VMblog - 2018 #VDI and Desktop Virtualization #Predictions from 11 Industry Experts
- 2. Cortado Full Predictions: http://bit.ly/2J4Y7xX GOODBYE WINDOWS LICENSE KEY… HELLO MICROSOFT 365 Henning Volkmer, presidentand CEO, Cortado Inc. 2018 will be the beginning of a vastly different end user computing landscape. Instead of selling one Windows license per PC and one Office license per PC the next generation of Microsoft is a subscription for all Microsoft products for every user. There's incredible potential in hosted, virtual Microsoft Windows desktops and applications. End-users benefit from the possibility to shed much of the maintenance overhead and gain the ability to connect to their desktop and application from just about any device.You're a Mac person? Great! Need to look something up from your Android phablet? Go for it! Prefer your Dell/HP/Lenovo/Acer/etc. Windows PC/laptop? Sure! Microsoft's licensing was always difficult for those looking to provideWindows desktops and applications to users.That also goes for company IT looking to implement a BYOD policy and is especially true for those looking to provide IaaS, DaaS, PaaS etc. services. With Microsoft 365 a service provider can build their DaaS platform, charge the best price they can get for their services, and their customers simply log in with their Microsoft 365 ID. If the customer also operates Windows laptops for the same user to connect to the service provider, those are covered under the same subscription.
- 3. dinCloud Full Predictions: http://bit.ly/2GlkykK THE NEXT 3 YEARS Ali M. Din, General Manager and CMO, dinCloud Coming from 20 years in the IT channel, it's been interesting to see what has come from vendors, what the market has dictated, and what is on the horizon. Cloud computing, which I've been following for over 7 years now, is at a stage where we have seen the early adopters come through.We are now moving into a next group of adoption where customers are more sophisticated and knowledgeable about what they want.This doesn't mean they know how to achieve it, but it does mean that they are looking at cloud services, such as Desktop as a Service (DaaS), to help solve specific issues. Security will drive growth in DaaS as customers seek turn-key solutions and keep their focus on day-to-day operations of the business.
- 4. eG Innovations Full Predictions: http://bit.ly/2E6NFCj THE RISE OF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AND PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS The era of digital transformation (DX) has begun.The IT landscape for organizations is changing with software defined infrastructures, cloud computing, big data and internet of things exemplifying transformative technologies that are becoming mainstream. At the same time, newer applications and uses of technology are emerging. Historically, IT operations have lagged behind the advent and deployment of technology, and it will be no different in the digital transformation era as well. 2018 will be the year when IT operations for the digital transformation era will begin to take shape. DigitalWorkspaces in the Cloud With the rise in cloud adoption in enterprises, another popular trend that is on the rise is the use of digital workspaces in the cloud. IT organizations will find it easy to spin up a virtual desktop in the cloud (AWS, Azure, etc.) and provide it to an end-user.This improves scaling and reduces the hardware footprint required to manage and maintain virtual machines on- premises. 2018 will see an increase in the number of service providers offering desktop-as-a- service (DaaS) solutions. Whatever protocols in use for on-premisesVDI deployments - ICA, RDP, PCoIP, Blast - these will be adopted for cloud-based desktops too. And, performance monitoring and user experience monitoring will retain their importance in the cloud.Troubleshooting of performance slowdowns will be even more challenging in digital workspace environments, as multiple domains of control are involved and there is limited visibility across these domains. More intelligent cloud-awareVDI monitoring tools will be needed to meet the needs of the digital ecosystem. Vinod Mohan, Senior Product Marketing Manager, eG Innovations
- 5. IGEL Technologies Full Predictions: http://bit.ly/2pQCuJM VDI WILL GROW AND EVOLVE AS DAAS AND ENDPOINT SECURITY RAMP UP The overall virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) market will experience double digit growth in 2018, continuingVDI's ascent as the solution of choice for enterprises serving their distributed workforces. The market landscape will change, however, as Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) prompts more IT organizations to look at outsourcingVDI solutions. DaaS will continue to chip away at locally deployedVDI deployments and by the end of 2018 be a totally reliable solution for small-to medium-size businesses and all startups. By disrupting traditional on-premises, end-user computing environments, DaaS opens the door for endpoint solutions that support the flexibility DaaS offers. DaaS will also see more movement during 2018 as organizations keep pursuing ways in which to control IT costs. Moving from hardware investments to endpoint management software, and employing DaaS, are two means by which organizations will become more nimble and more effective at budget control. A related change in theVDI market is an anticipated push by major vendors (Citrix,VMware) to move from perpetual licensing models to subscription-based sales models. The as-a-service model, SaaS and DaaS included, lends itself better to recurring revenue, to greater ability to add feature sets and upsell the customer, and gives the customer a predictable budget, with more flexibility than a perpetual, locked-in license. Matthias Haas, Chief Technology Officer, IGEL Technology
