This is my third article in a series on Amazon WorkSpaces, Amazon's Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) solution. In my previous two articles (located here and here), I gave an overview of WorkSpaces and ...

WorkSpaces provides cloud-hosted Windows 7 desktops in four virtual machine configurations, but current VDI solutions may still have an edge in terms of flexibility Amazon Web Services is determined ...

In order for the desktop-as-a-service offering to succeed, Amazon has to overcome questions regarding software integration, security, and availability Amazon Web Services’ hosted virtual desktops have ...

I’ve never really gotten my head around virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) for higher ed. With Amazon’s announcement that they will now be offering the ability to rent a virtualized desktop, ...

There’s a new challenger in the desktop virtualization space. Amazon just announced Amazon WorkSpaces, a fully managed desktop computing service in the cloud. WorkSpaces sits higher in the stack than ...

For years I’ve been complaining about the many challenges facing small and medium sized companies who really want to migrate all their applications to the cloud. Performance is one factor, and that’s ...

With Alexa in several products across Amazon.com Inc.’s portfolio, from streaming sticks to smart speakers, TVs and home hubs, accessible end-user computing hardware has evidently been one of the ...

The Amazon WorkSpaces Administration Guide states that you can use CloudWatch Metrics, CloudWatch Events and CloudTrail logs to monitor WorkSpaces. [Click on image for larger view.] CloudWatch Metrics ...