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.insidetheregistry.com/content/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=1768
The roll out of Windows 7 is going to be a key to the adoption of desktop
virtualization for a number of reasons:
The fact that most organizations did not roll out Vista has given IT
departments time to reflect on how they want to manage client ... (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)
A few months ago I presented at SYS-CON's International Virtualization
Conference & Expo in New York. To anyone who has not been to one of these
events I would thoroughly recommend them -good sessions and plenty of
interesting conversations to be had in the corridors. My interview with
Jeremy Geelan where we discuss desktop virtualization now and in the future
has just been published. The video is available here:
http://tv.sys-con.com/node/1000899
If that interests you, I will presenting at the Santa Clara International
Virtualization Conference & Expo in November. Hope to see yo... (more)
Desktop Virtualization Journal
I have seen a lot of discussion on the subject of layering of software images
to deliver virtualized client computing. There are some interesting
opportunities here but also a number of serious potential issues.
There are number of different ways the word ‘layers’ is used in client
computing. Firstly, when we think of our software stack we unsurprisingly
think of the layers that make up that stack. Those layers are typically
operating system, applications and user environment. We then think about how
we manage those layers, either as the complete un... (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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