I've been working with VMware technology now since 2003 with GSX server, and I first delved into desktop virtualisation in November 2006, when all it had to offer back then was a bunch of virtualised Windows XP desktops running on VMware ESX 2.5x. Granted, that Leostream, Dunes, Propero and even Citrix released their desktop brokers back then, but they were either too complicated, too expensive, or plain useless.
Now in 2008 there is good news from VMware, with their Virtual Desktop Manager (VDM 2.0) offering. Version 1 was only available in 2007 via VMware's professional services channel, but VDM version 2 is now integrated with technology from Propero.
If you haven't had any experience with desktop virtualisation, then VDM is a great place to start. It is simple to use, reasonably priced, and from what I've seen it has excellent performance.
You can now download a trial of VDM 2.0 from https://www.vmware.com/tryvmware/
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