Avistar Communications debuted the industry's first fully comprehensive virtual desktop videoconferencing experience designed for IBM Sametime. With the growing demand for unified communications (UC) solutions, and with businesses aggressively adopting virtual desktop infrastructures (VDI), technology executives are faced with the challenge of deploying UC solutions within a VDI environment.

Numecent has announced the availability of Application Jukebox for Red Hat Enterprise Linux and support for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0 in line with the availability of the platform today. Red Hat for Desktops combined with Numecent Application Jukebox delivers a flexible and comprehensive application delivery platform for your virtualized desktop infrastructure.

AppSense and App-DNA have announced a strategic partnership to provide organizations with a comprehensive, user-centric desktop transformation program. The partnership greatly accelerates the migration of Windows-based applications onto new platforms such as Windows 7, virtual desktop computing and remote desktop services.

Pivot3 has introduced the Pivot3 vSTAC VDI, a stackable virtual desktop infrastructure appliance which delivers a unified high-performance compute and storage platform for VMware View environments. Delivered through Pivot3's production pilot program-(P(3)) for VMware View, Pivot3 vSTAC VDI provides customers with a low cost production starter kit and complete VDI out-of-the-box experience for environments of 50 to 1000 virtual desktops.

AppSense has announced the free version of AppSense Strata, a suite of product technology that enables true user freedom by providing them the ability to install and manage their own applications in an isolated environment without needing admin rights. After installation the applications are then seamlessly re-delivered back to their desktop.

AppSense and Centrix Software have announced a strategic partnership to provide organizations with a comprehensive user-centric transformation program.  This partnership will allow organizations to simplify and accelerate the adoption of new technologies and platforms including Windows 7, desktop and application virtualization, cloud computing and BYOD initiatives.

Lenovo announced that customers are now able to buy Virtual Computer NxTop directly through Lenovo sales and its network of business partners in North America. NxTop 4.0 offers extreme flexibility, allowing IT to centrally manage images and use the same image templates for multiple deployment models, regardless of whether the data is hosted on a storage array network or locally on a fully encrypted hard drive.

VXL Instruments announces the launch of the VMware certified, Vtona Desktop Zero Client supporting the Teradici PC-over-IP protocol in North America and Western Europe.  Delivering a superior remote desktop experience ensuring a rich multi-media performance including 3D graphics, CAD/CAM, video and more, the new VMware(R) Vtona PCoIP(R) Zero Client is a purpose built desktop virtualisation solution for cloud computing requirements.

VMware and Mitel unveiled a significant technical advancement designed to considerably increase the already growing deployment of desktop virtualization for IT departments around the world. Specifically, Mitel will integrate its virtualized Unified Communicator(UC) Advanced client software with VMware View5, enabling Mitel and VMware to deliver soft phone and mobile device integration into a desktop virtualization environment.

Pano Logic, (panologic.com) the leader in zero client desktop virtualization, has announced its formal expansion into the Indian market, distributing through Pano Logic Technologies India Pvt. Ltd. Pano Logic India will appoint resellers in all the states of India and will provide sales and technical training for its partners. Opening the Indian market places Pano Logic into 20 countries globally.