Desktop Virtualization
Desktop virtualization isn’t something you just order up and flip the switch on. Desktop virtualization comes in many flavors, including centrally hosted VDI images streamed locally, desktop images executed and managed centrally, local hypervisor hosted many images, hosted local image with no central control, and the list goes on. Then you lay in some application virtualization and the fun really begins. It is becoming clear that desktop virtualization is going to take a hybrid approach that involves multiple pieces of technology that may even be from different vendors. The trick, then, is gluing it all together and matching the technology with the user. We see senior IT leaders and business executives leading the charge to find more efficient ways to deploy, manage, and secure the desktop operating environment—desktop virtualization is a key ingredient in doing so. It will be interesting to watch for server administrators carry the success of server virtualization to the desktop.
