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ALSO CALLED: Desktop PC Management, Managing PCs, Managing Personal Computers, PC Management
DEFINITION: Desktop management is a comprehensive approach to managing all the computers within an organization. Despite its name, desktop management includes overseeing laptops and other computing devices as well as desktop computers. Desktop management is a component of systems management, which is the administration of all components of an organization's information systems. Other components of systems management  … 
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Desktop Management White Papers (View All Report Types)
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Successful Proof of Concepts in the Age of Desktop Virtualization
sponsored by Forsythe
WHITE PAPER: One of the greatest challenges facing IT professionals today is the number and variety of desktop virtualization (VDI) solutions from which they can choose. This white paper examines four major considerations for efficient, effective and successful PoC results to help you choose the proper VDI solution for your organization.
Posted: 19 Nov 2009 | Published: 19 Nov 2009


Netting It Out: Finding the Immediate Value and Cost Reduction When Rolling Out the Virtual Desktop
sponsored by Forsythe
WHITE PAPER: Desktop virtualization is a suite of technologies that remove the physical desktop, operating system and computing device physically sitting on the desktop, and aggregates those resources in the data center. Read this whitepaper to learn the benefits and immediate cost savings of these technologies to your organization's data center.
Posted: 19 Nov 2009 | Published: 19 Nov 2009


XenApp and XenDesktop: Application Virtualization and Desktop Virtualization are Better Together
sponsored by Regan Technologies
WHITE PAPER: This document is designed to help Citrix XenApp customers understand how and when Citrix XenDesktop can be used with Citrix XenApp to deliver virtual desktops to further reduce application and desktop computing costs and provide greater IT and user flexibility compared to traditional application and desktop management models.
Posted: 16 Nov 2009 | Published: 16 Nov 2009


Virtual Desktops and the Pano System
sponsored by Pano Logic, Inc
WHITE PAPER: Pano Logic® is the first company to offer a complete, purpose-built solution for virtual desktops combining a unique zero-client endpoint device with centralized tools designed specifically for the tasks of deployment and managing virtual desktops.
Posted: 13 Nov 2009 | Published: 13 Nov 2009


Questions Answered In Implementing Virtual Desktops
sponsored by Pano Logic, Inc
WHITE PAPER: The very same virtualization infrastructure you use for your servers today can be naturally extended to support the hosting of desktops as well. As a result, users gain the flexibility of connecting to a well-managed desktop from virtually any network endpoint. But how do you get there?
Posted: 13 Nov 2009 | Published: 13 Nov 2009


IT Savings Made Simple: Rethink Your User Desktops
sponsored by Citrix
WHITE PAPER: 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.
Posted: 06 Oct 2009 | Published: 06 Oct 2009


Safeguarding Your Data with Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Desktops
sponsored by Red Hat
WHITE PAPER: The need to protect sensitive data has increased dramatically in the past several years. This can be attributed to a continually-evolving environment in which business requirements have changed and in which new regulatory mandates have come into existence.
Posted: 05 Oct 2009 | Published: 05 Oct 2009


Desktop Virtualization: An Expert Guide to the Benefits and Challenges
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: In this expert E-Guide, brought to you by SearchEnterpriseDesktop.com and Dell, you will gain insight into the top reasons to deploy virtual desktops in your organization.
Posted: 23 Sep 2009 | Published: 23 Sep 2009


User Workspace Management and Desktop Virtualization
sponsored by RES Software
WHITE PAPER: The User Workspace Management market is generating increasing attention from IT professionals and analysts. This White Paper provides a brief description of User Workspace Management and its critical importance to desktop virtualization deployments.
Posted: 18 Sep 2009 | Published: 18 Sep 2009


SCALING VIRTUAL DESKTOPS ON SUN FIRE™ X4450 SERVERS: Evaluating Performance and Capacity with VMware
sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Intel Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Managing desktop environments across the enterprise can be challenging for many organizations. Virtualization of desktop systems is an increasingly popular solution, but requires scalability and balanced design for successful implementation. This white paper discusses the use of Sun Fire X4450 servers as a virtual desktop infrastructure platform.
Posted: 17 Sep 2009 | Published: 17 Sep 2009


Presentation Transcript: Virtualization - Growing Your Success in the Data Center to the Desktop
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER: Desktop and server virtualization are not the same. This podcast, featuring virtual desktop experts, Brian Madden and Zeus Kerravala, explains how some methods and tools that work for servers disrupt desktops. Discover how to plan a successful virtual desktop project by addressing customization needs of users and meet your organization's goals.
Posted: 15 Sep 2009 | Published: 15 Sep 2009


Desktop Virtualization: Overcoming Five Real-World Challenges
sponsored by Citrix
WHITE PAPER: This paper explores the most significant hurdles any desktop virtualization program needs to overcome. Staying focused on the ultimate goal--delivering core applications effectively to users--helps clarify the issues involved in desktop virtualization deployment.
Posted: 11 Sep 2009 | Published: 11 Sep 2009


Cost Savings with Centralized Virtual Desktops
sponsored by Citrix
WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides a close examination of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and how it may dramatically lower total cost of ownership (TCO). Read this paper to learn about the current cost of PC management and how virtual desktops can be deployed using existing budgets.
Posted: 11 Sep 2009 | Published: 11 Sep 2009


Desktop Management and Security: Two Big Reasons Desktop Virtualization Is an Easy Choice
sponsored by CDW Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This paper is actually a combination of four smaller papers all rolled into one PDF. It features articles on revisiting old virtualization practices for new business purposes, desktop virtualization strategies for faster provisioning and migration, network security concerns in a virtual environment, and more.
Posted: 09 Sep 2009 | Published: 09 Sep 2009


Evolution to Revolution: Landmark Technology Decouples Hardware from Software to Cut Cost and Complexity
sponsored by CDW Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn more about virtualization and especially the similarities and differences between server virtualization and client virtualization. Which one holds more benefit for your organization?
Posted: 08 Sep 2009 | Published: 08 Sep 2009


Do More with Less: Virtualizing the Desktop
sponsored by CDW Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Hailed by top analysts as a need-to-know technology and the future of enterprise computing, the benefits of desktop virtualization can be summed up in four words: Do more with less. This article will delve into the options, outcomes and business benefits that desktop virtualization can bring to your business.
Posted: 08 Sep 2009 | Published: 08 Sep 2009


Using Total Cost of Ownership to Determine Optimal PC Refresh Lifecycles
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel
WHITE PAPER: Wipro analysts gathered information from 106 IT organizations in North America, Great Britain, and Germany in March 2009. This whitepaper explores contributing factors that determine the optimal refresh rate for laptop and desktop PCs, using examples from the firms that participated in the survey.
Posted: 20 Aug 2009 | Published: 20 Aug 2009


3PAR Thin Copy Desktop: A VDI-Optimized Storage Solution
sponsored by 3PAR
WHITE PAPER: Virtual Desktop Infrastructure enables end users or their hosting providers to provision and manage hundreds of individual, virtual desktops from a set of centrally administered, consolidated servers.
Posted: 01 Aug 2008 | Published: 01 Aug 2008

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DESKTOP MANAGEMENT DEFINITION (continued): …  include network management and database management.Traditional desktop management tasks include installing and maintaining hardware and software, spam filtering, and administering user permissions. In recent years, however, security-related tasks have become an increasingly large part of desktop management. As a result, an increasingly large proportion of administrative resources have been devoted to security-related tasks, such as patch management, fighting viruses and spyware, and controlling greynet applications (programs installed without corporate approval, such as instant messaging, file … 
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