A slightly different path
I see virtual desktops as a must in the near future, whether from a security or ease of upkeep standpoint. I'm used to a different environment, hence my research into desktop on a stick technology. MoJoPac is one approach that may get traction in this area. I can carry my whole desktop on a flash drive. MoJoPac describes it better:
"With MojoPac, an enterprise can encapsulate an entire desktop software environment including applications, data, settings, and security policies and then run the environment on any personal computer. An unmanaged desktop is instantly transformed into a secure corporate environment, isolated from the host system. The enterprise can also enforce security policies within the environment and prevent actions such as printing, writing to optical or USB drives, or copying from the clipboard. This ability to control the copying of corporate data off the endpoint greatly improves the company's ability to control desktop data leakage.
As an added measure of security, MojoPac can also scan the host before booting to detect the presence of endpoint security applications such as antivirus, antispyware, antipshishing, and firewalls. If the endpoint does not meet the minimum corporate security requirements for its computing environment, MojoPac can abort execution and warn the end user. This insures that MojoPac virtual desktop will operate on an acceptable host machine.
Finally, because the entire MojoPac image (not only data, but applications and settings) is easily encrypted and backed up, MojoPac is safer and easier to recover in case of loss or theft. This enables a much quicker, seamless, and more transparent recovery of the user's environment when compared to the procedure to recover a typical laptop."
Its not quite there yet, but an interesting alternative, especially for those that travel.
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