Virtual desktop infrastructure fights to host client workload

摘要

So-called "fat clients" are here for the foreseeable future. But is it possible-and cost-effective-for organizations to transition from far-flung and historically hard-to-main-tain desktops to virtual desktops stored in a central data center?rnThere have been advances in the technology that enable once-powerful and now-weak desktop systems to be repur-posed to host virtual desktops running modern operating systems. My review of the Leostream Connection Broker (see "Leostream Connects VDI," Page 31) shows that it is possible to put desktops on everything from thin clients to elderly PCs.