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Transcript of Enterprise Desktop Architecture 5 Year View
©2006 Softricity, Inc. www.softricity.com
Jeff Fisher
Director, Business Development
May 2006
Enterprise Desktop Architecture A 5 Year View
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Contents
• Today’s Enterprise Desktop Architecture
• Transformational Desktop Technologies
• Predictions for the Future
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Today’s Enterprise Desktop Architecture
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Today’s Enterprise Desktop Architecture
• OS
• Primarily rich Windows client (2K or better)
• Deployed using sector-based, disk imaging technology
• Runs natively on the system hardware, not on a hypervisor or other virtualization layer
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Today’s Enterprise Desktop Architecture
• Applications
• Primarily a mix of rich Windows-based and browser-based
• Widely used apps are packaged and distributed using automated software deployment or pre-installed into the core image
• Narrowly used apps are either pre-installed into departmental OS images (derived from the core) or manually installed
• One-off apps are manually installed
• All applications are either installed and/or can modify the state of the underlying OS at runtime
• Use of thin client solutions is limited in the average enterprise; they are still primarily deployed for remote access, branch office and mobility solutions, as opposed to desktop replacement
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Transformational Desktop Technologies
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Benefits/Limitations of Transformational Desktop Technologies
Technology Benefits Challenges
Sector-Based Disk Imaging
De facto standard
Simple to use
Passive; not OS-aware
Does not address heterogeneous:
Driver sets Regional settings Applications/User preferences
File-Based Disk Imaging Intelligent; OS-aware
Better support for heterogeneous:
Driver sets Regional settings
New format
Increased management complexity
Only minimal improvements in support for:
Application/User preferences
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Benefits/Limitations of Transformational Desktop Technologies
Technology Benefits Challenges
OS Streaming (Ardence, Neoware, Wyse)
Delivers the OS on-demand (using predictive streaming) without local installation
Passive; not OS-aware
Does not address heterogeneous:
Driver sets Regional settings Applications/User preferences
OS-Based Machine Virtualization (Microsoft Virtual PC, VMware Workstation/ACE)
Widely deployed on the server side
Has properties that ease desktop deployment
Hosted virtualization model suffers from driver limitations and performance constraints
Additional resource requirements (RAM, CPU, etc.) and management overhead (host OS must still be managed, patched, etc.)
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Benefits/Limitations of Transformational Desktop Technologies
Technology Benefits Challenges
Chip-Based Machine Virtualization (Intel VT, AMD Pacifica)
Can be used to create isolated, role-based partitions:
Inaccessible admin partition to host AV
Minimal performance/ resource impact
Requires new hardware
Application Virtualization (Softricity)
Eliminates application conflict
Simplifies application packaging, deployment and management
Addresses heterogeneous applications/user preferences
Context support (communications between isolated virtualized applications)
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Benefits/Limitations of Transformational Desktop Technologies
Technology Benefits Challenges
Thin Client Solutions Abstracts application state and preferences off the desktop
Centralized management
Provisioning of redundant computing resources
Application execution context issues (communication with locally executing software, dealing with manipulation of data files)
Do not support disconnected operation
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Reduced Complexity & Cost, Increased Business ValueReduced Complexity & Cost, Increased Business Value
BasicBasic
Cost Center Cost Center
Uncoordinated, manual
infrastructure
StandardizedStandardized
Efficient Cost Efficient Cost CenterCenter
Managed IT Infrastructure
with some automation
RationalizedRationalized
Business Business EnablerEnabler
Managed and consolidated IT Infrastructure
DynamicDynamic
Strategic Strategic AssetAsset
Fully automated
management, dynamic resource
usage
Transformational Technology Evolution
• Evolution of transformational desktop technologies over time will be shaped by the Infrastructure Optimization Model (IOM)
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Dyn
amic
OS Imaging App VirtualizationMachine Virtualization
Sector-based disk imaging
File-based disk imaging
Limited use of OS-based machine virtualization
Wide use of chip-based machine virtualization
Limited use of application virtualization, primarily to solve application conflict
Application virtualization used as primary method of software deployment
Sta
nd
ard
Rat
ion
aliz
edTransformational Technologies and the IOM
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Future Impact of Transformational Technologies
• Disk Imaging
• File-based disk imaging will become the de facto standard over the next 5 years, replacing sector-based approaches
• OS Streaming
• OS streaming will be of limited value and will only be used for specific types of fixed desktop users (i.e. call center, university, etc.)
• Machine Virtualization
• OS-based machine virtualization (Microsoft Virtual PC, VMware Workstation/ACE) will continue to be used for edge cases and will not be widely adopted
• Chip-based machine virtualization (Intel VT, AMD Pacifica) will become widely adopted
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Future Impact of Transformational Technologies
• Application Virtualization
• Application virtualization (Softricity) will become widely adopted for application deployment and management
• Thin Client
• Thin client will continue to be used primarily for remote access, branch office and mobility solutions, as opposed to desktop replacement
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Tomorrow's Corporate Desktop Architecture
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Tomorrow's Corporate Desktop Architecture
• OS
• Primarily rich Windows client
• Deployed using file-based disk imaging technology
• Runs in a partition managed by a chip-based hypervisor; every system runs a number of role-based partitions
- Inaccessible admin partition hosting AV, other security software
- Managed partition for corporate productivity tools
- User configurable partition for personal browsing, gaming, etc.
• Limited use of OS streaming (i.e. call centers, universities, etc.)
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Tomorrow's Corporate Desktop Architecture
• Applications
• Primarily a mix of rich Windows and browser-based
• Limited set of core applications (i.e. Microsoft Office, AV, VPN, etc.) are pre-installed in a file-based disk image
• Most other applications are virtualized and delivered via on-demand streaming
• Thin client solutions are still limited to supporting remote access, branch office and mobile users, as opposed to being used for desktop replacement
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Comparison of Architectures
Component/Solution Today Tomorrow
OS Primarily rich Windows client
Primarily rich Windows client
OS Deployment Uses sector-based disk imaging technology
Uses file-based disk imaging technology
OS Streaming Limited use Limited use
Machine Virtualization Limited use of OS-based machine virtualization
Wide use of chip-based machine virtualization
Application Virtualization
Limited use Wide use
Thin Client Limited use Limited use
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• Jeff FisherDirector, Business [email protected](917) 658-0516