2010 Archive: Desktop Virtualization Day

Track Chair and Instructor:
Barb Goldworm
President and Chief Analyst
FOCUS

Sponsor Speakers:

Rob Mallicoat
Enterprise Solutions Architect,
Quest Software
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Rob Mallicoat is an Enterprise Solutions Architect with Quest Software who focuses on global partner pre-sales technical engagements and implementations of Quest’s Desktop Virtualization vWorkspace product. He has worked with hundreds of global 1000 customers over his past 7 years during pre and post sales engagements across Identity Management, SharePoint, System Center, Server and Desktop virtualization opportunities. Before working at Quest, Rob spent 7 years working at BMC Software as a senior pre-sales consultant focused on enterprise infrastructure monitoring and management.

Parmeet Chaddha
Executive Vice President, Engineering,
Pano Logic
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As executive vice president of products and technology, Parmeet brings more than 20 years of operational and technical leadership experience to Pano Logic and is responsible for leadership of the company's product development. Prior to joining Pano Logic, Parmeet was CEO and co-founder of MobileVerbs, Inc., a next generation mobile marketing platform, acquired by iLoop Mobile Inc. Before MobileVerbs, Parmeet was CTO of the Applications-on-Demand business unit at IBM, which had acquired Corio, an enterprise application service provider. At Corio, Parmeet held a number of executive positions, including CTO, Senior Vice President and President of Corio India. Parmeet started his career at Oracle, where he served as Director of Tools Development. Parmeet has also served as a consulting advisor to a number of technology companies. Parmeet holds a number of patents and has been widely published in industry and technical trade publications. He holds an M.S. and B.S. from MIT.

Monday, October 18th, 9:00am – 4:30pm
Room 1E13

Successfully Deploying Desktop and Application Virtualization

With the looming move to Windows 7, IT organizations are faced with how to manage the upgrade of every desktop and application in their company. Desktop and application virtualization hold the promise of solving this problem along with the many desktop management problems that have been plaguing IT for decades. But until recently, multiple barriers prevented widespread adoption of virtual desktop technologies, and in fact, many early desktop virtualization projects failed as a result. This workshop will discuss previous barriers, how they now have been eliminated and why 2010 is becoming the year for desktop virtualization. Learn about all the various options available today - from major virtualization vendors to emerging startups - and why one size does not fit all. Hear the latest about the available desktop and application virtualization technologies, how to assess user desktop requirements across your entire organization, and determine how to successfully select and implement the right technologies for your organization.

Topics:

• The current state of desktop and application virtualization, including barriers eliminated, available technologies and solutions and how they map to various use cases
• Methodology for evaluating your user requirements and determining which technologies and combined approaches are best suited for your users' needs
• A deeper understanding of the various approaches and architectures of the different desktop virtualization and application virtualization and streaming technologies
• Insights on the role of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) versus session/presentation virtualization technologies such as Citrix XenApp/Presentation Server and MS Remote Desktop Services (RDS)/Terminal Services
• The role of desktop access devices from rich clients to thin clients to zero clients to IPADs to smart phones and BYOC
• The latest improvements in handling 3D graphics and video for session and desktop virtualization
• An independent look at the top desktop and application virtualization solutions
• Considerations for IT managers and administrators developing strategies for the selection and implementations of these technologies
• Removing barriers, implementing best practices, and avoiding pitfalls of desktop and application virtualization
• A look into the recent changes and future of desktop and application virtualization
• A discussion of various vendor alternatives and experiences involving the different approaches to delivering desktops and applications to all types of users

Who Should Attend:
This workshop targets IT managers and administrators who are interested in developing their knowledge of virtual desktops, application virtualization and streaming technologies to better design and implement a forward thinking strategy for desktop and application delivery within their companies.

You Will Learn:
During this workshop, industry analysts and virtualization experts from FOCUS will detail the technologies and solutions available for desktop virtualization, and application virtualization and streaming.