Application virtualization is using special tools to "encapsulate" an application allowing it to run in an enhanced way. The application may run in an isolated environment that makes it possible for ...

Microsoft’s release of its Vista operating system has many desktop management vendors scrambling to add support, ease migration and optimize Vista deployments. Part of the reason such vendors are ...

MokaFive, a three-year-old company from Redwood City, Calif., has driven a stake in the ground in the virtualization market with the introduction of its desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) innovation Virtual ...

Last week’s tips for successfully hosting virtual desktops story mentioned an interesting alternative to VDI: Citrix’s hosted shared virtual desktop technology, based on XenApp. The technology has ...

(Editor’s note: This story initially misstated that Microsoft is now letting corporate users do desktop virtualization with any version of Windows Vista via its server-based Vista Enterprise ...

Proponents of desktop virtualization have many reasons to advocate the technology over traditional PCs, including reduced energy costs, centralized desktop administration, increased security and ...

There is an ongoing debate about what type of storage is best to use to support desktop virtualization solutions, especially in small to medium sized implementations. Storage is one of the most ...

Citrix Systems chose Demo08 to launch XenDesktop, a desktop virtualization datacenter application. Using Xen Desktop software will allow IT managers to provision hundreds of end points with memory and ...

The company's new VMware View 4 helps cut the cost of desktop virtualization while increasing the user experience and management capabilities, said Ben Matheson, senior director of global partner ...