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Wso2 owely12/18/2023 ![]() Something like Chrome OS is truly a cloud-based OS, where everything is supposed to be stored up in the cloud. Then, you have another Google OS that comes down with applications that are specific from that Google service, and that desktop is running in parallel with Windows, because it’s fully controlled from a cloud provider like Google. Imagine that you have your own personal Windows OS, that maybe you have signed up for Microsoft’s new Intune service to manage that from the cloud standpoint. The same thing for the client can become possible when you start virtualizing that endpoint and stop doing management of the OS as management of the PC, and be able to manage that PC at the root level. It’s really the ability to manage the machine at the machine level and be able to take OSs and move them as individual blocks of functionality in those workloads. But, the benefits from the server virtualization side were not only the ability to run multiple OSs side-by-side and consolidate servers, which is great, but definitely not as relevant to the client side. We've seen that with applications, storage, networks, and certainly the revolution that happened with VMware and the hypervisors on the server side. ![]() On the client side, virtualization is moving into all forms of computing. Dual cores and all the gigabytes of RAM that are available on the client are all are great things, but if you can't have an architecture that can take advantage of that in a big way, then you get more of the same. Normally, that's because you can't share that resource and really take advantage of everything that modern hardware can offer you. Looking at the general PC architectures, we have seen that since pretty much the inception of the computer, y ou really still have one operating system (OS) that's bound to one machine, and that machine, according to a number of analysts, is less than 10 percent utilized. Jones: In the client market, it's time for disruption. The discussion is moderated by me, Dana Gardner, principal analyst at Interarbor Solutions. We look at the future of the client with a panel of analysts and guests: Chad Jones, Vice President for Product Management at Neocleus Michael Rowley, CTO of Active Endpoints Jim Kobielus, Senior Analyst at Forrester Research Michael Dortch, Director of Research at Focus JP Morgenthal, Chief Architect, Merlin International, and Dave Linthicum, CTO, Bick Group. Will the client lead the cloud or vice versa? We'll talk about that too.Įither way, the new emphasis seems to be on full-media, webby activities, where standards and technologies are vying anew for some sort of a de-facto dominance across both rich applications as well as media presentation capabilities. We'll take a look at what they might look like.Īlso, just as Windows 7 for Microsoft is quickly entering the global PC market, cloud providers are in an increasingly strong position to potentially favor certain client types or data and configuration synchronization approaches. ![]() New types of dynamic and task specific client types might emerge. But, what has become popular on the server, virtualization, is taken to its full potential on these edge devices. Most clients consist of a handful of entrenched PC platforms, a handful of established web browsers, and a handful of PC-like smartphones. Today's clients are more tied to the past than the future, where one size fits all. If more of what more users are doing with their clients involves services, then shouldn't the client be more services ready? Should we expect one client to do it all very well, or do we need to think more about specialized clients that might be configured on the fly? Such trends as cloud computing, service oriented architecture (SOA), social media, software as a service (SaaS), and virtualization are combining and overlapping to upset the client landscape. 52, focuses on client-side architectures and the prospect of heightened disruption in the PC and device software arenas. ![]() The latest BriefingsDirect Analyst Insights Edition, Vol. Special offer: Download a free, supported 30-day trial of Active Endpoint's ActiveVOS at.
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