Jeff Fisher's "Desktops as a Service" Blog
Generally speaking, DaaS is about transforming desktops into a cloud service.
However, there are already a number of different approaches to DaaS and they
vary considerably. To start, I thought it would be helpful to classify the
different versions of DaaS as they exist today.
Cloud computing has reached an absolute frenzy in the IT media. It seems like
the cloud is well on its way to displace the virtualization craze that
started last summer and which has carried us through the past 12 months. As a
result, I thought it would be an appropriate time to discuss how we think
DaaS fits into the cloud phenomena.
Generally speaking, DaaS is about transforming desktops into a cloud service.
However, there are already a number of differe... (more)
The excitement around virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) is being tempered
by the concern that VDI can't be cost-justified if it doesn't completely
transform traditional desktop management - and by the belief that the only
way to achieve this is with stateless desktops. The bad news is that truly
stateless desktops won't be commonly available for at least another five
years. But there ... (more)
It's August 2007. VMware goes public and virtualization, in all its forms,
reigns as the leading IT infrastructure megatrend. Fast forward to the summer
of 2008 and virtualization is already giving way to the new king of IT media
- cloud computing. All of a sudden, the conversations about how
virtualization will transform existing enterprise infrastructure shift to
talk about how virtual... (more)
Just a quick heads up that I will be presenting next week in New York City at
SYS-CON's Cloud/Virtualization Conference & Expo and online at the Cloud Slam
'09 virtual conference the week of April 20th.
... (more)
Today Desktone announced a new DaaS provider in Japan - Marubeni
Corporation. You can find the release here .
... (more)
Jeff Fisher has 17 years of business development, marketing and technical experience in virtualization, including at Microsoft, Softricity and Citrix. He guides many elements of Desktone's corporate strategy, technology alliances, competitive positioning and market development. He worked at Wired Business and NETLAN, and has an MBA from Columbia Business School.
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