Opinion

Opinion

• Running Windows desktop apps on mobile devices gets easier

  Today, admins can choose from a combination of virtualization, refactoring, secure containers and GPU virtualization to deliver Windows apps on mobile devices with a decent user experience.  Continue Reading

• Benefits and disadvantages of virtual mobile infrastructure

  Virtual mobile infrastructure lets you run mobile applications in your data center and take advantage of some of the same benefits as VDI, but it also comes with similar drawbacks, such as offline access issues.  Continue Reading

• What is Docker and what does it mean for virtualization?

  Docker uses Linux containers to make virtualization deployments easier to manage and scale. The concept isn’t new or revolutionary, but it has implications for the future of virtualization.  Continue Reading

• VDI vs. RDSH doesn't matter if users don't need full Windows desktops

  Most companies don't need to publish full Windows desktops anymore -- users mostly just need their applications. That means there's no reason to discount RDSH in favor of VDI.  Continue Reading

• Microsoft Office on a tablet is 'just as good' as traditional desktop

  Getting a good user experience from Microsoft Office on a tablet doesn't require virtual desktop or applications. One user who's gone tablet-only gets a great desktop experience on her Surface 2.  Continue Reading

• Key takeaways from VMworld 2014

  The new products heralded at VMworld 2014 weren't as thrilling as those from years past, but attendees can expect the tech VMware talked about -- Project Fargo, CloudVolumes and improved graphics on Chromebooks -- by the close of the year.  Continue Reading

• VMware and Citrix put gloves on, customers prep for winning products

  Whether Horizon 6 or XenApp is better doesn't matter; the longer VMware and Citrix duke it out, the better both products will be for customers.  Continue Reading

• Storage design and sizing guidelines for VDI

  When people started building VDI environments, they approached the storage design the same way they had always done with server environments: VDI vendor lab tests gave some indication about the required IOPS and all was well. How wrong they were!  Continue Reading

• Nonpersistent vs. persistent desktops: Why VDI should persist

  Using persistent desktops for VDI makes application delivery more flexible; plus, they're similar to the physical desktops you already have.  Continue Reading

• Why VDI? (5 Reasons people really use VDI)

  I've recently posted a few negative articles about VDI. (Well, I don't think they're negative, but I've definitely been accused of being a VDI hater.)  Continue Reading

• "Advanced Format" 4k disk drives and performance: How will this impact your virtual disks?

  Oh those disk drive guys... you'd better pay attention to what they are doing!  Continue Reading

• Emulation, paravirtualization, and pass-through: what you need to know for client hypervisors

  Since desktop virtualization is fairly new, no one's really started out their careers from scratch focusing on this space. Instead, people start in another area of IT and kind of "fall into" (or are forced into) desktop virtualization after they've ...  Continue Reading

• Updated: Lanmanserver and Lanmanworkstation Tuning

  Follow Michel Roth's advice on how to tune fileserving environments; a complicated endeavor not everyone can handle on their own.  Continue Reading