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Thursday, 04 February 2010
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Desktop Virtualization: Five Steps to Success
Ask the Right Questions
Understand the End User
Rationalize Options
Bring in the Vendors
Identify Prerequisites, Priorities

By Laton McCartney

With many analysts projecting that the growth of desktop, or client, virtualization, will soon outstrip server virtualization, more and more organizations today are assessing the numerous virtualization technologies, solutions and products that are available, or coming on the market. At the same time client virtualization vendors such as Pano Logic, VMware and Citrix Systems have seen sales and revenue jump in the past year.

The benefits of desktop virtualization can include lower total cost of ownership (TCO), centralized control, greater end user flexibility and easy recovery. But to realize these benefits in building a client virtualization infrastructure, it's critical to plan carefully. Here are five steps that En Pointe Global Services, an IT solutions and outsourced managed service provider, says are essential:



 
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