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VIRTUAL DESKTOP INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE EDGE OF A NEW WORLD
Tim Whiteley, Co-Founder, Inevidesk, says VDI has a strong chance of remaining relevant and complementary for organisations currently pondering what the future might hold.
There is little room for the consideration of tech beyond the exponential avalanche of AI activity; it smothers all in its path, picking up social, political, philosophical, financial and just about every other aspect of discourse as it bears relentlessly down on us.
When something is heralded as truly world changing, we all await the impact with bated breath. We don’ t know what’ s coming, but we brace for impact regardless.
Big tech layoffs demonstrate the current and predicted exchange in people for AI investment. Money directed to NVIDIA, data centre development and small-form nuclear reactors paint a picture of the near future, one that is already infecting many service and software vendors. Change is happening and preparations are underway in many quarters, but where does that leave technologies such as virtual desktop infrastructure( VDI)?
The inevitable rise of VDI
The VDI market is projected to grow in the coming years, fuelled by the rise of remote and hybrid work, the demand for improved resiliency and agility and the need to better address the increasing frequency of opportunities and challenges in a rapidly changing world.
There is no doubt that the benefits of centralised, virtual data centre hosted infrastructure continue to gain traction, whether organisations are compelling staff to return to the office or not. The improvements it offers in terms of estate management, security, flexibility and resiliency are difficult to argue with, especially for organisations that need to connect multiple offices and geolocations and open up for location agnostic talent.
While sustainability appears to be losing its potency within political discourse, VDI retains
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