Vista Adoption: When, How and What Changed? A free one-day seminar.

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.

Reserve your free seat today. Register online using our quick online registration form, or call Jen Tobin at 781-657-1329.

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?

In this session, virtualization expert Brian Madden will define terms, describe real-world scenarios that desktop virtualization can and can’t address and separate vendor hype from reality.

This session will address questions such as:

Desktop virtualization: What does it mean?
Why are IT managers looking to virtualization to solve their desktop management pain?
Does it even work?
Where does virtualization work? What about offline users?
The balance between “control” and “user happiness”
The user experience: A barrier to success?
Management nirvana: Central OS, apps, patches, settings and security?
The cost factor: Up-front versus operational costs? Hidden costs? Can any of this be quantified?
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: Desktop Virtualization - Players and Offerings

In this session, Brian Madden will discuss the various types of solutions and the players who are bringing these solutions to the marketplace. This session will clarify and explore the following technologies:

How traditional server-based computing / Terminal Services fits in today
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
Blade and workstation PCs
Client-based hypervisors

Session 3: Developing a Desktop Virtualization Strategy

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

Don't miss out! Attendance is free but limited to a select group of qualified IT professionals. Reserve your seat online today or by calling Jen Tobin at 781-657-1329.

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