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VDI Basic Questions answered

ByJorge Pereira 2010-03-282014-09-16

Tags: Infrastructure, Technology Management, VDI

There seems to be a lot of market noise about this and it is an interesting topic.

What does VDI stand for?

VDI = Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

Is VDI new?

The virtual machine on the desktop is not new.

Microsoft’s Remote Desktop, Citrix, VMware Workstation, Parallel, Virtual PC and several others have been around for a while.

Is it simply thin-client revisited? is it more than this?
Aren’t we simply moving the desktop problem back to a centralized location? –

What is the fuzz all about?

The ability to access “my desktop” from any device, anywhere without having to re-instal software or worry about data.

Sample Companies?

Thin-client-like devices (do you rememember AlloyPC?)
http://ncomputing.com/
www.PanoLogic.com

Within Enterprises:
There are two leading companies in this space: Citrix with Xen Desktop and VMware with VMware View.

Although Microsoft has Remote Desktop, for large VDI implementations it has decided to partner with Citrix.

For individual consumers (emerging space):

Some companies offering this as a service include:

http://www.gopc.net
http://www.tucloud.com/
http://desktone.com/ (very interesting but mostly for enterprises,)

Jorge Pereira

Accomplished Information Technology services professional with over 25 years of experience performing technical pre-sales, solution selling, public speaking / presentations, consulting, project delivery and program management. Over the past few years, Jorge has focused on customers solutions in the areas of: Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, Workforce Transformation, End-User-Computing (EUC) Lifecycle Management, Modern Device Management, and Cybersecurity.
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