Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Alliance Announced

The Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Alliance has been launched by a consortium of hardware, software, and service providers intent on building joint virtual desktop offerings.

Virtual infrastructures provide a layer of abstraction between computing, storage, and networking hardware, and the software that runs on them. With virtual infrastructures, users see resources as if they were dedicated to them. The administrator manages and optimizes resources across the data center.

The goal of the Alliance is to provide an infrastructure for members to quickly develop certified products that enable centrally hosted thin-client desktop technology to replace stand-alone PCs.

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Alliance members include more than 20 vendors, including VMWare, IBM, HP, Sun, Citrix, Platform Computing, Check Point Software, ClearCube, and Softricity, among others.

Posted by Jon Erickson at 08:47 AM  Permalink