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Tue, May 20, 2008
VMware, Citrix Duke It Out on Desktop Virtualization
By Kevin Fogarty
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Virtual desktop infrastructures will be more flexible than previous iterations, and probably more popular. They'll allow IT to leave all the "important" stuff in the data center and leave end users with what amounts to a sandbox that they can carry around and play games or MP3s on.
That should satisfy both constituencies. IT gets more control; users keep their independence.
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