Virtual Desktop Gets Boost from Mobile Devices, Healthcare
Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) over the years has been frequently documented in articles (and I’m as guilty as anyone) but less so in actual customer settings. The technology tried to follow behind server virtualization, but hasn’t seen quite the same uptake. The ROI just hasn’t been sufficient to move businesses to the client side of virtualization, despite promises of easier IT management and improved security via centralization.
IBM (NYSE:IBM) is putting a sharper focus on MSPs recently, recruiting 500 new managed service providers in the last five months alone. The uptick coincides with the appointment of a new channel chief in January as the company’s new 
Large enterprises have spent the past decade deploying virtualization — mostly VMware — to consolidate data centers and improve server utilization rates. In some ways, the virtualization trend is old news. But is the story different in the small and midsize business market — especially for MSPs seeking to remotely manage and optimize customer systems?
Most MSPs know how to protect physical devices and traditional operating systems like Windows Server. But have you got a disaster recovery (DR) strategy for virtualized systems — particularly VMware vSphere? I ask the question because virtualization is marching down into the SMB market. And cloud companies like