Did you catch the news today? As Cisco and VMware continue to collaborate in transforming virtual desktops into virtual workspaces, we reached an important milestone – an agreement to sell VMware View 5 software as part of an integrated VXI offer to our customers. Read More »
Accelerating Customer and Partner Success with VXI and VMware View
We’re making Desktop Virtualization a whole lot easier for our partners and our customers!
Making things easier, is always a good thing. I recently spoke with Phil Sherburne, vice president of Enterprise Systems and Architectures for Cisco about two announcements Cisco made today to resell industry leading desktop virtualization software and how Cisco is making desktop virtualization a whole lot easier for our partners and our customers to purchase.
Tags: virtualization, VMware, vxi
So is it Virtual Desktops, or Virtual Workspaces? and… VMware Partner Exchange is Next Week!
It’s actually BOTH, which I’ll get to in a minute… First, are you going to VMware Partner Exchange? Planning out your agenda for next week? If so, you’ve got some great opportunities to learn about VXI with VMware. Before we get to the good stuff, I want to highlight something that we often get asked, namely the difference between VXI and desktop virtualization, ie: the title of this post! Read More »
Tags: virtual desktops, virtual workspaces, VMware, vxi
Highlights from the National Town Hall for the Next Generation Workspace: Public Sector Edition
In case you missed it, you can still watch the National Town Hall for the Next Generation Workplace online.
This 90-minute TeleWebcast features public sector customer best practices from federal, state and local government, and education organizations hosted via Cisco TelePresence in Atlanta, Herndon, Los Angeles, Richardson, San Jose, and Seattle.
Moderator: Steve LeSueur
Contributing Editor, 1105 Government Information Group
Shane Milam
Director, Systems and Networks, Mercer University
Paulette Robinson
Associate Dean for Teaching and Learning, iCollege, National Defense University
Josh Sawislak
Senior Fellow, Telework ExchangeSenior Fellow, Telework Exchange
Jac Fagundo
Chief Technology Officer for Internal Services Department, LA County
Brooks Moore
Manager of Technology Services, Dallas County Public Schools – Aledo
Matt Byers
Senior Systems Administrator, Seattle University
Chris Westphal
Senior Manager for Desktop Solutions Marketing, VMware
Tony Paikeday
Senior Marketing Manager for Desktop Virtualization, Cisco
Tags: Bring your Own Device (BYOD), Connected Government, desktop, desktop virtualization, education, government, healthcare, TelePresence, thin client, vdi, Virtualization Experience, VMware, vxi
Cisco UCS Customers Discuss Desktop Virtualization in IPTV Broadcast Today
December 14, 2011 at 9:37 am PST
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The move to liberate workers from the constraints of traditional desktop computing, while embracing the proliferation of end-user device choices, is a rapidly increasing trend in IT. IT managers are looking at desktop virtualization to improve application access and data security, cut costs and improve services for today’s mobile, distributed workforce. The hosted virtual desktop market is forecast by analysts to accelerate through the next two years to an estimated 70 million units by 2014, approximately 15% of all enterprise desktops/laptops worldwide.
Two leading-edge Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) customers, Diebold and Seattle Children’s Hospital, will be featured in a webcast session today at Noon PST/3 p.m. EST to discuss their virtual desktop deployments, why they made the decision to switch to this new model, and how UCS is delivering an optimized, secure, scalable platform for hosting virtual desktop workloads. Registration is not required; to join us, visit www.ustream.tv/ciscotv. Seattle Children’s is a premier child healthcare center, and if you’ve used a card reader at a leading bank or retail outlet, you’ve likely used a Diebold device, since the company is a leading global provider of integrated self-service delivery and security systems. Both Diebold and Seattle Children’s Hospital have employed this technology in innovative and highly impactful ways, so this is a great conversation to listen in on if you’re evaluating or already on the road to virtual desktops.