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"VDI in Education" Webinars Showcase Desktop Virtualization Successes at Colleges and Universities
by Tom Rose on Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 8:08 PM 0 comments, 648 views

We just aired the third and final webinar in our Fall 2011 "VDI in Education" webinar series, highlighting desktop virtualization deployments at University of Connecticut, Southwestern Michigan College, and William Woods University. Over 600 people registered to hear the VDI project leads at these schools talk about their technology choices, lessons learned, and benefits realized. That 600+ registered...

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Posted in The Lay of the VDI Landscape
Tagged customer webinar, dell, equallogic, pano logic, vdi in education, vmware view, wyse
Out on a Limb with Virtual Desktops – What’s in it for You?
by Andrew Nadeau on Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 12:49 PM 0 comments, 571 views

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

Guest Blog Post (Part 2 of a 3 part series)
By Raechelle Clemmons, CIO, Menlo College

There’s no question that virtual desktops can deliver a lot of advantages to those in charge of managing IT on campus. We’re certainly seeing our share of value here at Menlo College, where we’re reducing the operational costs of desktop...

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Posted in The Lay of the VDI Landscape
Tagged menlo college, persistent virtual desktop, raechelle clemmons, vdi in education
VDI Right on the Money
by Andrew Nadeau on Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 1:00 PM 0 comments, 953 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
Unidesk and VMware Team Up on VDI Promo for Education Customers
by Tom Rose on Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 4:00 PM 0 comments, 1611 views

If you're a college or university, and you've been struggling with how to give faculty and staff virtual desktops they'll readily accept, VMware and Unidesk have the answer. Yesterday we announced a promotional program that gives education customers a significant discount on Unidesk licenses when purchased with VMware View Premier or View Enterprise academic SKUs. If you're going with a VMware View...

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Posted in Almost Famous
Tagged vdi in education, vmware partnership, vmware view
University rollouts of VDI and Unidesk accelerate (and other news)
by Tom Rose on Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 1:30 PM 0 comments, 1492 views

We kicked off another busy week with a press release on how Durham Technical Community College in North Carolina has joined our other higher education customers in implementing virtual desktops with Unidesk. Despite having only recently purchased, they're already in production and seeing benefit.

Matt Thacker, the Network Technician overseeing the Unidesk rollout at Durham Tech, says Unidesk “will...

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Posted in Almost Famous
Tagged vdi in education
Improving the Desktop Experience with Virtualization: Prominent University Makes the Grade
by Nicole Reineke on Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 12:49 PM 0 comments, 1589 views

Today we demonstrated Unidesk to two of the virtualization architects at a prominent East Coast U.S. university (ok, it's in the ACC for you college sports fans). I was blown away by their genuine focus on their customers (i.e. students, faculty, and administration) and their command of the university's "business." They spent a significant amount of time explaining their customers’ needs, the many...

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Posted in The Lay of the VDI Landscape
Tagged vdi in education