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The Future of the Desktop

Barb Goldworm, FOCUS; Tal Klein, Citrix Software; Cyrus Mistry, Google; Jon Rolls, Quest Software
The definition of the "desktop" is changing. The workforce is increasingly mobile, and there is a plethora of choices - tablets, smartphones, thin/zero clients, client hypervisors, virtual desktops, hosted applications, cloud-based services - available now with even more options coming. The term 'desktop' is becoming a metaphor for the collective devices, applications, services and content to which users subscribe both within the enterprise and in the cloud. Attend this roundtable webinar led by analyst Barb Goldworm as she and a panel of industry visionaries discuss the desktop of the future and the future of the desktop, and how you should prepare your infrastructure for what's next.
Nov 10 2011
58 mins
The Future of the Desktop
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    - Cut disk capacity requirements by 50% or more
    - Halve floor space requirements or better
    - Slash energy expenses in half or more
    - Cut SAN equipment costs
    - Reduce administration time by up to 90%
    - Double the number of VMs per physical server
    - Increase consolidation and storage utilization ratios by 2x
    - Accelerate virtualization ROI

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    About the Presenter:
    Jens Carlsson is a storage consultant/architect with over twelve years of experience in IT. He has extensive background with storage architecture, deployments, repairs, consultation, and instruction of both hardware and software in heterogeneous environments. He possesses a deep understanding of IT and how it enables an organization to achieve its objectives, having worked with both small and large mission critical companies.
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Virtualization is no longer a passing trend. Organization deploying it in their servers, desktops, storage and networks are experiencing increased performance and decreased costs, when implemented and managed properly. Join this channel to hear leading experts discuss this maturing technology and how you can create your own software-defined data center.
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