LXD, the container-based hypervisor lead by Canonical, beats KVM in density and speed. The company published benchmarks showing that LXD runs guest machines 14.5 times more densely and with 57% less latency than KVM.
The target platform for this analysis was an Intel server running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. The testing involved launching as many guest instances as possible with competing hypervisor technologies, LXD and KVM.
UDS Enterprise new version is already available. UDS Enterprise 1.7 edition includes really interesting innovations for users and administrators, such as Citrix XenServer full support”, new Red Hat based distros virtual desktops ( Fedora, CentOS…) and a new actor that makes the work of IT managers much easier and at the same time incorporates a higher level of security**.
UDS Enterprise 1.7 incorporates, as one of many improvements, an on screen keyboard to access virtual desktops from any mobile OS and a new OS Manager which incorporates ramdom passwords for Linux desktops.
Fedora 22 is now available for download. This new version of the Linux distro sponsored by Red Hat and supported by our VDI connection broker for Windows and Linux UDS Enterprise, incorporates new features for cloud, server and workstation deployments.
On the one hand, Fedora 22 Cloud incorporates new features and images designed to help developers and users use Fedora in public and private clouds. Among other things, the Fedora Project has updated its Docker base image and set of Dockerfiles to help users make use of Fedora 22 in containers.
Citrix has renewed the Citrix Ready Marketplace, launching a new website with a more modern and functional design. The user experience has been improved, so that it is now much easier for companies to find third-party compatible products or solutions that best suit their needs
The Citrix Customer Experience and Web Development teams have been working for months in order to understand customer’s needs and priorities. After analyzing that feedback, they have completely redesigned the website, which offers a wide range of partners and solutions that have previously been tested and verified by the company.
Thin Clients are light endpoint devices that do not perform any computer process inside the device; its operations are based on a network connection to the data center, where the virtual desktop is hosted.
When we consider the use of these devices for VDI, there are many things to take into account: What features do I need? How can I manage them? Do I really need a thin client?
