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Unidesk Desktop Layering Shines at VMworld 2012
by on Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 2:30 PM 0 comments, 456 views

Over the next few days, we'll recap some of our observations and favorite moments from VMworld 2012, where we launched Unidesk 2.0. Observation #1 is that the VDI market is clearly happening. Last year, we'd ask attendees walking by if they were doing VDI, and 1 out of 5 would say yes. This year, it was 3 or 4 out of 5.

Observation #2 is there's more awareness of the VDI management challenge and ...

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Posted in Almost Famous
Tagged desktop layering, VMworld 2012
Unidesk 2.0 Launches at VMworld 2012!
by Tom Rose on Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 2:36 PM 0 comments, 444 views

The news is out - Unidesk® 2.0 will be launched next week at VMworld 2012 in San Francisco! The only way to bring full desktop layering to Citrix XenDesktop® and VMware View™ is about to get even better. More fault tolerant. Faster. More storage flexibility. Easier to install and configure. Read our press release for details and customer reactions.

For those of you who are new to Unidesk, our...

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Posted in Almost Famous
Tagged application virtualization, citrix xendesktop, desktop layering, desktop virtualization, image management, simplify vdi, user-installed app, vdi, vmware view
GeekOn Session Three: Remote Office/Branch Office VDI Design Options
by Dustin McEvoy on Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 11:10 AM 0 comments, 416 views

Virtualization expert and industry veteran Ron Oglesby has done it again. In the third session of "GeekOn with Ron", Ron discussed Remote Office/Branch Office (ROBO) VDI Design Options. In this session he explained server placement to maximize performance, the impact ROBO VDI has on bandwidth needs, storage options for remote VDI, and the impact ROBO VDI will have on your existing remote office infrastructure...

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Posted in The Lay of the VDI Landscape
Tagged branch office, branch office vdi, desktop virtualization, remote office, remote office vdi, vdi
GeekOn Session Two: Local Storage vs. Centralized Storage Models
by Dustin McEvoy on Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 11:20 AM 0 comments, 536 views

Session two of GeekOn with Ron is in the books! After tackling the topic of server design in your VDI environment in session one of the series, virtualization expert and industry veteran Ron Oglesby took on the topic of local storage vs. centralized storage for VDI. Ron discussed the arguments for and against local storage, reviewed some of the new converged platforms models for VDI such as Nutanix...

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Posted in The Lay of the VDI Landscape
Tagged centralized storage, desktop virtualization, local vs centralized storage, vdi, VDI local storage
GeekOn Session One: Server Design in your VDI Environment
by Dustin McEvoy on Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 9:30 PM 0 comments, 484 views

Yesterday marked the first in our bi-weekly series of technical webinars on Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), aptly named "Get your GeekOn with Ron." In Session 1, virtualization expert and industry veteran Ron Oglesby told all there is to know about server design in VDI environments. Ron tackled the topics of server CPU selection, desktop-to-core guesstimation, memory, local storage options, ...

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Posted in The Lay of the VDI Landscape
Tagged desktop virtualization, geekon, server design, server design in vdi environment, vdi
Some Basic Group Policy Settings for VDI
by Jeff Pitsch on Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 12:05 PM 0 comments, 1581 views

Back a few years ago, I wrote an article about Group Policy Objects (GPO) and how to apply them to Terminal Services. I was reviewing that article the other day, and realized that it is still relevant today in relation to VDI. So I figured I would do some updating, and go over that as well as how to do some basic work with profiles.

Loopback Processing

With VDI, many times a user will have two desktops...

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Posted in The Lay of the VDI Landscape
Tagged Group Policy, group policy object, vdi