virtual desktop and Cloud computing
The second framework for virtual desktops is much newer and, for many organizations, more exciting. Cloud computing is a form of IT resource hosting in which the computing platform (hardware, storage, OS) is hosted. In cloud computing applications, the company committing to cloud computing supplies applications that "run in the cloud."
The resources of a cloud network form a pool that's available (based on policies) to any user or application. This not only generates the best possible economy of scale, it also increases reliability and availability, accommodates shifts in demand that come with time zone changes, etc. A cloud computing environment is to an enterprise data center what the Internet is to a leased line.
The largest benefit of cloud computing, in supporting the notion of a virtual desktop, is that cloud computing has no specific limitations on applications, number of users, traffic volumes, etc. The resources in the cloud are elastic, so demands can be expanded and reduced as business activity dictates. Applications could, in theory, run in a variety of places worldwide -- with computing power migrating around the cloud to support all of the business' needs. However, this is only in theory because there is no determined standard for what constitutes cloud computing, not even to the point of defining its necessary properties. There are no set methods to interface with applications in the cloud, no rules on storing data or adding or removing processing capacity. Each cloud computing framework has its own rules and procedures for controlling resources, and each will have its own structure of charges as well. Fortunately, there are some factors that emerge as common capabilities -- and issues -- as you leave the cloud and approach the virtual desktop.
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The second framework for virtual desktops is much newer and, for many organizations, more exciting. Cloud computing is a form of IT resource hosting in which the computing platform (hardware, storage, OS) is hosted. In cloud computing applications, the company committing to cloud computing supplies applications that "run in the cloud."
The resources of a cloud network form a pool that's available (based on policies) to any user or application. This not only generates the best possible economy of scale, it also increases reliability and availability, accommodates shifts in demand that come with time zone changes, etc. A cloud computing environment is to an enterprise data center what the Internet is to a leased line.
The largest benefit of cloud computing, in supporting the notion of a virtual desktop, is that cloud computing has no specific limitations on applications, number of users, traffic volumes, etc. The resources in the cloud are elastic, so demands can be expanded and reduced as business activity dictates. Applications could, in theory, run in a variety of places worldwide -- with computing power migrating around the cloud to support all of the business' needs. However, this is only in theory because there is no determined standard for what constitutes cloud computing, not even to the point of defining its necessary properties. There are no set methods to interface with applications in the cloud, no rules on storing data or adding or removing processing capacity. Each cloud computing framework has its own rules and procedures for controlling resources, and each will have its own structure of charges as well. Fortunately, there are some factors that emerge as common capabilities -- and issues -- as you leave the cloud and approach the virtual desktop.
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