Trying to keep up with virtualization technology can be mind boggling.  While I am a sales engineer, when in the office I am charged with setting up multiple test environments in which to run our products.  I have setup XEN Server, XEN Desktop, VMWare VDI and then View, XEN App, App-V, and more.  Soon I will be given one of our old production ESX boxes to add to the test environment.  Since I started at triCerat I have watched Presentation Server become XEN App, VMWare VDI become VMWare Vi

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, or VDI, is a hot buzzword in today’s tech world. However an administrator should consider if they really need a full desktop experience for their end users. In scenarios where an end user only interacts with a computer when using a program, such as some health care professionals, a full desktop experience is not necessary. Here application virtualization can bring a reduction of maintenance overhead, but not bring the costs potentially associated with a full VDI.