CIO Insight Overview :: Virtualization on Clients

CIO Insight recently published an overview of how various virtualization technologies can be applied to increase the manageability (and reduce the cost) of Windows clients. The article includes comments from Altiris SVS customer Scott Butcher, vice president and application integration manager of Bank of America Corp.'s Global Trading Infrastructure Trading Desktop Support group.

"At Bank of America, Butcher isn't blind to the savings that can accrue from virtualization, but he sees that in the context of bigger-picture requirements to improve SLAs for critical applications and keep operations running in the event of a disaster. Virtualizing applications using Altiris SVS (recently acquired by Symantec Corp.), and streaming them to the desktop using AppStream, addresses the issues, he says."

Read the complete article here: "PC Virtualization: What You Need to Know".