Virtual Desktop Infrastructure White Papers

WHITE PAPER: The consumerization of IT is all about productivity. That’s the finding from a recent survey of organizations that currently allow or plan to allow employees to use personal IT devices and consumer-driven software on the enterprise network. Read this paper to view strategies McAfee recommends to prepare for the consumerization of IT.

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 | Published: 10 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: Virtualization can offer increased scalability, reliability, and availability while helping simplify management and reduce operating costs. Now, Virtual Remote Desktop solutions based on VMware® Virtual Desktop Infrastructure and virtualized Dell (iSCSI) storage area networks (SANs) can offer similar benefits for the desktop environment.

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 | Published: 10 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: Supporting an increasingly distributed workforce can be a huge drain on IT resources. By enabling a customized end-user experience with server-based control of data, settings, and applications, the Dell™ Flexible Computing Solutions suite of products and services is designed to simplify management, enhance security, and lower TCO.

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 | Published: 04 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses attributes of 3PAR Utility Storage that make it particularly suitable for virtual server environments. Also covered is how it addresses future user requirements uncovered in Taneja Group research.

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 | Published: 28 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper is a practical guide to choosing the best virtual directory solution to meet your needs, both now and in the future. Check out this white paper for a blueprint on how to evaluate virtual directories, from use cases and technical parameters to the five questions you should ask yourself before choosing a virtualization solution.

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 | Published: 11 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores the reasons for changing traditional desktop computing strategies, why cloud-hosted virtual desktops are a compelling solution for many businesses, and how to leverage cloud-hosted desktops for Windows 7 migrations, mobile and departmental workers, and disaster recovery scenarios.

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 | Published: 01 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: Desktop virtualization is bringing a new approach to enterprise-wide desktop deployments aimed at providing a better end user and administrator experience than physical desktop deployments, by lowering acquisition and management cost, and offering a highly scalable, easy to deploy and fully protected desktop environment.

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 | Published: 25 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: Do you have questions regarding SAN acceleration? Learn more about solid state storage, which solid state technologies are currently on the market, and why your enterprise needs solid state storage. This concise white paper is designed to answer frequently asked questions on these topics and more.

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 | Published: 25 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: While virtualization can enable more efficient infrastructures, it does not address the single largest cost element for most data centers—the labor to manage this environment. Read the white paper to find out how IBM Service Management Solutions can help you implement and manage your virtualized environment.

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 | Published: 08 Jul 2009

WHITE PAPER: This full report contains empirically validated data gathered during 8 weeks of testing. The goal of these tests was to establish the availability, and where possible effectiveness and performance, of leading endpoint security products, specifically in a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure.

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 | Published: 20 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, you'll find both the pitfalls of virtual monitoring and management, and how to navigate the maze of competing virtual monitoring and management vendors. In the end, you'll have a clear idea of what solutions will work for you.

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 | Published: 29 Sep 2010

WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes the virtualization of a given user workload, and provides a useful sizing guide for enterprise deployments of VMware View™ 4, the VMware software platform for building a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) environment.

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 | Published: 22 Sep 2010

WHITE PAPER: In this Quest Software white paper by the Enterprise Strategy Group, learn more about the benefits of moving to a virtual desktop environment – and how choosing the right tool for the job makes it easy. Find out about a solution that not only makes implementing virtualization easy, but keeps cost low and uptime and efficiency high while doing so.

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 | Published: 19 Aug 2010

WHITE PAPER: Virtual desktop infrastructure carries the potential for significant savings. However, given the dynamic nature of desktop computing, virtualizing endpoints will raise significant challenges. The temptation will be to treat virtual desktops like datacenter servers when it comes to protection. Read this paper to find out more.

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 | Published: 15 Jul 2010

WHITE PAPER: The move from paper-based medical records systems to EMR is rightly viewed as a step toward improved patient care, increased clinician productivity, and lower costs. But striking a balance between access for clinicians and privacy for patients can be a difficult task. This paper presents a one-touch desktop roaming solution that benefits both.

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 | Published: 24 May 2010

WHITE PAPER: While virtualization offers many significant technical and business benefits, it comes with some formidable IT management challenges. Discover the three best practices that IT leaders are following to ensure they get the most value from this dynamic, flexible, and application-centric technology.

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 | Published: 11 Jun 2010

WHITE PAPER: This paper addresses usage and configuration of F5 Network's BIG-IP© Local Traffic Manager™ (LTM) in combination with VMware's View 3.0 solution on Dell servers and Dell EqualLogic iSCSI storage.

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 | Published: 01 Dec 2009

WHITE PAPER: Citrix and Intel worked together to deliver local virtual machine desktops, aiming to make virtualization ubiquitous on client devices. The result of the collaboration is Citrix® XenClient™, a local desktop virtualization platform that provides new levels of security and user flexibility for enterprise desktops. Continue reading to learn more.

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 | Published: 09 Jun 2010

WHITE PAPER: Learn how VMware View 4 and virtual desktop storage options from NetApp deliver flexible, cost effective, secure virtual desktops. Enterprises can now deploy cost effective virtual desktop environments (over LAN or WAN) that meet the needs of a wide range of end users.

Posted: 06 May 2010 | Published: 01 Dec 2009

WHITE PAPER: What’s top of mind for enterprise IT practitioners is compliance, yet most VirtSec vendors aren't articulating the ways in which their products can help enterprises address compliance concerns. Read this paper to learn about top trends in virtualization security, how virtualization poses unique challenges to compliance, and more!

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 | Published: 01 Dec 2009

WHITE PAPER: The report examines a side-by-side comparison of VMware View 4 and Citrix XenDesktop. While the desktop virtualization landscape may appear to be crowded with options, customers can have confidence in their choice with VMware® View, because it’s the only end-to-end integrated solution built for delivering desktops as a managed service.

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 | Published: 17 Feb 2010

WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides analysis and advice on how Dell Virtual Remote Desktop (VRD), a server-hosted desktop virtualization, can deliver substantial benefits, simplifying lifecycle management, and driving ongoing cost and productivity benefits.

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 | Published: 01 Jul 2009

WHITE PAPER: This paper addresses usage and configuration of F5 Network's BIG-IP© Local Traffic Manager™ (LTM) in combination with VMware's View 3.0 solution on Dell servers and Dell EqualLogic iSCSI storage.

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 | Published: 15 Feb 2010

WHITE PAPER: By understanding the unique management challenges of virtualized environments and leveraging innovative solutions to meet those challenges, you will be able to help your organization reap the wide range of business benefits that virtualization can deliver.

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 | Published: 28 Jan 2010

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