Classroom in a Box Solution Enables Schools to run up to 100 Desktops From a Single OS

At BETT 2012, NComputing is showcasing the latest version of its ‘Classroom in a Box’ solution which slashes desktop economics for teaching establishments by enabling up to 100 students to run virtual desktops from a single operating system instance. A classroom environment will be created on Stand J50, for visitors to experience firsthand NComputing’s desktop… Continue reading Classroom in a Box Solution Enables Schools to run up to 100 Desktops From a Single OS

DeskStream Acquires Northern Irish Cloud Start-up WorldDesk

DeskStream Inc., a leading provider of desktop virtualisation software, has today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire a prominent Northern Irish start-up in the cloud computing and virtualisation software space. DeskStream, with development centres in California, U.S.A., and Hyderabad, India, will acquire Belfast-based start-up, WorldDesk Ltd. The deal was announced at the… Continue reading DeskStream Acquires Northern Irish Cloud Start-up WorldDesk

Virtual Computer Accelerates Disaster Recovery by 1000X

Virtual Computer, the market leader in intelligent desktop virtualization, recently demonstrated instant disaster recovery when an organization using its NxTop(R) product on half of their PCs was able to recover from a virus more than 1000 times faster than its PCs without NxTop. The computers running NxTop were restored and operable in about one minute,… Continue reading Virtual Computer Accelerates Disaster Recovery by 1000X

Teradici Demos PCoIP Optimized Client for Mobile Virtual Desktop Users at CES

Teradici, the developer of the innovative PC-over-IP® (PCoIP®) protocol that enables a true PC experience for desktop virtualization, today announced its participation at the 2012 International CES, January 10 – 13 in Las Vegas. Teradici will be showcasing a joint technology demonstration with Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI), highlighting the performance and efficiency of both the… Continue reading Teradici Demos PCoIP Optimized Client for Mobile Virtual Desktop Users at CES

WAN Virtualization Adds Up for Accounting Firm, Increasing Bandwidth and Raising Resiliency for VoIP and VDI

The T750 is a 1U rack-mountable appliance that supports WAN bandwidth aggregation up to 120 Mbps downstream / 60 Mbps upstream even while doing 128-bit AES encryption.

Talari Networks, Inc. today announced Whiting & Partners has deployed Talari’s WAN Virtualization appliances to ensure high-availability networks for voice and data applications, including virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). Using Talari’s WAN Virtualization technology, the firm of general practice chartered accountants has increased bandwidth by a factor of five, cut… Continue reading WAN Virtualization Adds Up for Accounting Firm, Increasing Bandwidth and Raising Resiliency for VoIP and VDI

Cisco Virtualization Experience Infrastructure (VXI) solution for Citrix XenDesktop

Cisco recently released an updated Cisco Validated Design guide (CVD) for its Cisco Virtualization Experience Infrastructure (VXI) with Citrix XenDesktop. It is available here and provides a comprehensive coverage of the entire Cisco VXI solution for delivering virtual desktops with XenDesktop – so I highly recommend anyone interested to give it a read. In this… Continue reading Cisco Virtualization Experience Infrastructure (VXI) solution for Citrix XenDesktop

Paladin Building Services Moves Desktops to the Cloud with Desktone DaaS Platform

Desktone, Inc., the pioneer of Desktops as a Service (DaaS), today announced that Paladin Building Services, LLC, a commercial building services contractor, has implemented Desktone’s DaaS platform in order to deploy cost-effective, full-featured virtual desktops in the cloud. Paladin transitioned from a thin client environment to Desktone’s cloud environment. By hosting its desktops in Desktone’s… Continue reading Paladin Building Services Moves Desktops to the Cloud with Desktone DaaS Platform

As VMware ACE Reaches End of Life, Customers Trade Up to MokaFive

MokaFive, known for its innovative desktop-management solutions, announced today that it is providing an alternative to VMware ACE—a product that is being discontinued at the end of the year–at a 75 percent discount off of MokaFive Suite’s list price. While VMware plans to continue support for ACE through 2013, the company has announced it will… Continue reading As VMware ACE Reaches End of Life, Customers Trade Up to MokaFive