- 6. Ivanti Full Predictions: http://bit.ly/2GkAeVj WINDOWS 10 COMES OF AGE AS IT FACES A HYBRID WORLD Simon Townsend,EMEA Chief Technologist,Ivanti The year 2018 will see Windows 10 coming of age, moving from the planning stage for many organizations, to actual deployment. Organizations spent much of 2017 trying to understand the minefield of updates, multiple deployment rings, and what Microsoft would and would not support, and for how long. Keeping enterprises in the constant state of migration, Microsoft also released another two versions of their "Windows as a Service" OS. Going into 2018 more organizations have a better understanding of how they will deploy and manageWindows 10 and the cadence of updates. They are finding out, however, that Windows 10 knowledge is becoming even more imperative asWindows 10 machine purchases are increasing whileWindows 7 available machine stock is heading towards non-existence. New hardware which now only supportsWindows 10 is coming into the enterprise and IT has to deal with Windows 10 migrations as part of business as usual. With legacyWindows 7 machines diminishing, and moreWindows 10 machines coming in, IT has no choice but to support a hybrid world of operating system environments.
- 7. Liquidware Full Predictions: http://bit.ly/2Igpbc3 2018: THE YEAR OF "PURE DAAS" EMERGENCE Jason E. Smith, Vice President of Product Marketing at Liquidware Why Pure DaaS is Set for Emergence in 2018 There are two Pure DaaS solutions that are set to emerge in 2018 because the technology, owned by Citrix and Microsoft and by Amazon and AmazonWorkSpaces, has matured. Citrix and Microsoft now jointly provide an end-to-end solutions stack that can run desktops natively in the cloud (onAzure). File shares are present in the cloud, Azure Active Directory also works more seamlessly for cloud hosted desktops than traditional Microsoft AD has previously. Although the big player that is emerging in Pure DaaS is Amazon WorkSpaces, along with Amazon S3 Storage, and AmazonAppStream.Amazon's overallAWS is already much bigger than Azure and with the seamless desktop hosting they have built with Amazon WorkSpaces, they are set to take on the desktop market as well. The truest instance of Pure DaaS to date is AmazonWorkSpaces.Where else can you just enter your credit card credentials and go straight to DaaS? Depending on what you sign up for, you can pay by the month or by the hour. There is no need to get bogged down on where your desktop will be hosted, what provisioning will you use, etc. Among our own customers, we've already seen significant adoption with call centers, and task workers. Advanced use cases have also started to go into production. From assessment to user on-boarding and management, to layering applications for Amazon WorkSpaces and AppStream, Liquidware solutions have been integral to many of those enterprise accounts.
- 8. Nerdio Full Predictions: http://bit.ly/2o0VV0H TRENDS IMPACTING ENTERPRISE PRIORITIES Amol Dalvi, Senior Directorof Product, Nerdio Performance management tools will become more specialized for desktop virtualization. Organizations have historically used general-purpose legacy tools to manage the performance of application and desktop virtualization. However, these tools aren't sufficiently specialized to proactively identify and resolve performance issues in a virtualized infrastructure. Performance management tools specifically designed for this environment will therefore become more common in 2018. Effective performance management will become a more critical requirement for virtualized applications and desktops as end-user computing continues to evolve. For example, the use of dedicated graphics processing units (GPUs) is an increasingly common method of improving user experience. Performance management tools will therefore be required to monitor GPU utilization and suggest corrective action. More organizations will monitor virtualized applications and desktops from a single integrated console. Improved performance management will also require the use of an integrated console. Platform vendors typically focus improving the performance of their own platforms, often at the expense of developing tools that can keep pace with these performance improvements. Organizations have therefore needed to use multiple tools and consoles to monitor different tiers of infrastructure in a virtualization service. This practice has resulted in an increasing reliance on virtualization experts to perform manual analyses to determine a course of corrective action.The maturing virtualization industry will require a faster troubleshooting cycle, which will increase the degree of automation in performance management. This process will require a single console to correlate metrics from multiple infrastructure tiers, which will become essential for virtualized infrastructure.
