I had been pondering a little about Intel’s IDV (Intelligent Desktop Virtualisation) and while there are many merits to the features and solution potential I don’t think I’m completely sold on the idea. Well, 100% yet anyway.

The handful of posts I completed in the last quarter of 2011 were very focused on the technology and the exact ins and outs of what it does, where it fits and who’s aligned to get you enabled. I’m certainly on board and buy in to the idea it really can get you going on your journey as there are many routes to implementation.

VDI is by no means a Citrix or Microsoft only market, we know that VMware are pitching View and that from a hardware perspective Cisco UCS can be a killer infrastructure to host high density desktops. So, there are options and this is where Intel fit as they don’t present a linear solution. They cover the infrastructure at a component level and then re-appear in the Operating System and Application layers too. Integration across tiers, that’s a good thing.

I have yet to get my hands in an IDV solution and as soon as I do I hope to come back tick the box so I’m 100% sold on the proposition. Any takers? Well, soon I hope and then I can case study the implementation and add depth to the high level topics I been delivering recently.

Thanks again for reading.

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Keeping a contribuatory technical community alive shouldn’t be about awarding accolades without at least sharing something about the people that make the forums function, the whitepapers appear and the conference presentations materialise.

Gregg Robertson of the http://thesaffageek.co.uk fame is working with the VMware vExpert team to promote and increase the awareness of the non-VMware employees behind the scene that contribute their own time and skills.

Mine has just been posted

http://blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/2012/01/vexpert-spotlight-darren-woollard.html

To you, my avid reader, this is the last part (other posts here 1,2,3,4 & 5 ) in the series where I’ve been exploring Intel’s Intelligent Desktop Virtualisation and for the final entry will summarise the vendor offerings and partnerships.

So, where do you go from here?

Currently there are solutions that deliver on the 3 tracks of IDV to varying extents, future versions and vendors will doubtless emerge during the natural IDV evolution. For starters though have a look at the list of vendors here and you’ll appreciate the buy in and tie-in is significant.

• Citrix
• Microsoft
• MokaFive
• RES Software
• Scense
• Virtual Computer
• Wanova

As you can see there are some big names and smaller well known vendors too. Intel is currently collaborating with its ISV partners to achieve further functionality that encompasses all 3 tracks to bring a more holistic approach to the IDV solutions and to the market. Whatever may happen with IDV it’s certainly going to pick up momentum as Intel will continue to make bigger and more function CPUs based on their vPro technology.

I’ve only touched on certain aspects and areas in the past 6 posts but hopefully you’ll have a learned a little more about what Intel are doing in the client virtualisation space.

Thanks for stopping by,
Darren.

For more information head over to ’The Register’ to read more about Intel and Virtualisation. Click here

INTEL BLOGGER DISCLAIMER: ‘This post is brought to you in partnership with Intel(R) as part of the “Technology in tomorrow’s cloud & virtual desktop” series’