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VMware on Tuesday released VMware View 3, new software aimed at providing desktop virtualization, application virtualization and management of virtual desktops in one product.  This technology helps IT organizations reduce storage cost, improve user experience and enables IT to rapidly provision and update thousands of desktop from a single image.

This is a major advance in virtual desktop computing. With VMware View 3, IT organizations can “decouple” a desktop from specific physical devices or locations to create a personalized view of a user’s desktop, applications, and data that is securely accessible from almost any device, at any time. By hosting these virtual desktop images in the datacenter using VMware View 3 IT personnel can provision and manage thousands of virtual desktops simply, securely, and with substantially lower operating costs. Read More…

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IN addtion to servers, virtualization Software has many valuable applications for desktop PC as well. One example would be, if you’re developing an application under Windows XP and need to test your program on other versions of Windows. Virtualization or virtual machine (VM) software allows you to run Windows 98 or Vista without forcing you to reboot your computer. The best VM software also allows exchanges between the host machine and the virtual one. If you encounter a bug, you can switch back to the host, correct the code, and send an update back to the virtual one for further testing. There are many other applications for desktop virtualization software. Yet, which is the best desktop virtualization software on the market?

There are three packages that come highly recommended. Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 offers easy installation and best of all you can free trial download. VMware Work Workstation also offers a free 30 day trial for Windows or Linux. ARS Technica did a review comparing virtualization software for desktop that is very informative.

But what about Parallels desktop virtualization solutions? Read More…

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