Multitasking is a term familiar to all of us in the tech world. The ability to juggle multiple applications or PCs is seen as a benefit. But it’s not without its challenges. Those of us who run many ...

Citrix XenDesktop puts the core desktop PC components, including the operating system, the application, and the settings, into a desktop image that can be run off a server, said Calvin Hsu, principal ...

The coming fast growth of the desktop virtualization market has brought out multiple vendors, large and small, looking to gain a foothold and get their share as early as possible. Vendors of desktop ...

In an effort to capture what it sees as a growing market for virtual desktops within enterprises, Microsoft is simplifying some licensing agreements and enhancing its virtual-desktop-related software.

Hewlett-Packard hopes to widen the use of its desktop virtualization products with new software that will improve video playback and allow the use of USB peripherals such as webcams, the company ...

If you are using a single-monitor PC and working from home during this pandemic, creating multiple virtual desktops can be very handy. Since working from home requires managing multiple projects or ...

Virtualization watchers have speculated for years when Microsoft would throw a low-cost blow at arch-rival VMware in the desktop virtualization fight. This week, Microsoft delivered the punch via a ...

Citirix is a key investor in Virtual Computer, which focuses on the provisioning, publishing, and patching of desktop and laptop operating systems Citrix has spent the past year and a half redefining ...

During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried changed beats several times, changed genders once, and covered both of the Pirates of Silicon Valley. When Parallels Desktop was released in June 2006, it ...

Before moving to any type of desktop virtualization, IT pros must consider network connectivity, management and security. Watch the network: Most desktop-virtualization tools have some kind of remote ...

Schools in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh are deploying virtual desktop technology that lets several users share the computing capacity of a single PC. Each of 5,000 secondary schools in the state ...

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