Trends Report

Vendor Landscape: Cloud Workspaces For Desktop Applications

Five Categories Of Vendors Offer Viable Options To Organizations Seeking To Improve Employee Experience

September 1st, 2017
David Brodeur-Johnson, Principal Analyst
David Brodeur-Johnson Principal Analyst
With contributors:
Christopher Voce , Clare Garberg , Diane Lynch

Summary

Cloud workspaces are a viable alternative to on-premises remote desktop session-hosted (RDSH) and server-hosted virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) for providing employees with flexible access to managed, secure remote desktop and application environments. But there are five different categories of vendors — each with advantages and constraints that aren't obvious unless you understand how the cloud workspace ecosystem works. This report examines the range of cloud workspace options available and explains how each may be suitable for enterprise infrastructure and operations (I&O) buyers.

Want to read the full report?

Contact us to become a client

This report is available for individual purchase ($1495).

Forrester helps business and technology leaders use customer obsession to accelerate growth. That means empowering you to put the customer at the center of everything you do: your leadership strategy, and operations. Becoming a customer-obsessed organization requires change — it requires being bold. We give business and technology leaders the confidence to put bold into action, shaping and guiding how to navigate today's unprecedented change in order to succeed.