This technical article, reprinted from Information Week, takes a look at the enhancements embedded in Citrix XenDesktop™ 3.0, examines it's ease of installation, functionality, and security, and compares it with other virtual desktop infrastructure products. 

Citrix XenDesktop™, a virtual desktop (VDI) and desktop management solution, delivers desktops on-demand to users anywhere while dramatically simplifying desktop management throughout the desktop lifecycle. If you are ready to try XenDesktop for yourself download the evaluation version. 

When it comes to desktop virtualization, Citrix XenDesktop offers the best user experience available, over any network on any device. The following video will take you on a guided tour through XenDesktop's user experience, sharing highlights and answering your most pertinent questions. 

Desktop virtualization—the replacement of physical desktops with virtualized versions hosted and delivered from the datacenter—not only allows you to equip your users more efficiently and cost-effectively; it enables a broad range of strategies for reducing cost, improving service and providing more agile support to the organization. 

Many companies have turned to virtualization technologies for their servers and in their data centers to simplify administration and to reduce management chores and operating costs while maintaining reliability and safeguarding against disasters. Companies are now looking to apply the same technology to their desktop computers. 

Learn how an Alabama company seeking a replacement tool for their mainframe administration and automation discovered SEGUS’ Smart products that not only delivered better functionality with a good GUI, but would save the company $80,000 over a five year period, while also avoiding future costly upgrade fees. 

Watch this demo to find out how enterprise organizations use VMware desktop virtualization products and solutions to manage and support the flexible needs of their extended, global workforce while strengthening security and control over corporate resources and sensitive information. 

This IDC white paper considers the concept of desktop virtualization, specifically as made available by VMware’s VDI and ACE. The document also considers the benefits and limitations of these technologies as well as the best use cases for each, exemplified through user case studies. 

Join Glenn Weadock, Global Knowledge Instructor, MCITP, MCSE, MCT, A+, for this Windows 7 Review Guide. This white paper introduces the key areas in which Windows 7 differs from Vista - areas you'll need to focus on if you're thinking of moving to Windows 7, either from Vista or from XP. 

As your virtual infrastructure continues to grow in scope and complexity, just finding basic information starts to become a monumental task. 

Many organizations lack visibility into the physical and virtual infrastructure in their data center, preventing them from achieving effective infrastructure management. This webcast explores how dependency mapping addresses this issue by enabling you to track and control configurations, model and test proposed changes and execute failure analysis. 

Many organizations understand they need cost-visibility or a more formal chargeback process in order to further expand their virtual data centers. The challenge is where to begin and how to implement an automated solution. 

In a dynamic virtual environment where things are constantly changing, your VM documentation efforts become out-of-date as soon as you begin the time-consuming process.