| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Explained |
| Thursday, 08 February 2007 by Michel Roth | |||
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"VDI, or Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, is quickly entering the buzzword danger zone. In this six-part series, I'll explore what VDI is, why people use it, and what the various vendors are doing in this space. I'll also break down what's real today and what's hype. The VDI concept is simple. Instead of giving a user a desktop PC running a copy of Windows XP or Vista (I'll just call this "Windows XP" from now on), you "virtualize" your desktops by running them on a server in a datacenter. The user connects to the virtualized desktop via a thin-client computing protocol from their client device - be it a thin client device or home PC - where they access their desktop as if it were a traditional locally installed desktop." Read the entire article here.
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