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Analyst Says Virtualization May Have Impact on Desktops … In 2010

March 5, 2008 by Robin Wauters Leave a Comment

Tim Luke, an analyst from investment bank Lehman Brothers, claims the impact of virtualization technology on desktops won’t be significantly felt until at least 2010 although he acknowledges its impact may already be limiting growth in the server market (then again, Gartner says it performed just fine in 2007).

As for the mainstream desktop market, Luke forecast the virtualization trend there may remain “subdued” in the near term. According to the analyst, the economic case for desktop virtualization is not as compelling and also cited user reluctance. Luke estimated about 1 % of desktops will be virtualized by 2010, and 4 % by 2012. However, Luke said that the virtualization of individual desktop applications “may see better traction in the medium term.”

[Source: CNN Money]

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Dell touts ‘disposable desktop’

April 6, 2006 by Robin Wauters Leave a Comment

Computer maker brings virtualisation to the desktop

Tom Sanders from vnunet.com at Linuxworld in Boston on 06 Apr 2006.

Virtualisation technology will enable the creation of dedicated environments for desktops that can be tailored to optimise characteristics such as security or gaming, Dell chief technology officer Kevin Kettler said in a keynote presentation at LinuxWorld in Boston.

Virtual systems on a desktop system could allow a browser to run in a dedicated environment that can be killed entirely if it became infected by a virus.

The user experience would be the same as if they had only closed the browser, but under the hood the underlying operating system would be terminated as well.

“If you have virus problems or spam problems, it would be great to just step back and say: ‘I’m having trouble with my machine. Let me just kill this secure browser,'” Kettler told delegates.

Virtualisation can also be used to run media servers, offer support for legacy applications when switching operating systems, and make for easier system maintenance, Kettler argued.

The technology lets users run several operating systems on a single physical server with each operating system acting as though it is running on dedicated hardware.

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According to Dell, the trend is driven by the rise of multi-core processors, the integration of virtualisation technology into processors from AMD and Intel, and moves towards storage virtualisation.

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This could allow developers to tailor Linux towards special applications, for instance creating a Linux version that is designed to deliver good gaming performance.

“Think about these encapsulated environments and the opportunity to develop around these things. The opportunity is pretty powerful,” he said.

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