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MacBook Users Are Now Able to Access Their Windows Virtual Desktops When They're Offline
Jan 14, 2014MacBook users are now able to access their Windows virtual desktops when they're offline, after American software firm Citrix launched its DesktopPlayer for Mac yesterday. The new product enables remote workers to access to their Windows ...
Tags: Windows Virtual Desktop, Personal vDisk technology, new product
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VMware Has Acquired Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) Firm Desktone for an Undisclosed Fee
Oct 15, 2013VMware has acquired desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) firm Desktone for an undisclosed fee. The acquisition was announced today in Barcelona at VMworld Europe 2013, as part of the opening keynote. Desktone, which is an existing partner of ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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The University of St Andrews Slashed Its Power Bills and Carbon Emissions
Aug 16, 2013The University of St Andrews, one of the oldest universities in the world, has slashed its power bills and carbon emissions with a radical process of server consolidation and virtualisation. The project, which is ongoing, involved ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Intel Has Launched The New Xeon Processor E3-1200 v3 Product Family
Jun 6, 2013They are said to handle various workloads for segments, including entry-level servers, data centre graphics, microservers, workstations, storage and network appliances. Intel has launched the new Xeon processor E3-1200 v3 product family ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
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Windows 8 Will Not Achieve Enough Adoption in Enterprises to Be Considered a Standard
May 19, 2013Windows 8, the most significant upgrade to Microsoft’s operating system since Windows 95 and one of the most important products in the company’s history, will not achieve enough adoption in enterprises to be considered a ...
Tags: Windows 8, Computer Products
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The London Borough of Merton Is to Deploy Cloud and Networking Firm
Mar 29, 2013The London Borough of Merton is to deploy cloud and networking firm Citrix's virtualisation technology in a bid to cut costs and provide a flexible working environment to 2,000 of its employees. The Citrix solution will be implemented by ...
Tags: Merton Council, Citrix, Flexible Working
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Top 10 Computerweekly Articles and Techtarget Articles on Virtualisation, Storage of 2012
Jan 5, 2013Storage is a key component of IT strategy. After all, data is the lifeblood of any business. But storage is there to provide data for processing by business critical applications, and the way that data is processed is undergoing huge ...
Tags: storage, IT strategy, virtualisation, 2012, Top 10
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VMware Got Eyes for Storage
Dec 28, 2012VMware has got eyes for storage.For a couple of years now the server virtualisation giant has incorporated useful features into its hypervisor to help manage shared storage. But now VMware wants more,and it is setting out a vision to ...
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Nutanix Upgraded Hardware and New OS Version with Support for Red Hat's KVM Hypervisor
Dec 28, 2012Converged storage and server maker Nutanix has announced upgraded hardware and a new operating system (OS) version with support for Red Hat's KVM hypervisor in addition to existing VMware support. Nutanix debuted in 2011 with its ...
Tags: Nutanix, Red Hat, storage stack, hosted hypervisor
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It's Arguable That Two Key Things Have Driven Developments in Storage This Year
Dec 28, 2012It's arguable that two key things have driven developments in storage this year; server/desktop virtualisation and the relentless expansion of data. The first of these has led to real changes, namely the growth of flash in the datacentre. ...
Tags: Storage, Products, relentless expansion
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Citrix Saw Profits Slump by 15% While Sales Increased by 13%
Dec 27, 2012Citrix saw profits slump by 15% in the third quarter to $78.2m (GBP49m), while sales increased by 13% to $641.4m. The results follows those of rival VMware, which also saw a double-digit drop in profits of 12% to $157m, while sales ...
Tags: Citrix, VMware, Angela Eager, TechMarketView, desktop
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The Success of Tablets Has Driven People to Bring Their Own Devices to Work
Dec 27, 2012The year 2012 will go down in history as the year when people voted with their wallets and decided that tablets are good enough for work. The success of tablets has driven people to bring their own devices to work. Supporting these ...
Tags: tablets, managed desktop estate, PC suppliers, desktop virtualisation, IT
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Sales of iPads and Tablet Computers Have Driven Adoption of XenApps
Dec 26, 2012The Apple effect is rubbing off on Citrix, with the desktop virtualisation specialist posting 16% year-over-year growth for the second quarter of 2012. Sales of iPads and tablet computers have driven adoption of XenApps, said Citrix CEO ...
Tags: Apple, desktop virtualisation, Citrix, iPads, tablet computers
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Dell Is Taking $2 Billion out of Its PC Division to Reinvest in Its Enterprise Business
Dec 24, 2012Dell is taking $2 billion out of its PC division to reinvest in its enterprise business. Dell chief financial officer Brian Gladden said the enterprise division would grow to a $27.5bn business by the end of 2016. “The $2 ...
Tags: Dell, PC division, computer, company news
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Six European IT Projects Won Best of VMworld Europe 2012 User Awards
Dec 21, 2012The VMworld Europe 2012 winners are: Best virtualisation and server consolidation project: Tiger Wheel & Tyre Best virtualisation and server consolidation project: The National Trust Best virtualisation for disaster recovery project: ...
Tags: VMworld Europe 2012, server, IT industry, project