Microsoft opens MED-V 2.0 beta to the public

This week Microsoft opened up a public beta of Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V) 2.0. So what exactly is MED-V? It’s an enterprise management solution that uses Microsoft Virtual PC as a platform in order to provide a localized strategy for desktop virtualization, but with centralized management. It helps to create, deploy, manage, monitor, and control Virtual PC virtual machines in a corporate environment.

VMware Strengthens End User Computing Strategy at VMworld 2010 Europe

Today at VMworld 2010 Europe, VMware, Inc., the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, advanced its vision for the future of end user computing with new products and a partnership to help organizations evolve their legacy desktop computing environments to a more modern, user-centric application and data delivery model.

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.