In the context of desktop virtualization, we're interesting in Parallels because of their Parallels Virtuozzo Containers product, which combines the "best" of Terminal Server and pure hypervisors.
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I was having a conversation with some folks from Quest Software today about the 7.2 version of vWorkspace (which is supposed to RTM any day now), and the the topic of Parallels Virtuozzo Containers came up. Quest vWorkspace, as you may recall, is the...
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This post, like all five Geek Week: VDI wrap-up posts, was co-written by Brian & Gabe. Day 5 of Geek Week: VDI actually corresponds with Day 5 of our testing week. Sluggish is a kind word for how we felt Friday morning after pulling four 16 hour days...
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Did we say 10 stories in 10 minutes? We meant 10 "ish" minutes. (Like, say, 18!) Today's stories: (each is linked to the original article/conversation on the web) Who's the next Citrix? Do we need AV for VDI? Mac virtual desktops Is...
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Brian Madden TV
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December 03, 2009
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Happy "User-installed Application Week," everyone! On Monday, Brian wrote an article about a solution he sees for enabling user-installed applications in a VDI scenario. The article received over 30 comments, and there is quite a bit of good...
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One of the interesting things Peter Ghostine brought up on our joint webcast last week was that he still thinks Microsoft might build or buy Parallels Containers “OS virtualization” technology. (Parallels Containers was previously known as Parallels Virtuozzo...
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August 03, 2009
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OS-level virtualization in products like Virtuozzo offers a different take on virtualization than VMware, Xen, Viridian, or SoftGrid. How is OS virtualization different, and is this something that we should be thinking about?
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Brian Madden
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