Desktop and server virtualization are not the same. This podcast, featuring virtual desktop experts, Brian Madden and Zeus Kerravala, explains how some methods and tools that work for servers disrupt desktops. Discover how to plan a successful virtual desktop project by addressing customization needs of users and meet your organization's goals. 

For all its benefits, server virtualization can be difficult to implement and could actually increase your costs and complicate network management. Here are some common pitfalls to look out for and avoid. 

CROSSMARK helps retailers reach their sales objectives. When a large retail chain issued a request for proposal to update its product demonstration program in six weeks, CROSSMARK had to find a partner and launch a joint venture company to persuade the potential client it could make the deadline. Learn how Microsoft solutions got the job done. 

This quick Flash presentation gives us an overview of Network Boost, a turn-key networking solution that offers application acceleration tools that are focused on achieving performance objectives. 

In an increasingly digital world, it's clear that business continuity is no longer an option. Keeping systems running 24x7 and ensuring that data reaches its intended destination — precisely when it's needed — is the heart and soul of a business. This paper discusses Business-Continuity (BC) initiatives on a tight budget and with limited resources. 

The main focus of this white paper is about revealing key factors in sales rep productivity, including what helps improve their efficiency (increasing selling time) and effectiveness (getting better results from the available selling time). Both are important and require strong leadership and teamwork between the sales and IT departments. 

Are you looking for the right Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) product for your organization? Check out this Citrix e-kit for current information about desktop virtualization products. 

This white paper provides a close examination of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and how it may dramatically lower total cost of ownership (TCO). Read this paper to learn about the current cost of PC management and how virtual desktops can be deployed using existing budgets. 

Managing desktop environments across the enterprise can be challenging for many organizations. Virtualization of desktop systems is an increasingly popular solution, but requires scalability and balanced design for successful implementation. This white paper discusses the use of Sun Fire X4450 servers as a virtual desktop infrastructure platform. 

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. 

Desktop virtualization is a suite of technologies that remove the physical desktop, operating system and computing device physically sitting on the desktop, and aggregates those resources in the data center. Read this whitepaper to learn the benefits and immediate cost savings of these technologies to your organization's data center. 

Enterprises have embraced various forms of virtualization during the past few decades including server, storage and desktop virtualization. In this paper, we will describe several desktop virtualization architectures, and the success criteria required for each.