Emerging client virtualization technologies such as operating system streaming, remote operating system boot, application streaming and virtual containers need to deliver a cost effective desktop solution tailored to each user scenario.

This means that the traditional desktop model may become, by comparison insecure, inflexible, and hard-to-manage, very much an anachronism in this context. Organizations will instead identify desktop users by criteria like task-based, knowledge, or power users and will deliver dynamic desktops accordingly.

Client virtualization is not just an emerging trend; it represents the future of the corporate PC.

About the Authors: Enrique Castro-Leon is an enterprise and data center architect and technology strategist for Intel Digital Enterprise Group, Bernard Golden is the CEO of Navica, a Silicon Valley IT management consulting firm, and Miguel Gomez is a Technology Specialist for the Networks and Service Platforms Unit of Telefónica Investigación y Desarrollo.  Visit the Intel Press web site to learn more about this book: http://www.intel.com/intelpress/sum_virtn.htm, or our Recommended Reading List for similar topics: www.intel.com/technology/rr

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