Grabbling a slice of desktop and application virtualisation

ChannelPro, 2010/01/18

In brief:

[...] "Little wonder then that Gartner is predicting that virtualisation will continue in 2010 to be one of the top 10 technologies or that it has now reached mainstream adoption.  Whilst server virtualisation has now reached critical mass, if not commodity status, desktop and application virtualisation are experiencing a dramatic upsurge in customer demand." [..]

Put simply the market has reached a level of maturity where the prices are affordable and attractive, not just for the large enterprise user but also for the SME market.  It is becoming an intrinsic part of many companies infrastructure strategy moving forward and there is now a choice of vendors to partner with. [...]

Whilst it may be easier to sell a solution from a brand leader, innovative technologies from newer entrants like Systancia, which integrates seamlessly with any of the solutions from companies like Citrix, VMware and Microsoft, can offer better margins as well as greater scope to differentiate your own proposition against your competitor’s."[...]

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