In the nicely written article, “’Zero clients’ promise to replace fat clients but have downsides,” Bridget Botelho points out that while Zero clients promise to improve the manageability and reduce cost for IT, they also have some significant disadvantages. Most notably, she refers to user-experience demands that are in direct conflict with this approach. Tim [...]

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There are some use-cases in which traditional, thin-client based VDI solutions make perfect sense, such as LAN-based task workers, or roaming users with no personal desktops who need access to key applications, like hospital staff personnel. On the other hand, it is widely accepted by now that there are many other use cases – in [...]

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Traditional VDI solutions have shown limited applicability in the enterprise. Server-hosted solutions are adequate for task workers connected over the LAN with fixed desktops, but fail to satisfy the requirements of mobile/laptop users and remote employees. In contrast, client-hosted solutions can serve third party contractors and outsourced employees, but fail to satisfy the requirements of [...]

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Our breakthrough architecture – Distributed Desktop Virtualization – bridges the gap between centralization and user experience.
Wanova’s solution places the entire desktop in the data center while executing the workload at the endpoint. This approach, combined with centralized image layering, desktop caching and unique network and storage optimization technologies, creates a cost-effective solution that fully centralizes [...]

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