
In 2011, we asked if Client Hypervisors will drive will the Next Generation Desktop. Yet, other desktop virtualization industry experts, such as Ron Oglesby, decided the technology was a dead man walking, writing off Type 1 Client Hypervisors.
Posts Tagged ‘ XenClient ’Client Hypervisors: Intelligent Desktop Virtualization too clever for its own good?Desktop Management as a ServiceBromium vSentry a Next Generation Hypervisor to End Malware Woes?![]() Desktop security startup Bromium announced the general availability of vSentry, at the Gartner Security and Risk Management management Summit in London today. Their first product to be based on the Bromium Microvisor designed to protect from advanced malware that attacks the enterprise through poisoned attachments, documents and websites. Bromium unveils micro-virtualization trustworthy security vision![]() One year after announcing that he and XenSource co-founder Ian Pratt were leaving Citrix to launch Bromium with former Pheonix Technologies CTO Gaurav Banga; Simon Crosby was back at the GigaOM Structure conference in San Francisco today to unveil Bromium's micro-virtualization technology together with its plans to transform enterprise endpoint security. StratoDesk enhance offering for converting PCs to ThinClient: NoTouch equals Zero Client?![]() A common initiator for moving to virtual desktops is the transition away from existing PCs. To help accommodate this option, Stratodesk have announced the latest version of their NoTouch Desktop. NoTouch is a PC and thin-client re-purposing and management product. As well as supporting Citrix, VMware and Quest, Stratodesk have recently partnered with Desktone to… Dell-Quest deal will strengthen Dell enterprise services and force shakeout in desktop virtualization marketAccording to Bloomberg News Dell is in discussions to acquire Quest Software in a bid to strengthen its enterprise software services portfolio. Dell has been shopping, with five acquisitions announced so far this year, to add software, computer storage and networking gear to its lineup of PCs, which account for 52% of its sales. With… And then there were three – NxTop Enterprise morphs to XenClient Enterprise![]() How will Citrix acquisition of NxTop impact VARs and users? How will XenClient will be marketed longer term. Looks like Citrix will embrace IDV as there is a wider market share, and an admission that VDI will never be the sole solution: hybrid solutions are key to capturing as wide a desktop market share as… Citrix acquires client hypervisor leader Virtual ComputerCitrix has acquired client hypervisor segment leader Virtual Computer. Citrix now has a new client hypervisor solution XenClient Enterprise featuring extremely strong management capabilities. Integration with Citrix's existing client hypervisor is sure to come, providing customers with the best of both worlds. |