Multitasking is a term familiar to all of us in the tech world. The ability to juggle multiple applications or PCs is seen as a benefit. But it’s not without its challenges. Those of us who run many ...

Google maintains a piece of software, Cloudtop, that employees use to access internal programs. It's the sort of thing that might be helpful for companies that want to keep their employees productive ...

Do you mostly use browsers for all your computing needs? By using virtual desktops instead of browser tabs, you get real ...

Early in 2006, Forrester Research Inc. analysts said that the desktop virtualization technology of the day was “the future of the corporate PC.” In August of the following year, Gartner ...

The coming fast growth of the desktop virtualization market has brought out multiple vendors, large and small, looking to gain a foothold and get their share as early as possible. Vendors of desktop ...

So far, Microsoft has invested more than $400 million in its Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP), which includes desktop and application virtualization ...

Schools in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh are deploying virtual desktop technology that lets several users share the computing capacity of a single PC. Each of 5,000 secondary schools in the state ...

In an effort to capture what it sees as a growing market for virtual desktops within enterprises, Microsoft is simplifying some licensing agreements and enhancing its virtual-desktop-related software.

Virtualization is moving to every connected device allowing for new levels of portability and management of virtual images and servers. Dave Rosenberg has more than 15 years of technology and ...