Microsoft unveils updates to Azure

Microsoft unveils updates to Azure

More than 5,500 professionals of the technology industry are attending from yesterday until next Friday TechEd Europe 2014 in Barcelona, the Microsoft conference oriented to IT professionals and developers. During the first day the company announced new cloud services, mobility solutions, APIs, tools, and an extended ecosystem of partner solutions.

Among the innovations, we emphasize the innovations in Azure to help streamline operations:

Azure Operational Insights brings together Azure, HDInsight and Microsoft System Center to gather and analyze machine data across cloud environments and turn it into actionable insights that inform business decisions. Available in preview in November 2014.

Persistent vs Non-persistent virtual desktops (First Part)

Persistent vs Non-persistent virtual desktops (First Part)

One of the important issues that must be evaluated before deploying a VDI project is whether the virtual desktops are going to be persistent or non-persistent. The UDS Enterprise team has analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of the two options to make the most appropriate decision for each business. Below we sum up the features of persistent desktops and throughout this week we will publish another post on non-persistent desktops.

With the resources of a persistent desktop, each user has their own desktop running on a specific virtual machine. These types of desktops allow for a greater personalization of one’s workspace, but require more storage and backup resources.

Open Source makes its way into Government

Open Source makes its way into Government

Government institutions and organizations are increasingly aware of the benefits involved in the use of Open Source solutions. Migration of servers and desktop systems to free models are usual actions because of the benefits in terms of cost savings and flexibility.

A prime example is the US Government or the City of Bloomington both commited to use of Open Source software.

Our VDI broker UDS Enterprise allows the deployment of Linux virtual desktop and its Open Source nature makes possible a quick and easy customization to suit the needs of each client.

VDI at the V International Conference on Virtual Campus

VDI at the V International Conference on Virtual Campus

On 28 and 29 October the V International Conference on Virtual Campus will be held in Panama City organized by the Technological University of Panama and the University Network Virtual Campus.

The aim of this event is to strengthen academic and research collaboration between organizations from Europe and the American continent that work for the development of virtual education. To do so, work areas such as educational innovation, the development of technological support tools or virtualization and internationalization of education will be discussed.

Which is the most appropriate storage for VDI?

Which is the most appropriate storage for VDI?

Choosing a storage technology for VDI because of vendor loyalty may lead to a wrong decision. Administrators should take into account different points to select the storage for virtual desktops.

VDI expert Brian Madden explained at a seminar in New York the storage requierements for a virtual desktop infraestructure and the importance of choosing the right option.

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