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Virtualisation going mainstream

10.02.2011
Sumit Dhawan, vice president, desktop virtualisation, Citrix Systems, leads strategy and plans for Citrix's desktop virtualisation product line, Citrix XenDesktop. Dhawan has been one of the key leaders in driving product, marketing and go-to-market strategy for XenDesktop product and has positioned Citrix as a leader in the desktop virtualisation market. In his current role, Dhawan is also responsible for key strategic alliances for Citrix in the desktop virtualisation market, including partnerships with Microsoft, Cisco, NetApp, Dell and HP.

In an exclusive interview with MIS Asia's online editor, he talks about the state of virtualisation, the impact of tablets on virtualisation and Citrix's growth in the Asia Pacific region.

In the Asia Pacific, organisations are increasingly turning to desktop virtualisation to change the game in security, continuity and business agility. A worldwide survey (Gartner, Inc., Report Highlight for User Survey Analysis: Desktop Virtualisation is Top PC Investment Priority for 2011, 19 October 2010, ID:G00208354) conducted by Gartner among IT decision makers in companies with 1000 or more employees from June to August 2010 indicates that desktop virtualisation is still among the top investment priorities for 2011.

Coming into 2011, Citrix sees three trends that are driving desktop virtualisation mainstream: IT is being transformed into an on-demand service, enterprise IT is becoming more consumer-led, and hybrid clouds are expected to dominate enterprise cloud computing adoption.

As the adoption of cloud computing becomes more widespread, and organisations begin to better understand the business advantages of infrastructure-as-a-service and desktop-as-a-service, we will see cloud computing and virtualisation become an accepted part of the enterprise toolkit.