As the focus on virtualization moves beyond the server and operating system to desktop applications, new offeringsincluding Microsoft's recently acquired SoftGrid platform and Citrix's Project Tarpon ...

Application virtualization delivered in a SaaS model is perhaps the most lucrative business solution providers should expect to see for a long time to come. Channel partners servicing virtually every ...

ROUND ROCK, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dell Cloud Client Computing today announced the release of version 6 of Dell Wyse WSM desktop and application virtualization software. This new release adds server ...

Have you heard? Thin is “in” again. From VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure) to RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) to SVS (Software Virtualization Service), the ghosts of thin client computing are being ...

VMware has announced an upgrade to its application virtualization software, which aims to reduce the cost of deploying new desktop programs to end users. The software allows IT departments to package ...

Two desktop virtualization companies have been gobbled up in the past week. First Thinstall got swallowed by virtualization kingpin VMware, and now Microsoft announces its acquisition of Calista , ...

Although VMware got its start with a desktop virtualization product aimed at developers, the company today is best known for bringing server virtualization to the mainstream. Creating multiple virtual ...

The story: Desktop virtualization is grabbing the headlines, but a wave of acquisitions and new product releases point to success for application virtualization — and heralds a better way to manage ...

Proponents of desktop virtualization have many reasons to advocate the technology over traditional PCs, including opportunities for reducing energy costs, centralizing desktop administration, ...

Parallels Inc. today released a new version of its Windows/Linux desktop virtualization software, saying it should be able to run some applications as much as eight times faster than its prior version ...

Do you have situations where users work from home, connecting from personal devices? Do you trust those devices and the networks they're connecting from? Do you have compliance regulations that ...

Editor’s note: This sidebar accompanies the mainbar “The Virtual Desktop Is Here.” Client/server computing, n-tier computing, thin clients, blades, streaming, virtualization. As different as these ...