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Posted by Justine Eversman on March 20th, 2012
The healthcare industry is one of the strongest use cases for Intelligent Desktop Virtualization (IDV), a phrase coined by Intel. From security and compliance to mobility, and resiliency healthcare organizations need a way to deliver high performing, flexible end points to their staff without compromising security. With IDV, a fleet of ambulances using Panasonic Toughbook C19’s were able to achieve something no one else could offer – laptop virtualization that run their EMR applications...
Posted by Sham Sao on March 8th, 2012
migration, new PCs, pc refresh, provisioning
The Challenges of Doing a PC Refresh
One of the biggest challenges of doing a PC refresh is getting everyone migrated to their new PC without incident and with minimal disruption. In fact trying to get this done can be enough of a challenge that it causes many companies to hold off on PC refreshes even when they have budget for the actual hardware.
Zero-Touch Provisioning
With an intelligent desktop virtualization solution, such as Virtual Computer NxTop, the refresh process is greatly...
Posted by Sham Sao on March 6th, 2012
Interest in thin clients has been growing as organizations have been looking for ways to reduce their PC administration and support costs. It's a well known fact that traditional PCs are very expensive to support.
But thin cliients create their own challenges:
Users no longer get a rich client experience
Performance is inconsistent due to network latency, boot storms, etc.
Infrastructure costs grow as workloads shift from the edge to the data center
Repurposing PCs as Thin...
Posted by Sham Sao on March 5th, 2012
library, PC, support
Library PCs are notoriously difficult to support, and it holds true whether we're talking about a corporate library, a public library, or even a bank of shared use PCs.
The problem here is akin to the challenge rental car companies have with their fleets. When someone has their own car, they use a higher degree of care with it. But if you ever want to try driving over a curb, people think that a rental car offers the time to do it!
So while there's already a big challenge with...
Posted by Justine Eversman on March 5th, 2012
Organizations everywhere are increasing their focus on end-point security (in fact, IDC predicts double digit growth over the next few years). We recently conducted a survey of 200 IT professionals that found almost 75% of respondents found security to be their most important initiative focus in 2012.
While some organizations are implementing Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) to address security concerns, other organizations have held off because of cost, complexity, and end-user performance...
Posted by Justine Eversman on March 5th, 2012
What exactly is Intelligent Desktop Virtualization (IDV) and what are the benefits of using this solution? In the video clip below, Dan McCall, President and CEO of Virtual Computer, Inc., explains just what companies are able to do with IDV, unique capabilities Virtual Computer offers, and how you can personally reap the benefits. Click the video below to hear more!
Posted by Dan Cote on March 5th, 2012
Whether your corporate training room is a cost center or revenue generator, it shouldn’t be a time sink for your IT department—and it won’t be if the computers are virtualized. Instead of installing software and patches and modifying system settings one PC at a time, IT professionals will be able to do this and more—instantly and simultaneously—from one central management console.
Not only can IT reduce training PC support issues 50-90% using the IDV approach, they can avoid over 95% of...
Posted by John Glendenning on February 29th, 2012
Desktop Virtualization, IDV, Intelligent Desktop Virtualization, nxtop, VDI
Though it is true that getting above the noise of Citrix and VMware can be challenging, it is happening thanks to a rapidly growing group of customers and partners that have actually experienced the power of Intelligent Desktop Virtualization (IDV) through NxTop as part of a well-managed desktop transformation project.
Virtual Computer customers today have some or all of the following characteristics:
1. Delivering a locked down environment across a reasonably similar PC environment. 2. Limited...
Posted by Sham Sao on February 28th, 2012
Intelligent Desktop Virtualization (IDV), a term coined by Intel®, provides IT with the ability to control and secure desktop images and devices while ensuring users enjoy high-performance, mobility, and flexibility. While it's true that IDV certainly flips the letters around in VDI, it's not just VDI backwards. There's a whole lot more to it than that.
The biggest difference between IDV and VDI is that while VDI requires both centralized management and...
Posted by Justine Eversman on February 20th, 2012
Healthcare, IDV, VDI
Already have existing Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) in place? Virtual Computer can still help you achieve your goals in desktop virtualization. In the video clip below, Dan McCall, President and CEO of Virtual Computer, Inc., discusses how NxTop® can be used in a healthcare environment with VDI. Using a real life use case, Dan explains not only how to use NxTop as a thin client but also how it will benefit customers as a whole. Click the video below to hear more!
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