To borrow from Shakespeare, many companies find themselves asking “to VDI or not to VDI?” The first step to determine if Virtual Desktop Infrastructure is the right solution for your company is to identify exactly what VDI means for your organization. VDI actually encompasses several types of delivery, but it is most commonly associated with what Gartner classifies as hosted virtual desktops. VDI can also include implementations of server-based computing, hosted shared desktops and client-side virtualization. For the sake of simplicity, we will focus on the hosted virtual desktop model for VDI.
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To VDI or Not to VDI?
Posted by: Andy Paul July 9, 2011 05:00 AMTo borrow from Shakespeare, many companies find themselves asking “to VDI or not to VDI?” The first step to determine if Virtual Desktop Infrastructure is the right solution for your company is to identify exactly what VDI means for your organization. VDI actually encompasses several types of delivery, but it is most commonly associated with what Gartner classifies as hosted virtual desktops. VDI can also include implementations of server-based computing, hosted shared desktops and client-side virtualization. For the sake of simplicity, we will focus on the hosted virtual desktop model for VDI.