Data Center Strategies Assessment (Comparison Use Case)
Selecting the best hosted virtual desktop (HVD) client for a HVD implementation presents IT organizations with a dilemma: What’s the best choice--thick-client, thin-client, or zero-client? Each approach comes with trade-offs that include performance, network bandwidth requirements, manageability, security, and flexibility to adapt to a changing HVD implementation. Failure to understand the impact of these trade-offs in a particular HVD-client deployment can seriously undermine the success of the project. In this Gartner assessment, Research Director/Analyst Nik Simpson examines the various approaches to providing the client device for a HVD implementation.