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Liquidware user experience monitoring fills gap in DaaS migration

Moving virtual desktops to the cloud is complicated. To take some of the monitoring load off, one company adopted Liquidware software, making for an award-winning initiative.
January 30, 2018 30 Jan'18
Access Innovation Awards recognize desktop transformation

The Access Innovation Awards highlight two creative and successful end-user computing projects. One of these IT initiatives dove headfirst into cloud with a migration of physical and virtual desktops to desktop as a service, all while monitoring ...

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VDI applications maintain many use-case advantages over DaaS

DaaS is growing rapidly, but on-premises VDI holds an edge in use cases that require granular control, network stability, application flexibility, OS licensing and secure data. Continue Reading
Considering Amazon WorkSpaces? Balance virtual desktop pros and cons

In this answer, expert Chris Moyer discusses concerns companies should address before moving to Amazon WorkSpaces or other virtual-desktop services. Continue Reading
FAQ: All about WorkSpaces, Amazon's new cloud-based desktop service

Associate Site Editor Caroline de Lacvivier answers common questions about Amazon Web Services' new cloud-based desktop service, Amazon WorkSpaces. Continue Reading

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Supporting Internet of Things applications in AWS

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Five essential Amazon WorkSpaces management tasks

Amazon WorkSpaces alleviates much of the management headache and overhead of traditional desktops, but there are still five management tasks cloud admins need to handle. Continue Reading