Thin clients are regaining popularity for security and convenience. Dell acquired leading thin client provider Wyse back in 2012 and has quietly been developing the technology for enterprise use.
The idea of using a mobile or desktop browser to access a cloud-based browser in order to use web applications does seem a little odd at first, but Citrix thinks there are some good reasons why organisations may wish to add another layer of complexity.
Citrix has made new versions of its application and desktop virtualisation software available for download, and at the same time announced what's coming later this quarter in the next versions.
Retail giant Woolworths provides a glimpse of its IT transformation and its technology roadmap for the coming years.
Cloudbursting - the practice of running baseline workloads in house but pushing peak loads onto a cloud provider's infrastructure - gained a lot of attention during the early days of cloud computing but has failed to become everyday practice.
Dell has added a new desktop virtualisation appliance to its Australian catalogue, along with a new zero client.
Project Avalon, Citrix's plan for large-scale Windows virtualisation will be delivered in two stages, dubbed Excalibur and Merlin.
A forthcoming release of XenDesktop will support the managed virtualisation of individual PCs.
F5 has added desktop virtualisation to the range of applications accelerated by its BIG-IP application delivery networking products.
Citrix envisages a future when IT will be highly virtualised and accessed from three broad classes of devices.
arlier this year, an astronaut on the International Space Station sent the first direct tweet from space. It's now been revealed that this was achieved by using a virtual desktop.
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