There’s huge interest in desktop virtualization technology, due to its promises of improved security, manageability and flexibility. Here are some details on how the technology works and why it might ...

As an increasing number of IT organizations become interested in enabling bring-your-own-PC programs for their employees, an old idea may be gaining fresh adherents: desktop virtualization. The ...

The other big change is support for peripherals, multimedia and other Web- and PC-focused technologies. Those haven't been available to users of shared-image terminal-services types of systems -- that ...

Successful server virtualization deployments lead many IT managers to believe desktop virtualization would provide the same benefits. While that is partly true, companies need to be aware of how the ...

Desktops are diversifying. Long after we all collectively moved off of the traditional desk desktop (i.e the mostly wooden one, where you might still keep your coffee, spectacles and pens these days), ...

Desktop virtualization, as you may know, is one of InfoWorld’s favorite topics. In our interview, Bryant immediately dove into the practical challenges and benefits of what she terms “client ...

Microsoft Corp. is pushing desktop virtualization as a way of making Windows 7 play nicely with old applications, especially those written for Windows XP. So now that the technology has been "blessed" ...