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Report:Hosted Virtual Desktops Versus Physical PCs: Understanding The Operational Cost Differences

When considering hosted virtual desktops (also known as virtual desktop infrastructure, or VDI) as an alternative or in addition to physical PCs, it's difficult to find reliable information about the...

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Client Inquiry:What Are Image Setup Best Practices For Windows 7 Deployment?

We are currently using a custom process for Windows images/deployment, and we would like to see if there are details or best practices on how an image should be set up.

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Blog:Is Windows 8 Killing PC Sales? Read the Fine Print: The Report of Windows' Death was an Exaggeration

On May 5, 1907, The New York Times published a column written that same morning by Mark Twain on the news of his death the day before. "You can assure my Virginia friends," said Twain, "that I will...

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Blog:Back of the Napkin: Why Microsoft Windows Intune Should Be On Your Radar

It's a little-known fact that both Southwest Airlines and the (soon-to-be) famous Yee-Haw Pickle Company began life on a cocktail napkin. What better medium to illustrate why Windows Intune...

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Blog:What Is A Workforce Computing Strategic Plan . . . And Why Do You Need One?

Regardless of what our minds conjure up when we think of airline travel, one thing we can readily observe is that while the weather, the experience of the flight crew, the mechanical condition of the...

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Blog:Two Apple Devices Weigh Less than Two Windows 8 Devices. Will Employees Live With Just One?

As Apple sweeps up the dust from their latest launch event, Microsoft is preparing for the most extensive operating system launch ever, expecting to reach 2.1 billion people with its Windows 8...

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Client Inquiry:Where Can I Find A Remote Wake-On-LAN Solution For Turning Your Computer On And Off?

Where can I find a remote wake-on-LAN solution for turning your computer on and off?

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Client Inquiry:Macs In Corporate Enterprises

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Blog:By The Numbers: Is Windows 8 Dead On Arrival In The Enterprise?

With the release of Windows 8, Microsoft is in the midst of its largest marketing effort ever, hoping to reach 2.1 billion people over the next several months. Because of its lukewarm initial sales,...

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Blog:Windows 8: Think You Can Skip It? Think Again.

My colleague Benjamin Gray and I have been looking closely at Windows 8 for the past several months to make sure we have a clear understanding of what it means for I&O organizations, leaders, and...

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Report:Five Steps To A Successful BYOC Program

A Pragmatic Approach To Achieve Both Freedom And Security

In 2012, as an I&O workforce computing professional, you will be faced with more people using their own computer for work than ever before. Many highly influential employees are already doing so, and...

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Blog:Seven Reasons Windows 8 Adoption In The Enterprise Is At Risk

In my previous blog on Windows 8, I discussed the gap between IT decision-maker interest in migrating to Windows 8 and employee interest — particularly with touchscreen tablet devices. Employee...

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Report:Habitat For Engagement: Unleash Workforce Potential With Agile Enablement

Vision: The Workforce Enablement Playbook

This report outlines the vision of Forrester's solution for infrastructure and operations (I&O) executives responsible for "end user computing" — the delivery and support of technology and...

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Blog:Ready, Fire, Aim! With Client Virtualization, Are You As Ready As You Think?

Michael Masterson's book "Ready, Fire, Aim" is one of my favorites. Masterson, a serial entrepreneur who has built dozens of businesses, some to $100 million in revenue and beyond, explains that...

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Blog:End Users: Should We Put Them In Padded Cells?

If you're an I&O professional, what comes to mind when you say "end user"? If you're like most of us, your mind has a conjured-up impression of a cosmically clueless person who actually gave...

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Blog:Hot off the Press: What Clients are Asking About with Workforce Computing

At Forrester, each of us as analysts keep in regular contact with our clients and the industry through a process known as Inquiry. For workforce computing, this includes Benjamin Gray, Christian...

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Report:Client Virtualization Will Fail Without A Hybrid Approach

I&O Leaders Must Recognize That Virtual Desktops Require Hybrid Skills And Tools

Client virtualization does not replace physical clients as many seem to think. You still need a physical client device, creating a complex hybrid environment of both physical and virtual components,...

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Blog:End User Computing Predictions for 2012: Civil Disobedience Escalates - Part 1

Sedition is simmering in the halls of corporations the world over, as the thirst for productivity and new tools grows faster than IT organizations can quench it with supply. 2012 promises to be the...

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Blog:The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse For Client Management Vendors

Those of you paying attention in Sunday School may remember this thing called the apocalypse. Earl Robert Maze II was my Sunday School teacher, and he may be the most fearsome schoolmaster ever to...

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Blog:BYOC - It's Not About Defiance. It's About Having The Right Tools For The Job.

Jason Hurd is the son of an Idaho backcountry bush pilot, stands about 6' 5" tall and runs an aircraft maintenance shop at the Erie Municipal Airport in Colorado - about a mile as the crow flies...

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Blog:The Pit Of Despair Called Seat 54F, The MacBook Air, And Why People Are Bringing Them To Work

Most I&O professionals travel far less than the road warriors they serve, which means they could be missing an important personal connection with new forms of client computing. After years of lugging...

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Client Inquiry:Desktop Inventory Industry Baseline

I'm looking for information regarding best practices or industry baseline information regarding the recommended number of desktop computer applications and tools, as well as major application...

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Client Inquiry:Building An Enterprise Mac Offering To Coexist With PCs

What is the current comparison of the Mac versus PC platforms? How are businesses implementing employee choice, if at all? What’s the tool of choice for home use? Where are these platforms...

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Blog:What Fine Whisky Can Teach Us As End User Computing Professionals

When Something Is So Good, It's Hard To Imagine It Will Ever Be Matched The famous connoisseur Jim Murray said of the 1974 Ardbeg Provenance: "This is the finest whisky I have ever tasted. As...

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Blog:The Microsoft Surface Tablet: Suitable For Featherless Bipeds With Broad, Flat Nails

Plato used to define the human species as "featherless bipeds". This thought came to me this afternoon as I stood looking at the Venus de Milo in The Louvre (I'm in Paris for Forrester's I&O...