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Virtual Computer Featured in The Boston Globe

Posted by Doug Lane on December 29th, 2008 in Virtual Computer | Post a Comment

The Boston Globe featured Virtual Computer in Bright Lights in a Dark Season — an article focusing on Virtual Computer’s successes during the economic downturn.

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3D Graphics in Virtual Machines Running on a Bare Metal Client Hypervisor [Video]

Posted by Doug Lane on December 23rd, 2008 in Virtual Computer | Comments (5)

Video of 3D graphics running inside of Nxtop, our bare metal client hypervisor. In this video, we are running multiple 3D graphics intensive programs across multiple virtual machines.

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Five Questions Desktop IT Managers Should Consider Before Adopting Desktop Virtualization

Posted by Doug Lane on December 16th, 2008 in Desktop Virtualization | Post a Comment

Virtual Computer CEO Dan MCall discusses the five questions every IT administrator should ask about desktop virtualization before adopting and implementing a desktop virtualization solution.

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Twitter is the New Elevator Pitch

Posted by Doug Lane on December 2nd, 2008 in General Musings | Post a Comment

NxTop in 140 characters or less: Centralized 1-to-many mgmt of virtual desktops, local execution on bare metal client hypervisor, including laptops

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First NxTop Beta is Live!

Posted by Doug Lane on November 26th, 2008 in Virtual Computer | Comments (4)

The first NxTop beta went live today, which is a huge milestone for all of us at Virtual Computer. NxTop is installed and functional at our beta testers site and we’ll post updates about the beta here on the blog.

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Starbucks Confirms: Missing Laptop Contains Employee Data

Posted by Doug Lane on November 25th, 2008 in PC Management | Post a Comment

Another high profile laptop theft is in the news, this time about Starbucks and a missing laptop containing data on nearly 100,000 employees.

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NxTop Addresses Mobile Computing Challenge

Posted by Doug Lane on November 25th, 2008 in Laptop Virtualization | Comments (1)

Virtual Computer CEO Dan McCall talks with Enterprise Management Quarterly about the future of PC lifecycle management, particularly as it relates to managing mobile devices such as laptops.

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Mzinga’s Rick Faulk Joins Our Board of Directors

Posted by Doug Lane on November 24th, 2008 in Virtual Computer | Comments (1)

Virtual Computer announces the addition of Rick Faulk to our Board of Directors. Rick Faulk is the president and CEO of Mzinga and brings 21 years of experience to Virtual Computer.

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Interesting Laptop Theft Statistics

Posted by Doug Lane on November 18th, 2008 in PC Management | Comments (2)

An article in Fast Company points to some interesting statistics related to laptop theft. Laptop theft has been a hot topic lately and the problems that come out of a stolen laptop can be many. NxTop provides the tools to minimize the security risk and hassles associated with laptop theft.

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Stolen Laptop Causes Grief

Posted by Doug Lane on November 13th, 2008 in PC Management | Comments (6)

A stolen laptop in North Carolina has caused grief for the government agency involved in the loss. Solving scenarios like this is one of our goals with NxTop, which is able to remotely kill a laptop (without access to the physical hardware).

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