Desktops & Servers

Self service, drag and drop application provisioning store, combined with desktop personalization features, give end users more control of their virtualized desktops.

This big utility company has staff scattered over a wide area, and that means lots of small offices and field teams. But when network traffic between two of the offices gets painfully slow, IT is quick to respond -- sort of.

I'm preparing for a meeting with the Citrix folks today to talk about desktop virtualization and I'm looking for questions. Citrix is rolling the dice is it folds XenApp into its new XenDesktop offering. Will IT climb aboard?

VMware's View 4 does graphics faster, lowers the cost per PC. But is that enough to overcome objections to broader adoption?

Windows 7 first-week sales figures were much better than Vista's, says market researcher The NPD Group. They point to good supply-chain execution and canny discounting as success factors. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers look at worrying trends behind the numbers. Not to mention the latest excellent cover from Jack and Nataly...
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Pilot fish gets a call from a client with a week-old PC -- and he's in a panic. The newbie user tells fish that he can't plug in the mouse and keyboard, and he needs to answer an important e-mail that has just arrived.

Now that Windows 7 and Snow Leopard are both out and Ubuntu 9.10 is all but out, it's time to revisit which one is the easiest to upgrade.

In today's podcast: Microsoft revenue and earnings drop; Icahn quits Yahoo board; Some Windows 7 upgrades crash.

Not sure about Windows 7? Here are five of the best, not to mention free, Linux desktop alternatives.

The companies say that this new business Linux desktop will offer a 50% savings over Windows 7 while running on existing hardware.

IT Expo Report: IT executives are showing intense interest in hosted virtual desktops, which can be personalized, are less trouble prone and are easier to manage than physical instances of the Windows PC.

Receptionist in this doctor's office has been working there for three or four years and using a PC the whole time -- but that doesn't mean she's mastered it.

Steve Ballmer hasn't exactly shined as Microsoft CEO, but he's confident enough in his business acumen to offer this stunningly bad piece of advice to IBM: It's time to get back into the hardware business. This, despite the fact that focusing on high-profit businesses like services and consulting has turned IBM back into a money-making powerhouse.

The Wall Street had a story yesterday on virtual desktops that was missing a techie perspective. Many of the downsides were not addressed.

Kodak's ESP ink jet printers are less costly to run, but do they perform as reliably? It's time to find out.