Virtualization watchers have speculated for years when Microsoft would throw a low-cost blow at arch-rival VMware in the desktop virtualization fight. This week, Microsoft delivered the punch via a ...

User State Virtualization reflects the specific needs of mobile workers: By separating user settings from the PC and storing it in a central location, it allows users to work with a familiar Windows ...

Microsoft must be set on the idea of acquisitions as the major driver for growth and innovation in the company, because it’s adding to its lengthy list of recent acquisitions with a hefty offer for ...

In move toward virtualization, Microsoft plans to integrate Kidaro's management technology into the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack for Software Assurance Microsoft continues to step up its ...

Kidaro's technology portfolio includes data leak prevention and encryption solutions as well as virtual desktop deployment, laptop management, and desktop disaster recovery tools. For companies that ...

Desktop virtualization is a virtualization technology, which separates an individual's PC applications from his or her desktop. Virtualized desktops are usually hosted on a remote central server, ...

(Editor’s note: This story initially misstated that Microsoft is now letting corporate users do desktop virtualization with any version of Windows Vista via its server-based Vista Enterprise ...

Microsoft's new desktop virtualization initiatives announced yesterday are a long-anticipated move to make desktop and application virtualization easier and cheaper for enterprises. But it's also part ...