*EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second in a series about alternative desktop technologies for improving management and security of Windows and other desktop platforms. One Boston-based ISV is giving ...

As the focus on virtualization moves beyond the server and operating system to desktop applications, new offeringsincluding Microsoft's recently acquired SoftGrid platform and Citrix's Project Tarpon ...

Over the last few years, I've read and listened to numerous complaints from people about Microsoft not being fully invested in virtualization, that the software giant was simply sticking their big toe ...

Have you heard? Thin is “in” again. From VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure) to RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) to SVS (Software Virtualization Service), the ghosts of thin client computing are being ...

In preview since November 2023, Microsoft's Windows App solution is now generally available for Web browsers, as well as Windows, macOS, iOS and iPadOS devices. Support for Android is still in public ...

I have a laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium. It's use is for very basic things: surf the internet, watch videos, play music, etc, so it's nothing special about it at all. However, I found a 800 MB ...

Network World’s Tom Henderson and Rand Dvorak published Part II on their series about virtualization technologies. In Part II, Taming The Virtual Beast, the examine products that help you manage and ...

These secure containers shield the device using hardware-based virtualization from potential malware infections after opening downloaded documents in Office applications. "Microsoft Defender ...

(Editor’s note: This story initially misstated that Microsoft is now letting corporate users do desktop virtualization with any version of Windows Vista via its server-based Vista Enterprise ...

VMware has announced an upgrade to its application virtualization software, which aims to reduce the cost of deploying new desktop programs to end users. The software allows IT departments to package ...