Desktop virtualization (or Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) is a server-centric computing model that borrows from the traditional thin-client model but is designed to give administrators and end users the best of both worlds: the ability to host and centrally manage desktop virtual machines in the data center while giving end users a full PC desktop experience

Michael Rose, Research Analyst at IDC, discusses the rise of best practices for virtual desktop infrastructures in this executive interview sponsored by Citrix Systems.

Many companies are now talking about virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) as a way of delivering desktops virtually to end-users. Is this becoming a viable technology for mainstream enterprise customers?

Now that Apple are due to release the 3G iPhone and the development kit, it won’t be too long before a number of different ICA clients are released which will allow you to run Windows applications and Windows Desktops sessions on your iPhone.  

Not using the local resource on the iPhone, the Citrix ICA clients allow access using the ICA protocol to a number of different Citrix platforms.

This was recorded at the tech lab at Iforum, it explains the technology a little more and demonstrates other applications other than the Vista Aero desktop experience.

Something for the future, Citrix demonstrate how they may be able to delivery a full feature rich Vista Aero desktop experience through ICA,  all remote from a Citrix XenApp Server (the new name for Citrix Presentation Server).