{"id":269,"date":"2010-03-28T13:34:17","date_gmt":"2010-03-28T21:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.jorgep.com\/?p=269"},"modified":"2014-09-16T06:39:35","modified_gmt":"2014-09-16T06:39:35","slug":"vdi1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/vdi1\/","title":{"rendered":"VDI  Basic Questions answered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There seems to be a lot of market noise about this and it is an interesting topic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What does\u00a0 VDI stand for?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>VDI =\u00a0 Virtual Desktop Infrastructure<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is VDI new?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The virtual machine on the desktop is not new.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft&#8217;s Remote Desktop, Citrix, VMware Workstation, Parallel, Virtual PC and several others have been around for a while.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is it simply thin-client revisited? is it more than this?<\/strong><br \/>\nAren&#8217;t we simply moving the desktop problem back to a centralized location? &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the fuzz all about?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The ability to access &#8220;my desktop&#8221; from any device, anywhere without having to re-instal software or worry about data.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sample Companies?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thin-client-like devices (do you rememember AlloyPC?)<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/ncomputing.com\/<br \/>\nwww.PanoLogic.com<\/p>\n<p>Within Enterprises:<br \/>\nThere are two leading companies in this space: Citrix with Xen Desktop and VMware with VMware View.<\/p>\n<p>Although Microsoft has Remote Desktop, for large VDI implementations it has decided to partner with Citrix.<\/p>\n<p>For individual consumers (emerging space):<\/p>\n<p>Some companies offering this as a service include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>http:\/\/www.gopc.net<\/li>\n<li>http:\/\/www.tucloud.com\/<\/li>\n<li>http:\/\/desktone.com\/ (very interesting but mostly for enterprises,)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There seems to be a lot of market noise about this and it is an interesting topic. 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