Hosted Virtual Desktop Services

I think the iPad and other tablet computing devices may finally provide the use case for what was once called thin client or network computing and is now called virtual desktops, which has been alluding proponents of this technology all these years. Thin clients were promoted as an easier to administrate and thus a lower cost solution of end user computing for enterprises, but the lowering cost of desktop computers decreased the benefits and cost savings.

Tablet computers like the iPad that don’t run full desktop operating systems are perfect devices for running virtual desktops.

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