For a long time we have known that corporate use of PCs is inefficient and
overly expensive: analysts estimate that a typical PC costs around three
times as much as its purchase price to manage over the PC's lifetime. But,
until recently, there has been little that organizations could do to change
the situation while still delivering acceptable service. Virtualization has
changed this in a number of important ways: the physical PC need no longer be
the key delivery mechanism and, hence, images can be hosted pretty much
anywhere. Essentially, we can host copies of a client operating system and
deliver a display protocol to users over the network. However, as with many
things, the devil and the opportunity are in the details. Let's look in more
detail at how cloud-hosted clients can work today and how changes underway
will improve the situation in the future.
Today, ... (more)
Desktop Virtualization on Ulitzer
At the end of last year I made some predictions for how I think desktop
virtualization will develop in 2010. People who have listened to Brian
Madden TV's prediction show will have heard references to some of them and I
think the time is right to share the whole list with our broader readership.
I am interested in your thoughts too, feel free to comment whether you agree
or disagree.
1. The proof year for hosted virtual desktops
From talking to our numerous customers and partners around the world, we see
there is now general acceptance that the ... (more)
Several key events are occuring at the same time and will drive the adoption
of desktop virtualization as Windows 7 rolls out.
Following a major gathering like VMworld it is little surprise that a number
of people come away with a similar take on a key area. The adoption of
desktop virtualization to support Windows 7 roll outs is just such an area. I
recorded a video interview on this last week and this week I have seen
articles by Bernd Harzog and Jon Wallace both commenting on the same
underlying point.
http://www.virtualizationpractice.com/blog/?p=1316
http://www.insidetheregi... (more)
The term 'VDI' has been in circulation since around 2005 and has been used to
describe a large number of different technologies and ways of delivering
client desktops. That variety has led to considerable confusion about what is
necessary to deliver an economic, scalable solution. Hence this blog, which
will look to:
Discuss the architectures of desktop virtualization Look at the opportunities
and challenges of the technology Show where product releases contribute to
desktop virtualization
In short we will be showing the way to sucessful desktop virtualization
implementation and... (more)
In just the last two months Gartner have published three documents that
talk about the importance of Persistent Personalization, their term for a
subset of User Environment Management (UEM). They have approached it from
three different directions: One document looks at Persistent Personalization
itself, one for hosted virtual desktops and one for client virtual desktops.
As you would expect with three documents in such a short period of time there
are some very solid pieces of information and some long shots. In this
article I want to pull together the principal themes and clarif... (more)
Martin Ingram is vice president of strategy for AppSense, where he's responsible for understanding where the entire desktop computing market is going and deciding where AppSense should direct its products. He is recognized within the industry as an expert on application delivery. Martin has been with AppSense since 2005, previously having built companies around compliance and security including Kalypton, MIMEsweeper, Baltimore Technologies, Tektronix and Avid. He holds an electrical engineering degree from Sheffield University.
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