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Blogs tagged "non-persistent desktop"

Lock it down and throw away the key!
by Chris Midgley on Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 2:01 PM 0 comments, 1640 views

One of the cool capabilities of Unidesk is how we persist any and all changes made to a desktop, while simultaneously providing single image management of apps and the OS.  The value here is obvious when your desktop use case requires the ability for users to install their own applications, add-ins, drivers, etc.  That's clearly something that non-persistent VDI can't do. 

But just...

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Posted in From Chris's Desktop
Tagged application virtualization, non-persistent, non-persistent desktop, persistent, persistent virtual desktop
VDI Right on the Money
by Andrew Nadeau on Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 1:00 PM 0 comments, 1592 views

This blog post was also published on VMware's End User Computing Blog.

Guest Blog Post (Part 1 of a 3 part series)
By Raechelle Clemmons, CIO, Menlo College

“So how much did your VDI implementation cost, anyway?”

A lot of people mumble incoherently and look at the floor when asked this basic question. Not us. Here at Menlo College we are well into the rollout of our new virtual desktops...

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Posted in The Lay of the VDI Landscape
Tagged menlo college, non-persistent desktop, persistent virtual desktop, raechelle clemmons, vdi in education, vmware view
Customer perspective: why understanding use cases is so important in VDI
by Tom Rose on Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 2:21 PM 0 comments, 3527 views

Raechelle Clemmons, CIO at Unidesk customer Menlo College, just published a new blog titled "Virtual Desktops: Persistent, Non-Persistent, or…Both?" where she did a great job explaining why an analysis of use cases should be Step #1 in VDI design.

Menlo College is using the combination of VMware View and Unidesk to deploy a mix of persistent desktops (desktops that keep all user customizations through...

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Posted in The Lay of the VDI Landscape
Tagged customer, education, non-persistent desktop, persistent virtual desktop, vdi use cases, vmware view
5 New Features Added to Unidesk
by Andrew Nadeau on Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 7:42 PM 0 comments, 1375 views

Yesterday we announced that we have added 5 New Features to our VDI Management Platform. These features are the result of listening to our customers' needs and quickly responding to new demands in the VDI market. Now that the Unidesk development team is 100% SCRUM (more on this later in subsequent blog posts by our CTO and VP of Engineering), we have the unique ability to quickly release new features...

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Posted in Almost Famous
Tagged non-persistent desktop, pano logic integration, VDI local storage, vmware view 4.5