Virtualization Set For Desktop Surge In 2009

The push for cost savings will sweep virtualization solutions from VMware, Microsoft, Citrix and others past the server, onto the desktop and into the cloud.

While server consolidation made enormous gains in 2008, these advances are only the leading edge of changes that will come in the coming year through the virtualization of the enterprise.

Gartner says virtualization will be the number one technology initiative in 2009, a year when more cost savings will be sought with tangible urgency due to the down economy. ... Go to source