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Ericom PowerTerm WebConnect Challenges Citrixs XenApp on Desktop Virtualization
What is it called when you combine a thin client with virtualization technology? Ericom hopes the answer to that question is PowerTerm WebConnect, a product that enables server-based computing using a variety of popular technologies. Server-based computing is straightforward, encompassing the creation of virtual machines and applications on a server and then delivering those sessions…
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Proceed with Caution: The Road to Data Center Virtualization
Efficiencies and power savings often drive virtualization projects, whether they be for the desktop, server, storage or the whole data center. IT solution providers have an array of technologies to choose from now, with VMware, Citrix’s XenSource, Microsoft Hyper-V or hypervisor. But IT consultants and solution providers need to evaluate the opportunity for customer savings…
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Cisco, VMware Switch Up Virtual Server Networking
Having trouble networking and securing virtual machines? You won’t have to wait long before a new technology is available that solves that problem. VMware and Cisco Systems announced a jointly developed Cisco Nexus 1000V, a software switch designed to make easy work of networking, manage and secure virtual machines. The software switch, announced…
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Making Money on Virtual Clients
Until recently there were basically two decisions that solution providers needed to make when it came to running Windows applications–run them locally on each machine or on a server that was accessed using terminal services software from either Citrix or Microsoft. Today, the nuances around running Windows applications on the client are multiplying dramatically thanks…
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Storage Virtualization: Help or Hype?
By now, the arguments for increased storage capacity and for virtualization are rote. Everyone understands that data is piling up at an alarming rate. Business intelligence efforts, swelling databases, and regulations such as HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act conspire to keep storage space at a premium. Meanwhile, server virtualization…
