Desktop Virtualization - Options..

The different alternative computing Solutions available are:

1. Desktop Consolidation Solution

- Server Based Computing Solution (SBC) – MS Terminal Services / Citrix / Ericom

- Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) – Citrix / VMWARE / Red Hat

- Blade Workstation Solution - HP

2. Shared Computing

- HP

- N Computing

3. Cloud Computing

- Google Apps

- Salesforce.com

- Amazon.com

- Microsoft Azure

- Few other players are entering the market

4. Application Specific Terminals

- Thinclients based on Intel Atom / AMD Sempron and VIA Processors

- Thinclients with Windows Embedded and Embedded Linux OS

We will go through each of the solutions in the coming pages;