GPUs, CPUs, and VDI, oh my! GPUs get all the credit for rendering stunning displays for fancy graphics-intense applications. However, CPUs are the true unsung heroes of the high-performance computing (HPC) that solves some of the biggest, most complex problems of our time. By maximizing CPU usage using cloud-hosted or on-prem VDI, you can deliver...Read More

Last night, Microsoft announced that it would discontinue shipping Microsoft Paint in the newest Windows 10 upgrade, scheduled for release this September. The internet outrage was swift and fierce, as millions mourned the death of an application that, for many, was the first application we ever used on a PC. From cropping screenshots, to low-quality...Read More

As enterprises move away from traditional full-stack VDI and trend towards deconstructed VDI, IT professionals are faced with new challenges when designing a solution that fits all their users’ needs and workflows.  Read More

Today, Leostream is celebrating 15 years in the VDI space. In tech years, that is nearly a lifetime of watching new technologies come and go. 15 years ago, VDI was barely more than a proof of concept, and many thought the tech would never go mainstream. Our founders thought differently, and here we are, 15...Read More

This blog is part four of the “Making VDI Work” blog series. If you’d like to learn more about how to make VDI work for your organization, check out our previous installments How to Design the Ideal VDI or Hosted Desktop Solution, Things to Consider about Client Devices, and Choosing A Display ProtocolRead More

Earlier this month, OpenStack Summit was conveniently held in Leostream’s back yard of Boston. I took the opportunity to avoid my Waltham commute, attend a particularly interesting session, and participate in some great follow-up conversations centered on OpenStack VDI. Here’s what I learned. Read More

VDI was supposed to save us money. By virtualizing desktops, we mobilized the workforce, maximized resource utilization, and reduced hardware costs. So, the cost-savings had to follow naturally, right? Well, once those pesky licensing fees started to add up, suddenly that big money-saving VDI initiative became just as pricey, if not more so, than dedicated...Read More

The other week, while giving a demonstration of our VDI management platform, I tossed out the word “orchestration”. It’s a term you often hear from organizations that are moving resources into the cloud. Invoking the orchestration card, however, brought on the question of how, exactly, our platform was different from all of the other cloud orchestration...Read More

Here at Leostream, we have been in the “providing access to desktops and applications that don’t live at your desk” space since the early-2000s. That space has been called many different things since then, but the idea has stayed the same. First, it was called VDI, and everything lived in your on-premises datacenter. If you...Read More

So, the year of VDI never quite arrived. Without placing any blame, we can certainly assert that the slow traction for VDI had primarily to do with the hefty licensing fees associated with the VDI stack. Moreover, with the advent of the public cloud, on-premises private infrastructure is becoming less attractive by the day.Read More