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PRESENTED BY
IDC MARKETSCAPE EXCERPT:
WORLDWIDE CLIENT
VIRTUALIZATION SOFTWARE
VENDOR ASSESSMENT
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hat started with smartphones
and Macbooks and continued
with the emergence of tablets
— end users started to assert
power over their devices and
applications. The end result is that the days of IT
dictating what device end users will use are nearly
over. The rise of bring your own device (BYOD) is
creating governance and regulatory nightmares
while providing end users with unprecedented
flexibility and agility.
The client virtualization software market has started
to enter the maturity phase, and many vendors,
through acquisitions, have started to expand their
capabilities into physical desktop management,
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mobile enterprise application management, and
SaaS application management. As vendors continue
to expand their addressable market, they continue
to integrate their existing portfolio, from both a
technical and a licensing perspective. Customers
are in turn confused about the capability and
addressability of each vendor’s solution.
This FREE IDC study represents the vendor
assessment model called the IDC MarketScape. This
research is a quantitative and qualitative assessment
of the characteristics that explain a vendor’s success
in the marketplace and help anticipate the vendor’s
ascendancy. The study assesses the cap
ability and business strategy of many client
virtualization software vendors.
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