Desktop Virtualization Journal

According to Wikipedia, a disruptive technology or disruptive innovation is an innovation that helps create a new market and value network, and eventually goes on to disrupt an existing market and value network (over a few years or decades), displacing an earlier technology. The term is used in business and technology literature to describe innovations that improve a product or service in ways that the market does not expect, typically first by designing for a different set of consumers in the new market and later by lowering prices in the existing market. Virtualization and software design have been the main drivers in the development of disruptive innovations in hardware. From the Desktop... One of the main concerns at the desktop level is the need for powerful, yet efficient endpoints, but desktop virtualization rapidly changed the landscape. The endpoints can ... (more)

Thoughts on Big Data and Data Virtualization

Big data and emerging data integration capabilities make it possible to generate insights from vast quantities of data, something that was not possible before and ultimately changing the way companies use information. The big data industry is seeing a boost in development and adaption recently, even though the technology was created years ago. This boost is driven by ever increasing amounts of data and the need to process it in flight and integrate with traditional data repositories, all with scalability and performance in mind. Today's market requirements are to process petabyte... (more)

Oracle Desktop Virtualization Solution Wins 2011 GOOD DESIGN Award

REDWOOD SHORES, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/26/12 -- Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) News Facts Oracle today announced that it has won a 2011 GOOD DESIGN Award from The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Center of Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. The world's largest and most distinguished design competition, GOOD DESIGN annually bestows international recognition upon the world's most prominent designers and manufacturers for advancing new, visionary, and innovative product concepts, invention and originality. For 2011, the Museum received submissio... (more)

AMD Names Chief Strategist

AMD has named Rajan Naik chief strategy officer, reporting to CEO Rory Read. Naik, 40, was a partner in McKinsey's technology practice. His charter will embrace both the company's short- and long-term strategy development, including market opportunities, strategic partnerships and investment strategies. Read said Naik "possesses a strong track record of execution in strategic planning, product and market strategy, and operational performance. He will help ensure strategic and operational alignment across our business to take advantage of growth opportunities in lower power, emer... (more)

Devon IT Receives Microsoft RemoteFX Software Certification for Thin Clients

Devon IT, a leading provider of thin client and VDI hardware and software solutions, today announced it has achieved Microsoft RemoteFX logo certification for its TC5Xc thin client running Window Embedded Standard 7 (WES7). The TC5Xc is also available from Dell as the OptiPlex FX170 thin client with WES7. Microsoft RemoteFX advances virtual desktop performance of Devon IT and Dell thin clients running WES7 in a Microsoft Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Services environment. Microsoft RemoteFX features virtualized graphics resources ... (more)