- 9. NVIDIA Full Predictions: http://bit.ly/2J4XpR6 THE FUTURE OF THE DIGITAL WORKSPACE Anne Hecht, senior directorof product marketing for vGPU solutions at NVIDIA From mobile and cloud computing to Windows 10 and CAD, the way businesses are delivering digital workspaces is changing. GPU computing plays a part in all of these areas. The New Data Center Will Never Sleep Tomorrow's data center will be always-on and able to run workloads 24x7.Workloads will no longer be sticky, and hardware will no longer be special purpose. Because of this flexibility, enterprises will achieve maximum utilization of their infrastructure, such as through implementingVDI by day and HPC by night. And with the benefits of new technologies crossing the lines between different teams and functions, siloed lines of IT will dissolve. Synergies between IT departments, particularly the HPC and end-user computing admins, will bring teams together to build data centers that meet the need to more tightly collaborate and converge. VDI Captures the Elusive User Experience In 2018, new tools and approaches will allow enterprises to measure the user experience - the most frequently noted success factor forVDI projects.Tools like the NVIDIA vGPU SDK will shed light on this challenge. Companies who understand users' exact needs and develop products that prioritize the user experience stand to succeed.
- 10. PolicyPak Software Full Predictions: http://bit.ly/2E8wPTo MDM AND VDI BUILDS STEAM Jeremy Moskowitz,founderand CEO of PolicyPak Software The concept of Unified Endpoint Management-managing Windows with the same tools used for mobile devices continues to be a hot topic.Windows has evolved to the point where it can be managed as a mobile device, however traditional management is so entrenched in IT that challenges are still an issue. Mobile Device Management (MDM) will continue to be standard for mobile devices, but not yet overcoming fat systems like Group Policy, SCCM or other deep management solutions (with inventory capabilities, and so on). Richer management: Microsoft is suggesting that with MDM you can do more with less. But that remains to be seen as of 2017. I think 2018 will more likely be the year of richer management and less is more management. PCTrends: Windows 10 will start to finally become the norm in corporate and PC land. And even Grandma will say goodbye to her oldWindows 7 machine this year. Some companies will flirt with the new Windows 10S, but I don't expect big rollouts, except for maybe an airline or two target customers. But Windows 10S is trying to compete with Chromebooks, and I think there's a little room before they catch up. PCs in the cloud will still be outside the norm,VDI taking on a little more steam, but still laptops and desktops will rule.Windows Autopilot is a new method to roll out brand new PCs, and I expect the big manufacturers to come on board in 2018.
- 11. Stratodesk Full Predictions: http://bit.ly/2pTCw2z THIN CLIENT MANUFACTURERS WILL FEEL THE SWELL CAUSED BY THE RASPBERRY PI Joseph Anderson,Content Creator and Social Media Specialist at Stratodesk Raspberry Pi - a Cataclysm for Change Using the Raspberry Pi in theVDI isn't a new idea. However, it wasn't considered a viable option to replace high qualityThin Clients in the past. A host of issues presented themselves as potential barriers to creating an enterprise grade,VDI solution around the Raspberry Pi. Fast forward a few years, however, and Citrix has announced their HDX Ready Pi for the enterprise market.The Raspberry Pi can in fact serve all the functions you would expect from a traditional Thin Client, at a fraction of the cost. For this reason, the Raspberry Pi is essentially going to do to theThin Client space what Uber did to the taxi cab companies. By introducing a cheaper, more logical solution, the Raspberry Pi will make bloatedThin Client companies obsolete. How Raspberry Pi sets a new industry trend for 2018 Our prediction is this - that the second tier thin client manufacturers will feel the shift that the Raspberry Pi has made in 2018.They will flounder for a bit, try different tactics to overcome this change. But ultimately, they simply won't be able to ride the wave of change that the Raspberry Pi has made.
- 12. Uila Full Predictions: http://bit.ly/2uytOwp APPLICATION-CENTRIC SHIFT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE TEAMS Dilip Advani, VP of Marketing, Uila In-houseVDI deployments are at a critical crossroad VDI will continue to dominate in the Educational and Healthcare verticals with large deployments. But as many of these large deployments continue to experience end user performance issues,VDI troubleshooting will need tools that provide the necessary insight to quickly troubleshoot before they bring the user-productivity to a standstill. If IT organizations do not quickly find a way to resolve the issues on hand, they might as well move away fromVDI or will be forced to move to aVDI as a service type of a scenario. Accelerated shift towards an Application-centric world The IT landscape is shifting from an infrastructure-centric view to an Application-centric view with the mandatory expectation of Application Performance, Service Delivery and Business Impact being the endpoint for every person in IT, irrespective of whether they are in traditional IT Operation teams or DevOps.
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