Hi everyone, we wanted to make you aware of a great webcast panel discussion coming up this week. On Nov 10th, 11AM ET (4PM GMT) we will be joined by 451 Group’s Rachel Chalmers, Research Director of Infrastructure Management; an analyst well known for her research on desktop virtualization.

This session is hosted by BrightTALK, and will cover trends faced by IT today and how context aware computing can answer the challenges brought to organizations through Consumerization, BYoPC, BYoT, BYoD and more. Context aware ‘IT as a Service’ is all about managing the user in the way they want to work, in the location they prefer, using ... READ MORE>>

This week, Microsoft has released the Developer Preview of Windows 8 to the world.  This release comes with some significant enhancements for End User, Administrator and the Developer Community.  What does it mean for Virtualization, CoIT/BYoPC, Workspace Management, Context Aware computing and Task Automation?

Windows 8 is fundamentally an evolution of Windows 7. Under the hood, Windows 8 is still running basically the same architecture as Windows 7. Improvements are however all over the place, and in this post, we will cover these improvements over 6 ... READ MORE>>

By Sean Donahue, Senior Director Global Alliance Marketing

Leaving Las Vegas… again. It’s Thursday night / Friday morning and my new teammates here at RES have just dispersed from the Parasail bar at the Wynn where we all enjoyed a team building end of show cocktail. VMworld 2011 has just ended and we are “knackered” as our man Grant from the UK would say. What a show! Over 20,000 VMware professionals descended on the Venetian and Sands Conference center for the largest tech conference I have ever attended. Not to mention the fact that this was the first show in which I ever had ... READ MORE>>

The wait is finally over. Ruben Spruijt of PQR has released the highly anticipated User Environment Management Smackdown. Whether you want to call it workspace management, user virtualization, persistent personalization or user environment management, today’s IT departments implementing desktop virtualization technology are benefitting from solutions that allow them to separate a user’s settings, application and data from the underlying hardware, delivery platforms and devices. And at last, a third-party has developed a full analysis of the technologies available to help IT achieve better management of their users, as well as the IT services those users are offered. In this 100+ page report, Ruben and ... READ MORE>>

By Thomas Kurz, Channel Manager Central Europe, RES Software

The tides have been changing quickly for user virtualization, and with all the complexity that IT must overcome, it’s no surprise that this space is picking up speed. Whether it be to manage “hybrid” desktop environments that combine delivery platforms to accommodate an increasingly mobile user-base, or to preserve the user experience and personalization as organizations look to standardize with desktop virtualization, user virtualization is rapidly transforming from a nice-to-have-technology to a must-have.

But don’t just take my word for it. In Germany, we recently engaged with IDC to study the market. Check ... READ MORE>>