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Mark Bowker, Senior Analyst
Mark is a senior analyst focusing on all things virtualization and cloud computing. Mark researches the various virtualization technologies available and the impact these solutions have on IT strategies and the broader marketplace. His other research areas include cloud computing, data center management, and application workload deployment in next generation data centers, as well as the external influences that drive the adoption of these technologies.
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ESG Senior Analyst Mark Bowker presents at the Desktop Virtualization Summit on February 23, 2010 at 12:00 PM EST. Click below to register for the live event or to access the recording after the 23rd.
There is plenty of marketing speak about the cloud, but when you hang around the offices of the CIO and IT operations, you will find plenty of finger pointing. Who owns what? How the concept of a cloud construct will be embraced? The conversations we have with technology leaders share ...
Fujitsu's recent win of 140,000 desktop devices in the UK proves again that with desktop virtualization:
Partnering is key to success
Desktop virtualization is business driven, not technology driven like server virtualization
VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure) is not the only solution and, in fact, may likely end up only being deployed for corner ...
ESG's 2010 IT spending intentions data shows that increased use of server virtualization is at the top of the IT priority list. Drilling into the data further indicates that further consolidation and expansion of the number of application running on virtual machines is where IT will be focused this year. ...
At first, desktop virtualization may seem like an abstract concept, but when you actually see the many ways it can improve how we deploy, manage, secure, and maintain our desktop operating environments, the benefits become hard to ignore. ESG finds that businesses with new desktop virtualization deployments struggle with ROI ...
For those of you who think that the storage and I/O paths in a virtualized environment have already been solved by VMware, think again. VMware created VMFS as a necessity in its ESX environment to be able to share a common disk pool, enable the mobility of virtual machines between ...
I just read Harry Labana's blog VDI alone is not Desktop Virtualization, WAKE UP! Harry is currently VP and CTO, XenApp Product group and has plenty of real world experience to lean on.
VDI may be the right fit for certain scenarios, but successful desktop virtualization implementations view VDI as ...
Is there a correlation between desktop virtualization and Windows 7 upgrades? There sure is, but it may not produce the results Microsoft is looking for.
OS upgrades are cumbersome and costly. In most cases, Windows 7 upgrades from XP require a clean install. So what drives companies to perform operating system ...
However, the real spending will be for core applications such as billing and records systems, business-information systems, and upgrades that standardize IT after mergers or acquisitions, according to Mark Bowker, analyst at ESG.
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When it comes to desktop virtualization, ESG data consistently indicates lot of interest but not nearly as much implementation activity. In general this is true with one notable industry exception: health care.
Why is desktop virtualization penetrating the health care industry?
Mobility of workforce
Security requirements driven by regulations
Simplified access to ...
