OpenStack co. adds virtual desktop infrastructure

	Five tips to virtual desktop ROI | Security startup aims to isolate tasks rather than walling off PCs
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	OpenStack company Piston adds virtual desktop infrastructure Piston Cloud Computing is the first OpenStack-based company to embrace virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), marking OpenStack's entrance into the VDI market dominated by Citrix. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Evolve Customer Care with Collaboration Using collaboration technology to improve customer service gives your company an opportunity to evolve beyond traditional service models to create better customer relationships. While the telephone will always be an option, many customers want experiences where chat, social media, video and self-service are also part of the norm. Download a new white paper from ZK Research to learn how using collaboration technology can help your organization improve customer responsiveness and provide customers with self-service offerings, leading to greater loyalty. In this Issue Five tips to virtual desktop ROI Security startup aims to isolate tasks rather than walling off PCs Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 targets large-scale cloud deployments VMware patches arbitrary code execution flaw in desktop, server virtualization products RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: EMC Transform End User Computing Turn to EMC to bring new simplicity, power, and efficiency to end user computing-any user, any device, anywhere. Click to continue Five tips to virtual desktop ROI Server virtualization made IT rock stars by improving uptime and saving the organization some serious dollars. Now it's time to look at how to leverage this expertise for the desktop. Read More Security startup aims to isolate tasks rather than walling off PCs A technology coming later this year from a startup called Bromium will secure computers not by blocking them off from suspect data and applications but by isolating anything untrusted from the core of the OS. The technology uses hardware virtualization to create a 'MicroVM' for each task it can't trust. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: EMC Transform End User Computing Turn to EMC to bring new simplicity, power, and efficiency to end user computing-any user, any device, anywhere. Click to continue Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 targets large-scale cloud deployments With the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.3, Red Hat has tweaked the enterprise grade Linux distribution to add new capabilities in storage, virtualization, security, scalability and performance. Read More VMware patches arbitrary code execution flaw in desktop, server virtualization products Virtualization software vendor VMware has released security patches for its Workstation, Player, Fusion, ESXi and ESX products in order to address two vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to compromise the host system or crash a virtual machine. Read More
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