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Jun 2007
Virtualization II: Desktops and applications are next
In December 2006, The 451 Group released a Special Report titled 'V for virtualization: Transforming the datacenter, driving M&A' that looked at server virtualization, and in particular the ecosystem that is growing up around x86 server virtualization. This report picks up where 'V for virtualization' left off, venturing beyond pure x86 server virtualization into even newer and more speculative markets.
451 analysts believe that desktops and applications will be next to experience a wave of benefits from adding an extra layer of abstraction to the software infrastructure around them. For IT administrators all the way up to CIOs, desktop management and application distribution present intractable problems, including running applications across incompatible operating systems, managing desktop sprawl, and ensuring efficient provisioning and secure execution of desktop applications. These problem sets can be addressed by adding another layer of indirection. The trouble is that approaches differ and many are complementary, leading to tremendous market confusion as to which companies and technologies are competing head-to-head and which are building on one another. With a judicious strategy, however, a typical savvy customer should be able to glean substantial cost savings by deploying the software discussed in this report.
This report aims to examine the state of the art in desktop and application virtualization technology. It provides a taxonomy of approaches to desktop and application virtualization – split into six subcategories and embodied as a periodic table of application virtualization methods. It conducts a gap analysis of the market with a view to future M&A activity, looking at holes in the portfolios of likely acquirers and where privately held companies might fill those holes.
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