Peripherals are supposed to be redirected in a virtualization environment, but they don’t always subscribe to plug ’n play. Even more important is the question of whether IT organizations should permit all peripherals for all users from a security and business perspective.
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Setting Appropriate Desktop Virtualization Goals
Desktop virtualization is becoming more prevalent. Technology for delivering it is maturing, and adoption is increasing. But desktop virtualization (or VDI, to give it the commonly used acronym) may often be deployed with the wrong approach or goals in mind. It has been a buzzword for so long that, like “cloud,” it is often encouraged …
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Azure RemoteApp: Getting Better, but Still Not Quite There
I took an in-depth look at Microsoft Azure RemoteApp in June this year, praising its performance and ease of use while drawing attention to missed opportunities and unanswered questions. Now, five months later, Microsoft has taken the plunge and opened the door to paying customers, and it’s not at all bad.
The Cloud Workspace, Part 2: Virtual Workspaces
In part one of this article, we looked at the different types of DaaS products and services that masquerade as cloud workspaces, breaking down the marketplace into: Desktop Platform as a Service: A bare-bones service offering licensing, infrastructure, and very little else; Integrated Desktop as a Service: Mainstream DaaS complete with integrated image and application …
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Improving the Citrix User Interface and Experience
Citrix released version 4.2 of Receiver for Windows this week. Ordinarily, new releases of Citrix Receiver aren’t all that noteworthy, but there are a few key features in this release that enhance the user interface and experience. Citrix totally got it right with this release!
News: nGenx Drops Citrix for IndependenceIT — December 3, 2014
IndependenceIT announced yesterday that leading DaaS provider nGenx is dropping Citrix in favor of standardizing IndependenceIT Cloud Workspace Suite (CWS)—covered in depth here last month. CWS will serve as the foundation for nGenx nFinity Workspace, nGenx XP apps hosting, and nGenx Line of Business Application Hosting for faster deployment and simplified management at a lower …
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