With the advent of server, desktop, and application virtualization technologies, new approaches and solutions have emerged as alternatives to traditional desktop and application deployment methods.  This Focus Landscape Research Series offers insights and perspective on the state of available desktop and application delivery approaches and alternatives and how they each help address IT management challenges. The Landscape Report addresses the following key areas:

• The critical business and technical challenges faced by today’s IT departments and user communities
• The various types of use cases for desktop and application delivery
• The technical architectures and solutions which are available and emerging to address deploying desktops and applications
• Key considerations when selecting and implementing solutions
• A high-level analysis of the key vendor solutions, along with matrices on currently available products and key technical features
• In-depth analysis on specific solutions is included in Focus Solution and Case Study Profiles, available individually or in the Profile Addendum.

This Complete Series includes the Landscape report and all Solution and Case Study Profiles. (To purchase only the Landscape Report for $995, select Focus Market Landcape Report.)

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