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Perspectives on VDI from a total n00b

I’ve been with TechTarget & BrianMadden.com for exactly one year now. In my initial interviews with Brian and Gabe, they asked whether I knew anything about virtual computing. I answered "yes," which wasn’t a lie, but now I realize it...

Published Sep 09 2011 by Guest Bloggers , 3,474 views, 7 comments

Can V3's specialized VDI host/storage solution compete against the big boys of HP, Dell, and Cisco?

Startup hardware vendor V3 Systems is offering VDI -specific servers with claims of high performance and ease of use. But some people wonder whether they’re nothing more than just a fancy bezel on a Super Micro server with a Fusion-io card. V3 came...

Published Aug 12 2011 by Guest Bloggers , 3,556 views, 1 comment

Do SIDs matter anymore? Do we really need Sysprep for VDI?

I had another reminder today that SIDs *do* matter in a virtual Windows environment! We used to religiously change SIDs with a variety of third-party tools (e.g. Ghostwalker, newSID, etc.), but between Mark Russinovich stating that SID changes were no...

Published Apr 13 2011 by Guest Bloggers , 12,781 views, 6 comments

Reverse Seamless & RES VDX: Separating facts from fiction

[Note from Brian: We've had an interesting conversation the past few days on BrianMadden.com and SearchVirtualDesktop.com about RES Software's Reverse Seamless product. I first wrote " RES Software launches standalone reverse seamless VDI...

Published Mar 09 2011 by Guest Bloggers , 5,887 views, 17 comments

A closer look at the new "Dynamic Memory" feature of Hyper-V: is it worth it for VDI?

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 will introduce two major new features: RemoteFX and Dynamic Memory. I've written about RemoteFX before (as has Brian ), so today's focus is Dynamic Memory (from the VDI perspective). We'll also...

Published Jan 27 2011 by Guest Bloggers , 14,140 views, 23 comments

An introduction to VMware View 3, Part 3 of 3 – Special Considerations and Best Practices

In this three-part article series, Roland van der Kruk, a freelance consultant in The Netherlands, takes a look at the new features of VMware View 3, as well as best practices learned while doing a deployment for a customer. Part 1 provides information...

Published Jan 26 2009 by Guest Bloggers , 15,305 views, 7 comments

An introduction to VMware View 3, Part 2 of 3 – Linked Clones

In this three-part article series, Roland van der Kruk, a freelance consultant in The Netherlands, takes a look at the new features of VMware View 3, as well as best practices learned while doing a deployment for a customer. Part 1 provides information...

Published Jan 18 2009 by Guest Bloggers , 28,099 views, 22 comments

An introduction to VMware View 3 features and best practices, Part 1 of 3

In this three-part article series, Roland van der Kruk, a freelance consultant in The Netherlands, takes a look at the new features of VMware View 3, as well as best practices learned while doing a deployment for a customer. Part 1 (this article) provides...

Published Jan 15 2009 by Guest Bloggers , 26,103 views, 21 comments

How to Deploy the XenApp Web Plugin (ICA Web Client) v11 via Web Interface 4.6 and Web Interface 5.0

For those who would like a quick “Google-able” article on how to deploy the new XenApp Web Plugin (formerly known as the web client) this is the article for you. To do this, you basically follow the instructions from CTX114097, “Deploying...

Published Nov 10 2008 by Guest Bloggers , 29,577 views, 4 comments

Vista Aero Glass for VDI: What's real today

In this article, Glenda Canfield looks at how HP and Citrix are delivering Vista Aero Glass to thin clients today, and why such a solution requires a Blade PC or Workstation Blade....

Published Feb 24 2008 by Guest Bloggers , 9,137 views, 17 comments

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