolation of NT Services. It’s a big deal, fulfilling one of the last remaining big-ticket items in the isolation capabilities of the streaming system. How do you use it? Simple! Profile up an application which installs a service during it’s installation, publish the application to the user and […]
Learn how to accelerate your design and planning for Desktop Virtualization. Join Citrix and HP engineers as they share the details of a comprehensive desktop virtualization reference configuration based on Citrix XenDesktop 4, HP ProLiant server blades and HP LeftHand storage. At this webcast the engineers dig deep into topics including: Establishing user density and […]
According to InfoWorld VMware and Citrix struggle with “bare-metal” desktops. Developing necessary drivers and persuading PC vendors to support their hypervisors are two challenges for the virtualization vendors.Leading virtualization software vendors Citrix Systems and VMware are both running behind in plans to ship so-called bare-metal hypervisors for desktop PCs. Developing all the necessary drivers needed […]
