Contents
Upfront
2 4 5 10 14 MD’s welcome letter Events: A window into some of FD’s past industry events News: It’s been a busy few months for First Distribution… Branch Office Desktop Virtualisation in the BYOD Era: A detailed look at Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) It’s a Crazy BYOD World
The Stack Levels
17 Client Computing 18 Oracle: A Better Approach to Desktop Virtualisation: A look at Oracle’s state-of the-art desktop virtualisation solution 20 VMware Unveils VMware Horizon Suite: The virtualisation expert reveals its latest platform for workforce mobility 22 IBM Goes Mobile: Big Blue is entering the mobile space 24 The Evolution of the Monitor is Complete: A closer look at Samsung’s SyncMaster Cloud range 27 Hosted Solutions 28 EMC VSPEX: Answering some common questions on EMC VSPEX 31 Security 32 No Entry for Viruses: McAfee’s Endpoint products receive high scores in independent testing 33 McAfee Launches New Data Centre Security Suites 35 Software 36 Oracle ISV Migration Centre: A closer look at what this division of the Oracle Partner Hub entails 39 Virtualisation 41 Storage 42 Getting Wise About Storage: A bit more about IBM’s Storwize V7000 and N Series Storage 44 Driving Business Growth with Big Data: Chris Norton, regional director at VMware explains how big data can hold real value for businesses 45 Servers 46 IBM IGF: Interesting s FF?7F?72???$?( ?2?Bf???6??rC? ??WGv?&???rS ?FW7F??r?FW7F??s?????Bf?V?R?WGv?&?>( ?&?vR?bF?v??7F?2?BFW7F??r ?WV??V?BS" ??T??W???&??rF?R&V?Vf?G2?b?T?( ?2&?vR?b6W'fW"??B&??6??r ?WV??V?@??F?R&6?vW0?SB ? ?F?R&6????S?dv?F???RF???f?'7BF?7G&?'WF???( ?2?????W6'W&r6?W2b'W6??W72FWfV???V?BW?V7WF?fP??