One of the big questions in technology for the last three years has been how end users will adopt desktop virtualization. The answer, at least from some early adopters, seems to be “how won’t we do it ...

The bare-metal hypervisor, also known as a Type 1 hypervisor, is desktop virtualization software that is installed directly onto the PC’s hardware. But the technology is in its infancy — even big ...

The other big change is support for peripherals, multimedia and other Web- and PC-focused technologies. Those haven't been available to users of shared-image terminal-services types of systems -- that ...

With virtualization fairly well established in the data center as a way to squeeze more out of x86 servers, top vendors, industry watchers and customers have started to turn more attention to getting ...

As part of an aggressive push into all things virtualization following the acquisition of Sun, Oracle will push an approach to desktop virtualization that will emphasize versatility. According to Wim ...

Let's for a moment visualize a virtualized desktop environment. An operating system offering a type 2 hypervisor is acting as the primary operating system in a desktop virtualization implementation.

VMware promised a bare-metal hypervisor in 2009. Now VMware says it doesn’t need one. VMware is claiming it doesn’t need to deliver on its promise of a bare-metal desktop hypervisor, but says that if ...

Desktop virtualization has been having a strong impact on all types of businesses across the globe, and the large nearshore call center services industry is no exception. Nearshore Americas recently ...

Desktop Virtualization at a Glance Definition: A computing environment that is abstracted from the end user’s PC. It consists of an operating system, applications and associated data. Type 1: Local ...