Chris De Vere, an expert in IBM’s Virtual Client technology, is a 25-year veteran of the IT industry, having worked at a number of IT hardware and software companies including Honeywell, Silicon Graphics, EMC2 and Tivoli prior to IBM. He is responsible within IBM for its x86 Modular Systems.
This CBR podcast is in two parts, Part 1 and Part 2.
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Also discussed on this CBR podcast:
- The history of thin client and desktop virtualisation technology
- Why Larry Ellison’s vision of the network computer did not take off as originally envisaged
- Why IBM believes the time is now right for desktop virtualisation
- The business case for desktop virtualisation against the backdrop of a difficult economic environment
- Where claimed cost savings from desktop virtualisation really come from
- Why desktop virtualisation has a ‘green IT’ angle to it
- Why desktop virtualisation is not suited to every type of user in an organisation
- Whether desktop virtualisation has overcome some of the technology’s early teething troubles
- Whether desktop virtualisation simply moves cost from the client into the data centre
- Why customers should consider IBM in this market segment