Despite the economic downturn, 2009 was a year of epic acquisitions. Oracle bought Sun. Xerox bought ACS. EMC bought Data Domain. But after the papers are signed, the press conferences are held and the lawyers are paid, who is left to handle the massive integration of employees? IT. Whether the acquisition is small or record-setting, [...]

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In his recent article on The Challenges of Desktop Virtualization, Daniel Feller comments on how difficult it can be to support non-IT-delivered applications, which can proliferate into the tens of thousands, in virtualized desktop environments. He recommends doing a multi-level assessment to try to figure out which applications are in use, and their appropriate delivery [...]

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