Virtual desktop infrastructures is an initiative that many IT pros are familiar with, but when it comes to designing a system, many are not prepared for the decision making that is involved with the process. This podcast highlights industry expert Gabe Knuth as he takes a look at the challenges of designing VDI and more. 

Check out this white paper to determine if a virtual desktop infrastructure is a good fit for your organization. Learn about the pros and cons of VDI, discover the importance of servers and the network in VDI and receive best practices to help you do more with less. Read on to learn more. 

This resource reveals five important considerations to keep in mind when planning desktop virtualization and discusses the ten most notable use cases for this environment. 

This white paper examines how you can combine servers, storage, networking and management technologies into one integrated, ready-to-install solution that will help get you on the fast track to client virtualization. 

<p>Security concerns are the top barrier to cloud computing implementation. This virtual seminar foucses on the various governance, risk, and compliance cocerns that security pros have with transitioning to the cloud. Discover how to evaluate a cloud security provider's controls, key GRC issues in the cloud, and much more.</p> 

<p>Discover how to successfully deploy virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and achieve benefits like centralized management and reduced restore time. This white paper presents a VDI solution that lightens the burden on your network while making deployment faster and more secure.</p> 

Migrating to the cloud can be a tricky process which IT pros should be aware of before starting on their initiatives. Access this essential resource to discover a useful Q&A that spotlights the range of issues you could encounter when adopting cloud services. Also, learn more about the three types of cloud and their uses. 

In this e-guide from SearchServerVirtualization.com, gain expert advice on how to handle data center growth with capacity planning and resource provisioning. Learn how performance management and capacity planning go hand-in-hand and find out how to interpret capacity management metrics to reduce costs and simplify management. 

When configuring storage for a virtual desktop environment, you‟ll run into a lot of the same issues you had to deal with when you set up storage for your virtual servers. But a virtual desktop infrastructure also has its own special challenges. Access the e-book for tips and best practices for implementing a virtual desktop infrastructure. 

In the September 2011 cover story of Storage magazine, Eric Siebert clears up some of the confusion as he looks at the characteristics of Fibre Channel, iSCSI and NAS and reviews the pros and cons of each for virtual environments. 

While desktop virtualization and VDI are certainly becoming trendy, the reality today is that properly designing a system is still complex and a source of worry and confusion for many architects. 

This week’s Computer Weekly kicks off our Buyer's Guide to data security by looking at the changing role of the IT security chief. We also examine why flexible working is proving so slow to roll out and we talk to the UK's air traffic control operator about its ambitious desktop virtualisation project.