Virtual Desktop Infrastructure: Is It Right for You?

One may be aware of the emerging technology platform known as 'Virtual Desktop Infrastructure' or VDI. This is a generic concept defining the delivery of hosted desktop infrastructure to users from a centralised infrastructure platform. A recent survey by research services group IDG identified desktop virtualisation as a prominent growth market with estimates of 34 percent of corporate desktop delivery being virtualised by 2010. Given the expected growth in VDI implementations it is likely that the marketplace for supporting technologies will mature. As a result it is likely that VDI solutions will become more integrated solutions with better feature sets.