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Martin Ingram, VP of Strategy at AppSense has written an article for ITBusinessEdge.com titled ‘Virtual Desktops and Flying Cars’. 

In this article, Martin looks at predictions made in the past, predictions which at the time, sounded reasonable and achievable, but somehow never came true.  Martin then compares these to the predictions we/the industry is making about Desktop Virtualization adoption, the challenges faced and just how true or possible these predictions are.

The article can be found in full here.

Keen to hear your thoughts and comments.

Thanks

I recently blogged about maybe having to put my handyman skills to the test and build a trophy cabinet here at HQ to house all the awards Environment Manager has been winning lately in a post here.  Well, in the end, I thought it be more beneficial (and probably quicker and easier) to just build an awards/accolades webpage over on AppSense.com

So, with that said, you can find the new webpage detailing some of the most recent awards, customer quotes and partner/vendor endorsements here

Thanks

CRN.com recently published an article by Sean Walsh, GM AppSense ANZ.  The article details how a ‘One-size -fits-all virtual desktop is a sure-fire recipe for disaster’ and that ‘There’s nothing like your own desktop’.

Sean discusses the need for personalization and bespoke desktop configuration, and that without it, locked down or standardized desktops will not serve the needs of todays users, and will ultimately, prevent the adoption of desktop virtualization if not managed correctly. 

A PDF copy of the article can be found here

Ok… it would appear I should put my handy-man skills to the test and look to build a new trophy cabinet here in the AppSense office as Environment Manager has just won another award.  This latest award is the Network Product Guide 2010 Product Innovation Award in the Virtualization Category.

A full copy of the official AppSense Press Release on this award can be found here on AppSense.com

As an FYI, here are some of the other awards AppSense recently won:

Mar 1st 2010 – AppSense Win Product Innovation Award by Network Product Guide

Feb 23rd 2010 – Nigel Wilson, AppSense, Wins 2010 Channel Chief by Everything Channel’s CRN

Jan 19th 2010 – AppSense named 2010 Hot Companies Finalist by Network Products Guide

Jan 18th 2010 – AppSense Wins SearchServerVirtualization.com Product of the Year Award

Nov 18th 2009 – AppSense Wins Best Desktop Software of 2009 at TechWorld Awards

Sept 3rd 2009 – AppSense Wins Best Desktop Virtualization Solution at VMworld 2009

Thanks again to all who have made Environment Manager the leading user virtualization product that it is, and of course  many thanks to our Channel and Customers for your continued support.. now, back to the trophy cabinet.. anyone have a spare spirit level?..

 As the Cloud matures into a viable platform and people start considering delivering applications and desktops from the Cloud then being able to deliver user environments both internally and externally becomes even more important.

First, let’s recap a little on the essential nature of the Cloud. First and foremost Cloud is a different business model for providing computing, all the technology requirements spring from the business model. Cloud is a utility model where you can buy the services you need for the period you need them and then, if you choose, stop buying them. This contrasts with the way people have typically paid for IT: Buying machines and software which we then own but may not always need. One of the key effects of the Cloud model is that customers are free to move from one provider to another for some or all of their users and to buy different services from different providers. So, for example, email could be bought from one provider while word processing, etc. could be bought elsewhere. What is more not all services have to externally provided, you can choose to treat your internal IT as a cloud – referred to as an ‘internal cloud’.

With these thoughts in mind let’s look at how Cloud will change user virtualization. In the case of an internal cloud not much changes compared to what we do today for desktop virtualization. In exactly the same way as we currently deliver user environments into hosted virtual desktops to configure and personalize them we will  do the same for desktops and applications in our internal clouds. For external clouds the most practical solution will probably be to deliver from users’ environments to each cloud provider because it gives flexibility to buy services from multiple cloud providers. Longer term there are other ways that may become practical but which still do not change the basic idea of managing a user’s environment separate from the platform in which it is used. So while Cloud would seem to be completely different some aspects remain the same as today. Also crucially, the work done today to componentize as part of desktop virtualization is an enabler for the use of future models such as Cloud.

Martin Ingram.