We are excited to finally have the production code for View 4.5, and with it, a second supported and viable VDI platform for Windows 7 desktops.  The download is available below. http://downloads.vmware.com/d/info/desktop_downloads/vmware_view/4_5 VMware claims to deliver rich, personalized virtual desktops as a managed service from a virtualization platform built to deliver the entire desktop, including the [...]

Microsoft announced the release of its Windows 7 SP1 public beta today at their Worldwide Partner Conference.  There are no feature enhancements in this service pack; instead it is just a roll up of previous released updates for the OS. Although most firms usually wait for the first service pack to be release before deploying a [...]

Microsoft will cease issuing security updates for Windows XP SP2 machines on July 13th, 2010.  Microsoft will continue providing security updates for XP SP3 machines until April, 2014.   Most enterprise PC’s are still on service pack 2 of Windows XP; these machines will become vulnerable to new attacks after July.  It is likely that attacks against unpatched exploits [...]

Microsoft announced at TechEd 2010 this week that a public beta of Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 can be expected near the end of July. Although service packs rarely introduce new features, Microsoft has included two new items for Windows Server 2008 R2, as we previously discussed here, that are intended to enhance virtual [...]

As firms transition to Windows 7, many of them are weighing the decision of implementing the 64-bit version of the Operating System on new hardware.   The performance gains of running the 64-bit OS on new hardware are significant, and initial observations are proving the concern of running 32-bit applications on a 64-bit OS may be [...]