Desktop Management Reports

EGUIDE: This expert e-guide offers essential tips for conducting a safe and easy migration to Windows 7, including how to pick the right edition, address architectural concerns and plan out key migration steps.

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 | Published: 18 Apr 2012

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Discover what it takes to scale your pilot into a live environment and how to avoid the most common mistakes, including incorrect ROI calculation, failure to gain user adoption and more with IT expert Brian Madden. Plus, review 6 corporate use cases and an exclusive Q&A session with questions posed by your peers.

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 | Published: 04 Apr 2012

EBOOK: Virtualization puts new demands on storage, so whether you opt for FC, iSCSI or NAS, storage will be a key factor for your virtual environment. Read this e-book for expert tips and suggestions on managing storage for virtual servers and virtual desktops including, ten things to know about storage for VMs and choosing NAS for virtual machines.

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 | Published: 07 Apr 2010

EZINE: Desktop virtualization and cloud computing are capturing the attention of IT professionals, but like most major initiatives, these technologies require careful planning. This expert e-zine offers tips and tricks to help you determine the proper uses for desktop virtualization and minimize the risks of an outage in your cloud environment.

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 | Published: 04 Apr 2012

EGUIDE: In the past, virtualization was mainly focused on servers and storage, but today virtual desktop infrastructures (VDI) are becoming a go-to solution for resolving network bandwidth issues and improving mobile workforce management. Read this expert e-guide to review common desktop virtualization challenges and deployment best practices.

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 | Published: 30 Mar 2012

EGUIDE: In this expert e-guide, learn how you can increase business agility by implementing effective capacity planning and VM management. Plus, access an exclusive FAQ that clarifies how and why you should leverage virtualization storage consolidation and shared storage to reduce costs while supporting advanced virtualization features.

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 | Published: 30 Mar 2012

WEBCAST: Discover how you can simplify common IT scenarios such as provisioning hardware for new employees or accelerating break-fix processes with a computer imaging solution.

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 | Premiered: Mar 28, 2012

WEBCAST: Compare the following tools from Ghost, MDT, Snap Deploy and SmartDeploy that help businesses accelerate PC deployment and ease desktop support challenges. Find out how each performs in terms of simplifying and accelerating deployment of new computers, and gain an overview of the pros and cons of each solution.

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 | Premiered: Mar 28, 2012

EGUIDE: How much storage do you need to support a virtual desktop deployment? Discover how you can leverage capacity planning to balance performance and the high cost of storage and bandwidth in this expert e-guide. Plus, explore the pros and cons of storage virtualization and evaluate which storage strategies work best for your organization.

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 | Published: 27 Mar 2012

WEBCAST: Customers need to maintain access to sensitive applications and data in real time as the user’s context changes. Join this webinar and learn how RES Dynamic Desktop Studio can enhance the user’s experience while maintaining the right access, to the right applications, devices and data at the right times.

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 | Premiered: Apr 11, 2012, 01:00 EDT (05:00 GMT)

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: In this presentation from Brian Madden and Gabe Knuth, dive into one of the most divisive topics in desktop virtualization today - storage for VDI. Discover the pros and cons of various storage implementations and how to decide which is the right solution for your organization.

Posted: 21 Mar 2012 | Published: 20 Mar 2012

EGUIDE: In this expert e-guide, gain insight from desktop virtualization guru, Brian Madden, and discover how traditional local desktops differ from VDI as well as the pros and cons of each approach. Find out the top reasons why you should and shouldn't consider VDI, and how you can calculate the ROI on your VDI investment.

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 | Published: 12 Mar 2012

EGUIDE: Access this E-Guide for an in-depth look at factors that influence the successful outcome of any virtualization project, including considerations for security measures and pilot programs.

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 | Published: 09 Mar 2012

WEBCAST: Join Citrix and Matrix42 in this live webcast on March 28th 2012, from 1:00 to 2:00 PM EST to discuss ways in which their partnership ensures both flexibility and mobility for end users, while at the same time providing IT with complete control and management oversight for all user endpoints - virtual, physical and mobile.

Posted: 09 Mar 2012 | Premiered: Mar 28, 2012, 01:00 EDT (05:00 GMT)

EZINE: This week’s Computer Weekly delves into the new world of Windows 8. We also talk to some top CIOs about how the downturn has shaped their priorities. You'll also find the third and final part of our Buyer's Guide to IPv6 migration, all inside this digital magazine.

Posted: 05 Mar 2012 | Published: 06 Mar 2012

EGUIDE: Migrating hundreds of desktops to Windows 7 can be a grueling task. This essential e-guide presents the top challenges associated with a Windows 7 migration. Discover why you should plan your move in two phases: planning and execution, and learn how to keep these two phases separate.

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 | Published: 01 Mar 2012

EGUIDE: VDI isn’t a cure-all for desktop management problems, though many desktop virtualization vendors would have you think so. In this eguide, our team of experts identify and debunk the top 5 VDI myths out there and offer tips for calculating proper storage for VDI.

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 | Published: 28 Feb 2012

VIDEOCAST: Explore a desktop virtualization technology, Intelligent Desktop Virtualization (IDV), which can provide all the benefits of VDI with lower costs and complexity. Discover how IDV compares to VDI technology in this videocast.

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 | Premiered: Feb 23, 2012

RESEARCH CONTENT: This report analyses desktop virtualisation adoption and provides detailed guidance to help you plan a successful initiative. Discover major deployment barriers and get advice on how to measure the return on your investment.

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 | Published: 01 Sep 2011

WEBCAST: Join us to learn how ComTrade's Management Pack for Citrix XenDesktop can help you to measure, monitor and manage XenDesktop and give you a complete end to end view of your Citrix environment from within Microsoft Systems Center Operations Manager.

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 | Premiered: Feb 9, 2012

WHITE PAPER: VMware View 5 transforms IT by simplifying and automating desktop management. It reduces costs, improves security, and, at the same time, increases availability and flexibility for end users. This technical white paper includes View 5 new features, performance improvements, performance results and best practices.

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 | Published: 09 Feb 2012

WEBCAST: This webcast shows how the recently released VMware View 5 environment is being used to deploy virtual desktops to provide mission-critical solutions around Disaster Recover/COOP, telework and secure mobile applications to federal organizations.

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 | Premiered: Feb 7, 2012

WHITE PAPER: When employing a virtual desktop solution, it is crucial to choose the right combination of hardware and software. This white paper introduces a comprehensive technology suite that can deliver uncompromised virtual desktop performance while using less than 5% of available bandwidth.

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 | Published: 20 Jan 2012

EGUIDE: Access this expert resource to learn how desktop virtualization can help health care organizations to bolster Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance and implement electronic health record (EHR) systems.

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 | Published: 18 Jan 2012

EZINE: Virtualisation has been one of those technologies that the channel has been encouraged to get to grips with for the past few years. Starting with the server the technology has expanded to the desktop and an entire vendor community has grown providing management tools.

Posted: 13 Jan 2012 | Published: 16 Jan 2012