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With Wanova, VMware Has a Layer Now, Too – But Unidesk Still Essential for VDI
by Tom Rose on Wed, May 23, 2012 at 2:00 PM 3 comments, 1839 views

VMware has dipped its toes in the layering waters with the acquisition of Wanova. Many see this as a response to Citrix’s buyout of Ringcube, now called Personal vDisk and available as part of XenDesktop (see “Congrats to Citrix… Welcome to layering… uh, well, congrats on having A Layer”). While Wanova may – someday – give VMware View the persistence needed to support user-installed ...

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Posted in The Lay of the VDI Landscape
Tagged wanova
VDI for SMB Requires Simplicity AND Flexibility
by Tom Rose on Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 9:30 AM 0 comments, 532 views

This blog post was originally published on VMware's End-User Computing Blog as a guest blog by Tom Rose, Chief Marketing Officer, Unidesk.

Many are under the mistaken impression that Small and Mid-Sized Businesses have simple desktop use cases. And that SMBs can succeed with a simple, but limited, VDI solution. While that may be true for some, it’s definitely not true for most. Unidesk and VMware...

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Posted in The Lay of the VDI Landscape
Tagged vmware view
Telling It Like It Is - 10 VDI Lessons from the Real World
by Andrew Nadeau on Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 1:36 PM 0 comments, 1097 views

This blog post was also published on VMware's SMB Blog.

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

"Don’t sugarcoat it, tell it to me straight." People are always saying that, but almost never when they're expecting delight. The truth is, if you want drastic change, you need to set your expectations high and anticipate discoveries and difficulties along...

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Posted in The Lay of the VDI Landscape
Tagged raechelle clemmons
Ron Oglesby on Brian & Gabe LIVE
by Andrew Nadeau on Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 1:00 PM 0 comments, 350 views

Last week, Unidesk Chief Solution Architect Ron Oglesby was the guest on Brian & Gabe LIVE. Ron and Brian Madden go way back having co-authored a few books, and Ron being a 10-time BriForum speaker. The show is one hour of live, unedited discussion on various topics relating to desktop virtualization. Here's some of what they covered, as listed on BrianMadden.com:

  • Ron is tearing down hardware...
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Posted in The Lay of the VDI Landscape
Tagged brian and gabe live
A Q&A on the "Why" of VDI with Unidesk solution partner KIS
by Andrew Nadeau on Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 1:15 PM 0 comments, 1733 views

We recently sat down with leading IT services provider and Unidesk partner KIS of Fremont, Calif. to discuss trends, technologies and the secrets of their growing success in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI). KIS is driving the design and implementation of VDI rollouts at the City of Foster City, the City of Pleasanton, Tulare County, University of California Office of the President, Hartnell College...

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Posted in The Lay of the VDI Landscape
Tagged kis
Desktop Layering Expands Into Healthcare as OhioHealth Selects Unidesk for 1,000 User VDI Project
by Tom Rose on Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 3:20 PM 0 comments, 332 views

It’s exciting when a trickle starts to become a trend. In December we announced that Morehead Memorial Hospital selected Unidesk to simplify and expand its Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI). Today, we announced OhioHealth has selected Unidesk as the provisioning and management foundation for its 1,000 user VDI initiative.

OhioHealth is a big name in healthcare. They’ve been named to FORTUNE...

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