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http://www.techworld.com/networking/news/index.cfm?newsID=8631&pagtype=samechan

Traffic management specialist Zeus has jumped into the virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) business with an in-line connection broker. The product will provide secure access to a pool of remote desktops as well as logging their connections.

Promoted by VMware but usable with any virtualising system, VDI is a rival to Citrix and Windows Terminal Server in that it runs your desktop remotely, and you access it through a thin client device. The difference is that where Citrix runs all its clients on one multi-user shared server, VDI gives each user their own virtual PC.

Very cool, I must read up more about this, I love the idea of moving away from the desktop particularly where its not needed, or the same functionality can be provided more energy efficiently and (or) at lower cost. The fact that the VDI tool works with several platforms brings new options for the desktop virtualization market – anything to make this easier, or bring new options has to be a good thing for the market, and the consumer jointly.

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