http://www.cio.com/article/360615/VMware_Makes_Thin_Client_Moves

MON, MAY 19, 2008 — CIO — VMware today announced several moves of interest to enterprises using or considering thin client machines in conjunction with virtualization. The virtualization giant also served up new professional services offerings for enterprises rolling out thin clients and desktop virtualization.

First, a new certification program for thin client machines means enterprises can choose from more VMware-certified hardware options that work with VMware’s VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure) technology. With a VDI setup, virtual machines hold end users’ PC environments; those VMs live on servers in the data center.

Very cool, certification of thin client devices allows the end user to have confidence when looking at the various options and configurations available in the virtual desktop world. I’ll need to read up more - I wonder if there is anything on making the legacy pc a thin client? I appreciate it might not be as energy efficient, but there may be those satellite or remote offices that have pcs, where I might want to re-use their existing pc and not provide replacement thin clients for the time being?