Enterprise Virtual Desktop Alternatives: A Market Scan

Abstract

Desktop virtualisation is an innovation hotspot in 2009. There are more than 25 vendors active in this market, ranging from market leaders Citrix and VMware through leading followers to start-ups driving specific innovations.

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)