Archive for Category: "Desktop Virtualization"

University Chooses Desktone DaaS Platform to Host Virtual Desktops in the Cloud

University Chooses Desktone DaaS Platform to Host Virtual Desktops in the Cloud

Desktone, Inc., the pioneer of Desktops as a Service (DaaS), today announced that The University of Akron (UA) has chosen to deploy desktops in the cloud via the company’s cloud-hosted virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI). With Desktone’s Cloud Platform, UA students and faculty will have access to the software and applications they need anytime, anywhere, using [...]

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

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 [...]

DeskStream Acquires Northern Irish Cloud Start-up WorldDesk

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 [...]

Virtual Computer Accelerates Disaster Recovery by 1000X

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, [...]

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

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 [...]

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

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

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 [...]

Cisco Virtualization Experience Infrastructure (VXI) solution for Citrix XenDesktop

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 [...]

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

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 [...]