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Unidesk deal enhances Citrix's app delivery platform
Citrix acquired Unidesk to improve its application layering offering. Experts said it's a big deal that brings different delivery tools under one umbrella.
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The case for all-flash storage arrays for VDI
VDI shops are accustomed to storage issues. Moving to a flash-based storage array could solve a lot of problems and help prevent performance-related issues.
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Three trends that could define 2017 for VDI shops
One expert believes 2017 will see VDI shops shift their attention toward graphics-intensive apps and a more widespread adoption of desktop as a service.
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What to look for in profile management tools
When looking for user profile management tools, VDI admins should search for the best possible user experience, multi-platform support and more.
An expert checklist for ensuring successful VDI deployment.
Key tips and tricks you can't afford to miss out on during each phase of the virtual desktop migration process.
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Despite the perks of DaaS, IT doesn't want to lose control
DaaS helps organizations avoid the complexity and high cost of VDI, but some organizations have cloud computing security concerns and fear outsourcing.
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The case for all-flash storage arrays for VDI
VDI shops are accustomed to storage issues. Moving to a flash-based storage array could solve a lot of problems and help prevent performance-related issues.
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Skype for Business support gets better for VDI
Until recently, IT shops experienced high bandwidth consumption and poor performance when it came to UC tools on VDI. That's changed with enhanced Skype for Business support from Citrix and VMware.
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How VMware Horizon Air Hybrid-Mode works
With VMware Horizon Air Hybrid-Mode, you get the control of on-premises virtual desktops with the simplified management of desktop as a service.
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Unidesk deal enhances Citrix's app delivery platform
Citrix acquired Unidesk to improve its application layering offering. Experts said it's a big deal that brings different delivery tools under one umbrella.
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Which edition of VMware Horizon should your organization use?
There are four editions of VMware Horizon IT admins should know about: Horizon for Linux, Standard, Advanced and Enterprise. Each one addresses different needs.
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The case for all-flash storage arrays for VDI
VDI shops are accustomed to storage issues. Moving to a flash-based storage array could solve a lot of problems and help prevent performance-related issues.
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Three trends that could define 2017 for VDI shops
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What to look for in profile management tools
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IT shops need to look out for complexity, cost and performance problems when they put a VDI implementation plan in place.
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Five signs it's time for new desktop virtualization software
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Four common VDI problems IT must address
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The balance between user experience and security in VDI shops is not easy to find. Single sign-on, two-factor authentication and user experience monitoring can help.
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The biggest sources of shadow IT problems for VDI shops
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Why vendor lock-in is not the worst thing for VDI shops
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Consider new storage acceleration options for VDI environments
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Converged and hyper-converged Infrastructure for VDI
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VMware Blast Extreme
VMware Blast Extreme is a remote display protocol designed to deliver graphics-intensive virtual workloads using the H.264 advanced video compression standard.
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Why VDI monitoring is so important
A few performance hiccups are all it takes for users to lose their cool with VDI. Fortunately, VDI monitoring tools can help IT pinpoint and fix issues.
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VMware's remote display protocol blasts off
For years PCoIP has been the go-to remote display protocol for View shops, but VMware's in-house protocol, Blast Extreme, is ready to take over.
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The BrianMadden.com Friday Notebook: January 13, 2017
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IGEL has a new mobile thin client that gives IT control over users' Citrix, VMware or Microsoft virtual desktops and lets them make better use of existing hardware.
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Cloud-hosted virtual desktop and application strategy
Despite the perks of DaaS, IT doesn't want to lose control
DaaS helps organizations avoid the complexity and high cost of VDI, but some organizations have cloud computing security concerns and fear outsourcing.
SearchVirtualDesktop Definitions
- VMware Blast Extreme
- Remote Desktop Session Host (RDSH)
- application layering (app layering)
- Citrix AppDisk
- VMware Horizon Client
- Liquidware Labs FlexApp
- USB redirection (Universal Serial Bus redirection)
- Citrix Director