Wanova on Wednesday announced the beta release of its Mirage distributed desktop virtualization software. The system provides management processes such as provisioning, image management, desktop support and OS and hardware migration by centralizing desktop contents in the data center in a Centralized Virtual Desktop (CVD), while providing full support for offline use and mobility. Mirage facilitates migration from XP to Windows 7. With Mirage-enabled desktops, users can install Windows 7 and get their complete XP environment, encapsulated in a CVD, automatically streamed from the data center to XP-mode in Windows 7. Information on beta participation can be found here www.wanova.com/beta .
Deni Connor is the principal of Storage Strategies NOW (SSG-NOW) which was founded in 2007. Deni is a well-known Servers expert, who was previously a reporter for IDG’s Network World. In addition, Connor worked in marketing and editorial positions for Novell, IBM, Control Data, Radix International, Thomas-Conrad and Networking Solutions magazine. SSG-NOW is located in Austin, Texas.
Deni is a regular contributor in both print and online for Network World and authors NWW’s twice-weekly Storage News Alert Newsletter with a circulation of over 26,000 subscribers.
In a previous and long ago life, Connor is known as a Novell NetWare expert and co-author of IDG's NetWare for Dummies and several other books on networking the NetWare way.