So yes, Citrix definitely sees this new wave of tablets as a positive push for enterprises to adopt virtualisation.

A research conducted by Citrix in May 2010 found that many people want to use their iPads for work. Up to 46 per cent of the respondents depend on and use an iPad daily, while 62 per cent of those who had not yet purchased an iPad for work planned to in the future. This change is one of relevance and choice. Employees now have a wider range of options from which to select the best hardware for their task, and desktop virtualisation is the enabler.

By creating a virtual office on the go, enterprises can help to improve employee productivity. With full access to business applications, data and documents, users can view and edit a presentation, approve an expense report or join an online meeting on the iPad or any other device regardless of their location.

At Citrix, we see the desktop virtualisation market as multi-dimensional, across virtual clients, desktops and applications. As such, we have seen broad adoption across a wide variety of customer scenarios. In general, companies with a large mobile workforce or partners located in other countries are more inclined to leverage desktop virtualisation to bridge the gap between remote users/offices and critical applications or information stored in the data centre, while ensuring secured access regardless of physical location or device.