Enterprise Desktop Architecture 5 Year View

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©2006 Softricity, Inc. www.softricity.com Jeff Fisher Director, Business Development May 2006 Enterprise Desktop Architecture A 5 Year View

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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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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

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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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