They may have originally embarked on thin-client rollouts for remote access, but government agencies' early acceptance of virtual desktops has proved prescient as security models are challenged by growing use of mobile devices and cloud services.
David Braue | 18 May | Read more
Built-in encryption makes removable USB-based desktop images intrinsically more secure against loss or compromise than conventional desktops, but a virtual-desktop expert warns that companies must still look to two-factor authentication and innovations such as biometrics to ensure security is easy enough that employees won’t circumvent it.
David Braue | 30 Sep | Read more
It may have started out as a way of simplifying an increasingly complicated IT environment, but Brisbane law firm Cooper Grace Ward (CGW) has found its virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) investment is also delivering improved remote-access security, data protection and integrity of sensitive information.
David Braue | 17 May | Read more
CIO Roxanne Reynolds-Lair of The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising wanted to bring both Macs and Windows to her college's students, administrative employees and teachers. She bought a MacBook Pro and tested new-fangled desktop virtualization software that allows her to run both Windows and OS X on a single machine.
Tom Kaneshige | 20 Apr | Read more