“Industry over-hype is preventing CIOs from achieving the benefits of desktop virtualisation and halting the move towards a fully virtualised desktop infrastructure. ” says Fujitsu.
Strange things happen under a full moon. People see things fly. People believe what others say somehow determines their future. How can over-hyping of desktop virtualization prevent a CIO from being on top of things and choosing a good solution for many of the problems that plague desktop IT?
- maintenance
- power consumption
- malware
- noise
- space
Put it this way. Does any of the 60% of CIOs who think virtualized desktops are over-hyped have any rational basis for thinking that? I have been using thin clients for years and for the vast majority of uses of PCs I cannot think of anything a thick client can do better, cheaper and more easily than a thin client. Do you?
We have devilishly powerful CPUs now. Do we need them at every workstation, idling? No. They are an excellent solution for the server. Use them there. We have tons of cheap RAM now. Do we need it at every workstation? No. Use it on the server where it can run processes or cache files. We have 1000base-T cabling, NICs and switches at very low prices. They can bring it all together. We do not need everything in one box on a desk.
I wonder how these guys got to be CIOs. Maybe they married the boss’ daughter or were not fired for buying Wintel… What is overhyped is the benefit for IT of doing things the way Wintel wants things done to maximize profits for a few.
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