Attention Marketing Departments: IT Needs Your Help!!!

Author: John Flanagan, VIRTERA

With Windows XP approaching end-of-life and Windows 7 just around the bend, one thing is for sure: over the next few years the desktop is going to be different. Advancements in server-based computing have customers revisiting the idea of centralized desktop and application management. That's right - you heard me - we are going down that road again. I know you are going to say, "We already tried to do this years ago with Citrix and it worked great for some things but now I mainly just use them for remote access."

I too was part of that campaign to stop managing operating systems and applications at the endpoint and move them into the datacenter. When working for a previous employer, we designed and implemented a solid server-based application delivery system. We had fantastic meetings to congratulate ourselves on our brilliance and our new solution. 

Then something happened that we forgot to take into account...(Click Here to finish reading this entry).
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