Jeanne Morain: Universal Clients - enabling cloud computing for the Desktop - virtual evolution

Cloud Computing Conference - Cloud Slam 2009.
Abstract. Universal Clients or "Stateless Desktops" have been highlighted in the media and at major industry conferences. In order to realize the vision of Cloud Computing for personal devices (Laptop, PDA, etc) vendors need to expand beyond the current 1.0 and 2.0 architectures and provide a hybrid bridge that will enable today's enterprise bridge the GAPs between physical and virtual, server and local device processing, and end user requirements and IT's. This presentation will focus on the 3.0 architecture needed to enable IT and ISVs that are supporting the enterprise to evolve and embrace cloud computing while mitigating risks (regulatory, security, and business) in today's weakened global economy. Join Jeanne Morain, VP Business Development of InstallFree (formerly from BMC, Thinstall, and VMware) as she provides insight and guidance into the obstacles impacting the adoption of virtual computing for desktops and applications, their impact on overall Cloud computing initiatives and how to jumpstart them in a pragmatic approach.

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