Enterprise Virtual Desktop Alternatives: A Market Scan

Table of Contents

• Executive summary
• In a nutshell
• Desktop virtualisation
• Why desktop virtualisation?
• Why now?
• A brief description of terms
• Desktop virtualisation
• Traditional thin-client systems
• Hosted virtual desktops (HVDs)
• Application virtualisation
• Market leaders
• Citrix
• Citrix Background
• Citrix' s major desktop virtualisation products
• Citrix and Microsoft are joined at the hip
• Separation between Microsoft and Citrix is possible
• But a split would not affect customers
• VMware
• VMware' s future is assured
• VMware' s history in desktop virtualisation is mixed
• VMware' s main desktop virtualisation products
• VMware is committed to desktop virtualisation
• Microsoft
• Microsoft is threatened by desktop virtualisation
• Microsoft is on the case
• Microsoft' s major desktop virtualisation products
• Citrix versus VMware
• Other suppliers
• A wide range of other suppliers are following the leaders
• Desktop virtualisation vendors and products
• Other vendors
• Bare-metal client virtualisation
• Storage and image optimisation
• Desktop as a service

List of Tables

• Table 1: AppSense (UK)
• Table 2: Atlantis Computing
• Table 3: Ceedo (Israel)
• Table 4: ClearCube (USA)
• Table 5: Desktone (USA)
• Table 6: Ericom
• Table 7: G.ho.st
• Table 8: InstallFree (USA)
• Table 9: Leostream (USA)
• Table 10: MokaFive (USA)
• Table 11: Parallels
• Table 12: Quest
• Table 13: RingCube (USA)
• Table 14: SIMtone (USA)
• Table 15: Sun (USA)
• Table 16: Symantec (USA)