White Papers

White papers provide valuable information and can help you make important business decisions. The latest white papers from RES Software are therefore downloadable free of charge by clicking on the links below.

• Operating System Migration - The 5 Essential Steps
  Simplify Migrations by Transforming Desktops into Workspaces! Throughout this white paper you will learn in five easy steps how the traditional challenges of migrating from one operating system to another can become a thing of the past by using a user workspace management solution.
  
  
• Desktop Transformation - How to transform Windows desktops into managed workspaces
  This paper describes the concepts of Desktop Transformation and how Desktop Transformation
  technology can help organizations to progress to managed User Workspaces without having a
  negative impact on user productivity.
  
  
• Brian Madden: The importance of 'User Workspace Virtualization' in Desktop Virtualization                                  
  In this paper, independent industry expert Brian Madden will look at the user workspace challenges faced when virtualizing desktops, and how users can continue to get a personalized workspace even when sharing a 'master' virtual desktop image.
  
  
• Migrating to Windows 7? What you need to know about user settings
  This white paper discusses migration to Windows 7, specifically steps and elements you need to be aware of about end-user settings. Migrating to Windows 7 might seem straightforward; however, when it comes to end-user settings, there are a few items you need to carefully consider to allow for a successful migration without disrupting end-user productivity.
  
  
• Reduce your TCO with automated workspace management
  This white paper examines how to use automated workspace management products to reduce PC TCO by at least US$ 197 per PC per year while maintaining end-user productivity.
  
  
• User Workspace Management and Desktop Virtualization                                       
  This White Paper provides a brief description of User Workspace Management and its critical importance to desktop virtualization deployments.
  
  
• What is personalization and why should you care?

  As you use your computer over time, it quickly becomes more than just a tagged piece of office equipment like a filing cabinet. All individual customizations are what the IT industry now calls the 'personalization' of your computer. And after years of ignoring these elements, smart IT organizations have now come to realize how important they are to overall employee satisfaction.
  

• Delivering Pervasive User Profiles
  Smart organizations understand the need for a personalized workspace. At the same time, however, many may not immediately recognize that an optimized workspace is not only personalized but also secure and reliable. Organizations must see the need for an independent mechanism to handle personalization.
  

• RES Software and Security: Realizing asset-centric and user-centric approaches to security
  In the current versatile user community, a user is no longer bound to any single device. Although assets still need to be kept secure, the need arises for a user-centric security approach, where security rules are aligned with the use of those assets.
  
  
• Greg Shields: Enhancing IT Administration with Run Book Automation
  Managing your Windows environment is a challenging task.  Repeating tasks across multiple machines requires time and effort that takes away from value-added activities.  Run Book Automation for Windows enables the automation of otherwise manual tasks, enabling an easy-to-use platform upon which systems management activities can be run, secured, and delegated.
  
  
• To Profile or Not to Profile, that is the Question
  This white paper addresses the question whether Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services combined with Windows Server 2008 Group Policy provides the right fit for organizations that want to centralize applications on a terminal server while also providing their users with a consistent workspace.
  
  
• Simplifying deployment of Microsoft TS RemoteApp applications
  Because Microsoft TS RemoteApp applications integrate seamlessly with the user's desktop, they behave as if they were running on the user's computer. This white paper explains the benefits of Microsoft TS RemoteApp Integration in RES PowerFuse 2008.
  
  
• The art of User Configuration management: Why Group Policies aren't enough
  Read this white paper to learn why Group Policies arent enough and how a user workspace management solution can help you solve user configuration issues. User workspace management eliminates the challenges of Group Policies and provides a management framework that is optimized for the virtualized world.
  
  
• How to Create True Value from Virtualization
  Virtualization is a fundamental technological innovation that allows skilled IT managers to deploy creative solutions to leading business challenges. This white paper examines some strategies and tools to provide end users with a consistent workspace in a virtualized application delivery infrastructure.
  
  
• Snapshot Intelligence: using snapshots to their fullest potential
  Using Snapshot Intelligence, IT administrators can now create semi-permanent changes without having to modify the standard image. This reduces to a minimum the number of gold images to be created and maintained. At the same time, an accurate and reliable change history is always available as a basis for informed decisions.

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