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VMware aims to virtualise Windows 7 rollouts
News In an announcement on Monday, the company said it has simplified provisioning and improved scalability in View 4, allowing organisations to manage tens of thousands of virtualised desktops as a single deployment, up from the 500 to 1,000 supported...
[November 9, 2009, 15:36]
Dialogue Box 7.6: Inside the ultimate desktop PC
Articles Who says desktops are dull? Rupert and Charles poke and prod one of the most powerful consumer PCs around, and draw some lessons for enterprise IT.
[November 9, 2009, 12:36]
Sophos Anti-Virus
Downloads Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac OS X, part of Sophos Endpoint Security and Data Protection, has been engineered to provide complex, multi-platform networks with totally reliable protection on Macintosh servers, desktops and laptops.
[November 2, 2009, 1:23]
Gartner: ARM-based devices gaining momentum
News In his presentation, Heidarson suggested that the ARM infrastructure will by then be used in smartbook-like devices and subsequently, in 2013, tapped for other low-cost form factors, such as notebooks and desktops.
[October 1, 2009, 13:12]
EC reveals details of Intel antitrust breaches
News In addition, it put financial pressure on the PC maker to stop it from offering such desktops through any channel other than direct distribution. During the same period, Intel constrained HP from selling AMD-based business desktops to any customers...
[September 21, 2009, 15:07]
Dell's 11th generation PowerEdge servers for SMEs
Blog They're not the only servers with eSATA ports either, but Dell's suggestion that this will simplify porting data from desktops and workstations to a business's first server is well made — too many server solutions expect the business to have a...
[September 9, 2009, 16:53]
HP t5730w Thin Client review
Reviews Either way, the t5730's small size means it requires significantly less office space than a traditional desktop PC. If you haven't looked at thin clients recently, you might be surprised by the amount of hardware on offer.
[September 3, 2009, 16:19]
Virtualisation means more time at the console
Blog But while virtualisation software vendors talk blithely about data centre orchestration, if you're a small or medium-sized business with scant IT resource to throw around, don't imagine that the savings from virtualising servers and desktops will...
[September 3, 2009, 11:13]
IBM launches cloud virtual desktop service
News In June, IBM announced a set of cloud products and services as part of the Smart Business brand, with an initial focus on cloud development and virtual desktops. All that's needed is a machine — a thin client or PC — capable of running an Internet...
[September 2, 2009, 10:49]
RES marries virtual desktops with local apps
News It's pretty impressive, because you're able to give people access to the enhanced functions they expect on their PC, but keep the management benefits and reduced TCO of thin client or virtual desktops," he said.
[August 27, 2009, 11:41]
Boom in requests for Linux drivers
News He gave examples of several Dell consumer-oriented desktops, as well as a corporate PC line which is offered without an installed OS so companies can install their own. Dennis Mark, head of marketing at HP's personal systems group, also pointed to...
[August 17, 2009, 11:54]
AMD ships Windows 7-ready chipset
News The announcement makes sense for AMD because it puts the company in a position to exploit the higher end of the PC market, as businesses that do rendering and modelling move away from Unix-based desktops, said Longbottom.
[August 4, 2009, 16:28]
Newfoundland Power Reclaims Up to 11 Days of Productivity Per Year With Dell Inventory Tracking Solution
White Papers To produce an inventory of its desktops, Newfoundland Power was using two tracking systems and then reconciling them to extract the most accurate information, losing two days of productivity per report.
[August 4, 2009, 0:00]
HTC patches Bluetooth driver flaw
Blog Comment To effectively address the mobile challenge, enterprises need a way to impose similar rules and policies on mobile devices as they do on their endpoints such as laptops, desktops and servers. A recent cyber threat report by the Georgia Tech...
[July 18, 2009, 9:12]
PC industry faces worst year since dot-com bust
News Shipments of desktops are expected to fall 18.1 percent this year, as notebook PCs become ever-more popular. PC makers have been able to ship more units each year for the past eight straight years. Even in weak years, PC unit shipments typically...
[July 15, 2009, 16:01]
Syncables Desktop SE
Downloads Syncables Desktop enables you to easily sync and migrate content between PCs, like for netbooks with desktops, or over a network to stream media. You can even turn your network into a virtual media hub with shared media accessible for playback on...
[July 14, 2009, 14:16]
Chip market shows signs of life
News Context said in a statement that the quarterly total was affected by a "record slump" in June, which showed an 11.5 percent year-on-year drop in distributor sales of desktops, notebooks and servers, according to preliminary findings.
[July 13, 2009, 13:51]
Parliamentary tech boss backs calls for gov't IT loans
News Common technology platforms to allow applications to be shared across departments, including virtual desktops, remote working technologies, server virtualisation, duplex printers and automated PC shutdown software, could all be purchased using the...
[June 30, 2009, 8:31]
Intel urges SMEs: Don't delay PC refresh
News According to Techaisle, desktops that have been in use for over three years are 28 percent more likely to be attacked by a virus than those that have been used for less than three years. Older desktops and notebooks were also likely to have greater...
[June 29, 2009, 10:46]
I'm with Andrew
Talkback I use Windows on a daily basis but recently I built a modest pc from components I had kicking around the cupboard. I know this because I recently installed Vista on my tablet PC which is of similar spec to the Ubuntu box and it was completely...
[June 26, 2009, 9:27]
