Windows 7 giving rise to desktop virtualization
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There has been an increase in the interest from enterprises in desktop virtualization, leading to the decreasing price of desktop virtualization together with the release of Windows 7. Raghu Raghuram, general manager and vice-president of VMware’s server business unit brought to notice the cost of deploying a virtual desktop that comes along with the purchase of new PC has reached parity. It has given a chance to many companies to seriously explore the Windows 7 desktop virtualization.
In the past, the server and the storage used to cost on back end. As a result, the cost of deploying a virtual desktop comes around $1000-$1200 which is much higher as compared to the cost of purchasing a new physical computer. With the recent advancement in virtualization management technology and availability of cheaper server and storage appliances, the cost of virtual desktop has come down to around $700 and is predicted to go down further.
After the release of Windows 7, people who are upgrading or moving to Windows 7 OS are refreshing their PC and engaged in extensive testing. Many people believe that Windows 7 migration and desktop virtualization together will be more cost effective, and are taking this opportunity to pilot desktop virtualization.
Things about desktop virtualization are linear in Asia and the global trend may not affect this region, said VMware’s general manager for Southeast Asia. Windows 7 Desktop Virtualization is far more popular as compared to the number of adopters to server virtualization. Raghuram added that they are more excited about desktop virtualization as compared to server virtualization. NComputing, a virtual desktop vendor, said that India is a potential market and the company will deploy over one million virtual desktops globally by the end of this year.
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