Desktop Management

 
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Dell Corporation is a market leader in delivering cost-effective, low risk, on-demand desktop management software services. Built on a powerful, scalable, and cost effective Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform, Dell delivers a comprehensive set of software services via a single, integrated management console, enabling companies to manage their workforce via the Web.

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Desktop management is a comprehensive approach to managing all the computers associated with an organization, including desktop, laptop and other computing devices.

The responsibilities within desktop management include: installing and maintaining hardware and software; virus protection and spam filtering; patch management for all installed applications; and administering user permissions. Desktop management tasks can be performed onsite or via the Internet with a remote support solution.

Check out the Desktop Management Resource Center for valuable and timely tips and techniques, new product information, industry best practices, and vendor profiles, as well as commentary and reviews from IT gurus.

 
  Key Concepts: desktop management solution, desktop management strategy, patch management, SaaS solutions  
:: Recent Insights on Desktop Management ::
 

Resources Wasted on Upgrades

Source: IT Business Edge Blogs

Recent research from Citrix reports that organizations waste the valuable time of IT managers upgrading desktops and laptops. Cited in this

Axel Springer Moving 10,000 Employees to Macs

Source: Ars Technica

Reports indicate that the European newspaper outfit Axel Springer is moving 10,000 of its employees to Macs. The company intends to complete the process over a five-year period. ...

Macs Catching on in the Enterprise

Source: Computerworld

New research from Yankee Group found that 80 percent of enterprises have Macs in-house, up from 46 percent two years ago. Twenty-one percent of the respondents said they have ...

Parallels, Quest Launch Desktop Virtualization Bundle

Source: Java Developer's Journal

Parallels and Quest Software have partnered to offer a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure bundle, which combines Parallels' Virtuozzo Containers server and Quest's Provision Networks ...

Endeavors Introduces Application Jukebox Lite

Source: InformationWeek

Endeavors Technologies offers a free version of its Application Jukebox product in Application Jukebox Lite. The application-streaming product virtualizes desktop applications and ...

Intel to Skip Vista, Too

Source: IT Business Edge Blogs

Planning to skip Vista? So is chip maker Intel, according to The New York ...

Free Desktop Virtualization App

Source: IT Business Edge Blogs

Virtualization vendor Endeavors Technologies is offering a free version of its application-streaming ...

Desktop Virtualization and Disaster Recovery

Source: IT Business Edge

Desktone to Support Citrix XenServer

Source: Business Wire

Desktone announced that its Virtual-D platform will support Citrix XenServer. As part of the partnership, Citrix Provisioning Center for Desktops will be able to deploy virtual ...

Desktone Touts Desktop-as-a-Service

Source: HP Developer's Journal

Desktone is pushing what it calls desktop-as-a-service (DaaS). The company's Virtual-D, which the author of this piece calls ambitious, is a subscription-based platform to ease ...

 
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