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Let's make it official and call it "user virtualization"

When we talk about desktop virtualization, we often discuss the " layer " concept where we split the Windows OS into virtual hardware, OS, application, and user layers. The industry has generally agreed on terms like "hardware virtualization"...

Brian Madden on September 30, 2010 : 18 comments , 9,950 views
Project VRC: a deep dive into VDI performance tuning

Ruben and I are pleased to announce we finally can release the long awaited Phase III whitepaper. As promised: this one does a true VDI deep dive. We think we have interesting new content, and more importantly, many new insights. More and more organizations...

Jeroen van de Kamp's Blog on September 27, 2010 : 9 comments , 10,304 views
The ultimate VDI storage option: "local" virtual storage. Does this product exist?

A few months ago I wrote an article called " F*** the SAN. VDI storage should be local !" where I argued that for most VDI implementations it's actually a waste of money to boot and run desktop images from a SAN. Instead, I believe, all...

Brian Madden on September 27, 2010 : 25 comments , 10,482 views
Application Virtualization Smackdown: Head-to-head analysis of Citrix, Endeavors, InstallFree, Microsoft, Spoon, Symantec and VMware - Update Oct 2011

The complete and in-depth 'Application Virtualization Smackdown v3' whitepaper can be downloaded in English here Are you looking for an independent overview of the Application Streaming and Virtualization solutions and curious about the different features...

Ruben Spruijt on September 22, 2010 : 8 comments , 32,756 views
Does OS "tuning" help VDI performance? (Part 1)

A few weeks ago a commenter here (edgeseeker) suggested that I was “still living in the 90’s” when I stated that tuning the desktop OS, removing services and tweaking certain configurations could improve performance in a VDI environment...

Ron Oglesby on September 22, 2010 : 24 comments , 11,629 views
VMware's application vision is ahead of its time...which might be perfect

Brian's article on VMware's Project Horizon got turned over quite a bit in the comments. Some people, Brian included, think it's awesome. Others just yawn. For me, right now in September 2010, I think that Horizon is more of a necessity than...

Gabe Knuth on September 17, 2010 : 4 comments , 5,111 views
App-V vs. ThinApp: Head to Head, a video from BriForum 2010

Presenter: Michael Burke Co-Presenter: Tim Mangan In this head-to-head session on ThinApp vs. App-V, you'll be exposed to the pluses and minuses of each of these two leading application virtualization technologies. In a unique and interactive dual...

Videos on September 15, 2010 : 0 comments , 2,008 views
Large Farm Design Considerations for XenDesktop: Real World Enterprise Scaling , a video from BriForum 2010

Presenter: Nick Rintalan Learn how to scale XenDesktop on a massive scale based on Rintalan's field experiences from designing and implementing XD for his largest customers. He will discuss some of the things we've learned about DDC roles, Virtual...

Videos on September 15, 2010 : 0 comments , 741 views
Resolving Brian's Paradox: How to Increase VDI Desktop Density to Rival Terminal Services User Density in 3 Easy Steps , a video from BriForum 2010

Presenter: Chetan Venkatesh Co-Presenter: Brian Madden In this session, Venkatesh will present and demonstrate new innovations in hypervisors and operating systems that allow deduplication and optimization of not just data storage but memory to allow...

Videos on September 15, 2010 : 0 comments , 1,230 views
Intel buys client hypervisor maker Neocleus for next-to-nothing

It appears that Intel has bought the client hypervisor vendor Neocleus. This is according to a blog post from September 3 by Neocleus' Chad Jones. In a weird twist, the blog post has since been removed , although the Google still has it in its cache ...

Brian Madden on September 15, 2010 : 10 comments , 9,295 views

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