This white paper provides analysis and advice on how Dell Virtual Remote Desktop (VRD), a server-hosted desktop virtualization, can deliver substantial benefits, simplifying lifecycle management, and driving ongoing cost and productivity benefits. 

The very same virtualization infrastructure you use for your servers today can be naturally extended to support the hosting of desktops as well. As a result, users gain the flexibility of connecting to a well-managed desktop from virtually any network endpoint. But how do you get there? 

This document will explain how to look at an environment and identify the best solution, a virtual desktop or a server-hosted applications, for each user. 

Client virtualization or Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) is a server-centric computing model that offers IT the ability to host and centrally manage Virtual Machines while providing end users a full-desktop experience. If you haven’t yet discovered the advantages of a VDI, read this whitepaper and put yourself in command of the desktop. 

This Forrester Research paper will show you how analyzing your options for upgrading to Windows 7 can save you down the road. One of the first steps IT managers should take is to determine their firm's Windows 7 licensing strategy and how it fits into their broader Microsoft relationship. 

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure enables end users or their hosting providers to provision and manage hundreds of individual, virtual desktops from a set of centrally administered, consolidated servers. 

Ingersoll Rand is a global diversified industrial firm. Ingersoll Rand contracted with Microsoft to standardize desktops, improve infrastructure, and optimize the IT platform resulting in lower IT costs, better agility and increased service levels. 

Connecting virtual desktop technology with the disaster recovery process has probably not been a major focus for organizations; however, integrating a disaster recovery plan for the virtual desktop is moving up organizational priority lists for a multitude of reasons. 

In this expert E-Guide, brought to you by SearchEnterpriseDesktop.com and Dell, you will gain insight into the top reasons to deploy virtual desktops in your organization. 

In this webcast, learn how virtual desktop implementation can ensure data security and uphold legal compliance standards. Discover how to execute best practices for data backup and offsite storage. Gain insight into how desktop virtualization can be utilized to improve data security and availability. 

Industry expert, Brian Madden, will tell you what you need to know, what you can do out-of-the-box, and when and why you might need to turn to third-party tools. 

Desktop virtualization should do more than just move desktop management to the datacenter—its real goal is to put productive applications in the hands of end users. Citrix Desktop Delivery dynamically assembles high-performance desktops complete with personalized applications for every logon of every user, from a compact, central store of images. 

Virtualization decisions are complex, and no single score will ever capture the complexity of your IT infrastructure and the business issues you balance every day. But this solution checklist can help you consider some of the critical challenges met and overcome by the most successful desktop virtualization initiatives.