Citrix Accelerates Virtual Desktop Revolution with XenDesktop 5

The new XenDesktop 5 brings unprecedented levels of simplicity and power to virtual desktops for both users and IT. It supports a wide range of new consumer devices, thousands of new third-party products and an entirely new generation of web and software-as-a-service (SaaS) apps. XenDesktop 5 also extends the benefits of desktop virtualization to millions of laptop users for the first time ever, giving them virtual desktops “to go” with the new Citrix XenClient™ hypervisor.

Deploying Windows 7 Virtual Desktops with VMware View

This paper discusses best practices guides on how to configure Microsoft Windows 7 for optimal performance in a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) implementation. This white paper provides an overview on how to configure various subsystems of Windows 7 to minimize the performance requirements on the shared storage and ESX environment.