'Cloud-based Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Market will be $11.2bn in 2012' says Latest Report

LONDON, October 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

Virtual desktops have been on the radar of enterprise IT since the 1990s, but only recently has technology reached a point where they can be expedient and cost-effective enough to warrant serious discussion and consideration.

Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) was devised as a replacement for the traditional PC model, its ease of management touted as the major advantage. However, the cost of outlay for server hardware and network equipment was an early entry barrier for many enterprises.

In 2012, much higher network speeds and the leveraging of public clouds are allowing VDI vendors to capitalise on this previously underused technology. Visiongain calculates that just over 50% of US enterprises are undergoing a migration to virtual desktops or contemplating one in the next 12 months.

Although the virtual desktop is but one of numerous desktop virtualisation delivery methods, visiongain believes it is poised to claim significant market share. A number of well-funded incumbents and imaginative startups are ushering innovative, cloud-based VDI technology onto the market, promising to irrevocably change the future of enterprise computing and IT.

With an ever-decreasing total cost of ownership and a broad market trend towards cloud computing, visiongain believes that cloud-based VDI usership will nearly quadruple over the forecast period. As the PC model becomes more widely recognised as rigid and cumbersome, companies across all the world's markets will turn to novel computing solutions in efforts to maximise their operational efficiency and derive competitive advantage from their software investments.

The Cloud-Based Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Market 2012-2017 delineates cloud-based VDI's forthcoming rise to prominence over a five-year forecast period. 95 unique charts, figures, and tables quantify the technology's performance in the global market and 5 regional markets. The report also explores the range of products from 14 leading vendors of cloud-based VDI solutions. These company profiles offer insight into the gamut of cloud-based VDI offerings on the market, from small-scale to enterprise class.

Visiongain rounds off its analysis with an exclusive interview with Kevin Strohmeyer, Director of Product Marketing at Citrix, the market leader in its field.

The Cloud-Based Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Market 2012-2017 report will be of value to current and future investors in the IT and computing industries, as well as companies and research centres who wish to broaden their knowledge on this subject.

For sample pages and further information concerning the visiongain report The Cloud-Based Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Market 2012-2017 please visit: http://www.visiongain.com/Report/897/The-Cloud-Based-Virtual-Desktop-Infrastructure-%28VDI%29-Market-2012-2017

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Email: Sara Peerun on sara.peerun@visiongainglobal.com
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Companies listed in this report include:

2X Software
Amazon
Apple
AppSense
Aterity
AWS
Catbird
Ceedo
Cisco
Citrix
ClearCube
Dell
Desktone
Desktoposites
Dynamic Network Factory
EMC
Ericom Software
Eucalyptus
Flexera
Fujitsu
GoGrid
Google
GridCentric
Hewlett-Packard (HP)
IBM
IGEL
Joyent
Kaviza
LG
Microsoft
MokaFive
Motorola
NComputing
Nokia
Oracle
Oracle Corporation
Pano Logic
Piston Cloud Computing
Rackspace
Red Hat
Salesforce.com
Samsung
Sun Microsystems
Teradici
V3
VDIworks
VMWare
Wyse
ZenithInfotech 

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