Desktop Virtualization: A Buyer’s Guide

Dec 25, 2008 in Information Technology

Explore the 5 key criteria and questions to consider when purchasing desktop virtualization products.
The promise of desktop virtualization technology is to centralize the operating system at the data center to make managing desktops significantly easier. While desktop virtualization puts desktops into the data center, it is not a complete answer to solve existing desktop management challenges. Desktop virtualization works best as part of Citrix’s Desktop Delivery approach which focuses on the most efficient way to get applications to the end user and meet business and IT needs, not just centralizing a PC equivalent. Desktop Delivery proposes the dynamic assembly of a ‘new and pristine’ high performing desktop with personalized set of applications and settings every time a user logs on.