My first blog post on my new blogging home, VMware's TechZone EUC tech site: "Is VDI dead?" https://lnkd.in/dPx34GC
Mark Fermin
4y
Of course not. It’s a viable and capable technology that fits a number of customer use cases quite well. Is it the be-all-end-all we all thought it could be several years ago? Not so much - it’s a piece of an overall EUC strategy. Another tool in the toolbox.
I have experience with both Citrix and VMware's desktop delivery solutions. VDI has matured A LOT over the years and it's at a point now to where it's simple and reliable. Before that wasn't the case. I think most IT leaders are afraid of it because it's expensive and if the transition doesn't go perfectly it's a big black eye. It has taken many years to actually become a good product and I think because of the pain and suffering that was endured in the early days IT leaders are hesitant to commit to it. End user acceptance is extremely important! VDI has so many benefits it makes a lot of sense to make the switch and since the products have FINALLY grown up I think we are just now about to see it start taking off. VDI is awesome!
Great article!! In my opinion Microsoft's 'Modern Workplace' gives tons of features to workstations and not available on VDI. And nowadays new applications are web-based that means that you only need a browser not a desktop. In the other side VDI cost have been reduced drastically with new technologies. Is VDI dead? No is isn't, but is just for some scenarios not for whole de company.
Pat Coughlin
4y
VDI was never alive so I reject both answers. The product I provide is windows application delivery. That will live on until the last windows app is chucked into the bitbucket. The "desktop" is a construct to hold a bunch of windows apps and not a goal or product. It is more about satisfying the users need to possess something, "My Desktop" and less about the technical requirements of the tasks. With remote access, we just been providing "the cloud" to windows users even before it was cool,
No
Was it ever really alive?
For the right use case VDI is a wonderful solution, such as the engineering, mining, oil, gas, petroleum and the resources industries. It's also a very cool solution for Universities and Colleges. But to try and shoehorn it in to replace desktops and laptops is often where I've seen it fail. I've seen some bizarre use cases that were never going to lead to a successful outcome.
If not Dead now, then hopefully soon! If you cant do local client management, how Can you assume you Can do it with VDI😵
It might be more alive then ever before. I declare 2019 to the real “Year of VDI”! 🤘
IT
4yI like that the title of this blog post made use of sounding sensational, in order to drive home the point of your article, but many people seem to be missing that point and commenting only on your title? Brian is pointing out that desktop delivery is moving more toward a 'BYOD' platform than IT having to give you a desktop.