Desktop virtualization aims to lower the costs and increase the security of desktop computers, but agencies must determine which approach — or combination of methods — best suits their needs.

VMware describes View as a renaming of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), though it also rolls in both other existing products and new ones. In addition to the aforementioned "offline desktop ...

In VMware's case, virtualized desktops fall under the VMware View name. On Monday, VMware announced VMware View 4, the latest version of its virtual desktop portfolio.

VMware also took the opportunity to change the names of its PC desktop virtualization products with this update. Workstation has now been renamed to Workstation Pro, while Player Pro is now ...

Adopting desktop virtualization can have big benefits for SMBs that have a mobile staff and aggressive growth plans or need increased security measures. Enterprise companies have been quicker than ...

Desktop virtualization key to reduced power consumption: By moving to a virtualized desktop client, IT shops can ditch power-hungry 300 watt desktops in favor of juice-sipping 75w thin clients ...

"Virtualization is a how, not a what," says Jerry Chen, VMware's senior director, enterprise desktop. The truth of this statement-and the extent to which some people in the virtualization ...

VMware released on Tuesday VMware View 3, new software aimed at providing desktop virtualization, application virtualization, and management of virtual desktops in one product.

VMware says its new desktop virtualization software will allow “flexible on-demand provisioning of thousands of desktops and applications instantaneously”; feature the ability to support ...

For the most part, desktop virtualization can be accomplished using either virtual machine software to encapsulate an operating system and all of its supported applications, data management tools ...

VMware’s vision for client or desktop computing is to use virtualization technologies to encapsulate and isolate all the aspects of the desktop. Make each aspect independently manageable ...

A term that I've been hearing more frequently in the past few months is "desktop virtualization." What does that mean anyway? Written by Dan Kusnetzky, ContributorMarch 9, 2008 at 8:00 p.m. PT ...