One of the big questions in technology for the last three years has been how end users will adopt desktop virtualization. The answer, at least from some early adopters, seems to be “how won’t we do it ...

Application virtualization is using special tools to "encapsulate" an application allowing it to run in an enhanced way. The application may run in an isolated environment that makes it possible for ...

Desktop Virtualization at a Glance Definition: A computing environment that is abstracted from the end user’s PC. It consists of an operating system, applications and associated data. Type 1: Local ...

The bare-metal hypervisor, also known as a Type 1 hypervisor, is desktop virtualization software that is installed directly onto the PC’s hardware. But the technology is in its infancy — even big ...

As part of an aggressive push into all things virtualization following the acquisition of Sun, Oracle will push an approach to desktop virtualization that will emphasize versatility. According to Wim ...

But an emerging player with a different approach to virtualization says everything we think we know about desktop virtualization is wrong. Zirtu aims to disrupt traditional notions of desktop ...

A term that I've been hearing more frequently in the past few months is "desktop virtualization." What does that mean anyway? It seems to me that this could be the use of any one of several different ...

Desktop virtualization has continued to make headlines in IT, but despite the focus on the topic, there are a number of myths that remain. The root cause is that there are actually many flavors of ...

Desktop virtualization has been having a strong impact on all types of businesses across the globe, and the large nearshore call center services industry is no exception. Nearshore Americas recently ...