Sunday, November 8, 2009

The Future of Computing? BYOC!


Check out my latest article, and in depth look at Bring Your Own Computer to Work Policies...

A growing trend in technology firms is Bring Your Own Computer (BYOC or BYOPC). Of course organizations such as Microsoft, Google, Citrix and Cisco are embracing this -- which is to be expected. However, as workforces become increasingly mobile, and virtualization methodologies are further adapted in enterprises, BYOC will inevitably grow.


In the simplest terms, Virtualization is about decoupling. In server virtualization (vSphere, XenServer, HyperV), we decouple the server OS from the server hardware. With application virtualization (XenApp, AppV), we decouple software programs from the OS. With SAN and NAS storage, we long ago decoupled data storage from operating machines. With the advent of client hypervisors, we will being doing the same with PCs. All of these pieces are decoupled to create a more robust and flexible infrastructure. It is only logical, then, to decouple the enterprise organization from the desktop machine itself.



Read the full article HERE over at TheGenerationV.com!

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