Tweet
He strong interest in desktop and application virtualization is echoed by other research as well: One recent survey says the desktop virtualization market is growing at a compound annual rate of nearly 55% and will expand from $1.6 billion in 2014 to more than $14 billion by 2019.2
A deeper dive into the TechTarget research reveals some of the reasons behind this growth. Desktop and application virtualization solutions give IT departments the opportunity to centrally manage and control corporate desktops, limiting security vulnerabilities by minimizing the data and applications that reside locally on devices.
When properly deployed, desktop virtualization can be a valuable tool in lowering total cost of ownership (TCO), improving security, enabling bring-your-own-device (BYOD) programs, enhancing mobility and increasing productivity.
These are all critical issues for IT decision makers in 2015. For example, more than 45% of respondents to the TechTarget survey said they would implement a BYOD program for smartphones or tablets in 2015, and 35% said they plan to start a corporate-issued mobile device program.
Security is another important focus for IT leaders: 28% of TechTarget respondents said they are implementing data loss prevention initiatives, 24% have chosen virtualization security, and another 23% are doing mobile endpoint security, among other responses.
The gathering momentum for desktop virtualization is not just coming from customer demand: It is also being driven by technology advances that have made it a viable option for a broader range of users and workloads than ever before.
Early implementations of desktop virtualization were often plagued by unpredictable cost structures—particularly for storage—that often spiraled out of control. In addition, many projects didn’t make it out of the pilot stage because they failed to deliver a user experience that was comparable to what users had come to expect on fully loaded desktop and laptop devices.
A deeper dive into the TechTarget research reveals some of the reasons behind this growth. Desktop and application virtualization solutions give IT departments the opportunity to centrally manage and control corporate desktops, limiting security vulnerabilities by minimizing the data and applications that reside locally on devices.
When properly deployed, desktop virtualization can be a valuable tool in lowering total cost of ownership (TCO), improving security, enabling bring-your-own-device (BYOD) programs, enhancing mobility and increasing productivity.
These are all critical issues for IT decision makers in 2015. For example, more than 45% of respondents to the TechTarget survey said they would implement a BYOD program for smartphones or tablets in 2015, and 35% said they plan to start a corporate-issued mobile device program.
Security is another important focus for IT leaders: 28% of TechTarget respondents said they are implementing data loss prevention initiatives, 24% have chosen virtualization security, and another 23% are doing mobile endpoint security, among other responses.
The gathering momentum for desktop virtualization is not just coming from customer demand: It is also being driven by technology advances that have made it a viable option for a broader range of users and workloads than ever before.
Early implementations of desktop virtualization were often plagued by unpredictable cost structures—particularly for storage—that often spiraled out of control. In addition, many projects didn’t make it out of the pilot stage because they failed to deliver a user experience that was comparable to what users had come to expect on fully loaded desktop and laptop devices.
Comment