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Desktop and Application Virtualization: What it is, what it's not, why IT managers should care

Virtualization technologies have the potential to help IT professionals bring new order to the long-standing chaos of enterprise desktop management. But what does desktop virtualization really mean? More importantly, how can your IT organization leverage it to deal with the unrelenting daily demands of provisioning, administering, securing and supporting hundreds and thousands of corporate desktops? This seminar parses the current state of desktop virtualization, application virtualization and streaming, and the evolution of thin client computing, and offers road maps for IT managers developing strategies for the future.

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Don't miss this exclusive opportunity - attendance at each seminar is limited. Reserve your free seat today, complete our quick online registration form or call Annabelle Bozin at 508-621-5530.

Attend this seminar to learn:

Your morning starts out with breakfast and the day's agenda includes time for Q&A, networking opportunities and tons of valuable information. And benefit from these key sessions:

Session 1: Desktop Virtualization Overview: Can you get there from here?

Industry analyst and virtualization expert Barb Goldworm of Focus Consulting will define terms, describe real-world scenarios that desktop virtualization can and can’t address, and separate vendor hype from reality.

She will address questions such as:

What does it mean to virtualize desktops and applications?
Why are IT managers looking to virtualization to solve their desktop management pain?
Can virtualization give users online and offline access to applications, the appropriate OS, user’s personal settings, and user data, anywhere, anytime, from any device?
Will the user experience offered for different delivery models and devices be acceptable or be a barrier to success?
How can you centrally manage operating system and application software versions, patches, user settings and security?
What are the up front costs and hidden costs such as storage, data center resource consumption and training? Can you quantify savings in dollars?
How do you identify different use cases across your organization and determine which technologies and solutions are best suited to address which use cases?

Session 2: The Playing Field

Barb will discuss the various types of solutions and the players who are bringing these solutions to the marketplace.

Technologies include:

Terminal Services/thin client computing - the evolution of server-based computing
Desktop virtualization and how it relates to server virtualization
Server-hosted virtual desktops, client-hosted virtual desktops and managed client-hosted desktops
Application virtualization and streaming
OS streaming
And blade and workstation PCs

Session 3: Virtualization Match Games

In this final session, Barb will explore different types of user requirements and use cases, as well as the desktop administration issues that IT managers hope to solve with virtualization technology.

She will play match-up, connecting different use cases with the most appropriate virtualization solutions, and discuss how the various solutions help address management issues including:

Provisioning
Performance
User experience
Security
Licensing
Disaster Recovery
Networking
And storage

Don't miss out! Attendance is free but limited to a select group of qualified professionals. Reserve your seat online today or by calling Annabelle Bozin at 508-621-5530.

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