Virtual Desktop Application By IBM
The IBM (International Business Machines Corp.) is going to launch a virtual desktop applications based on Linux that runs on a backroom server and doesn’t require Microsoft software. The virtual Linux Desktop will cost around $59 to $289 per user. The price will depend upon the software & services selected by you. IBM offers special Software package for corporate customer, they can save ~ $800(max) per user, instead of using Microsoft’s costly package such as Microsoft’s Vista operating system, Office suite and collaboration tools. So IBM has planned a lot to cut the Microsoft’s Corporate Customers but it’s all depend on the success of IBM’s Virtual Linux Desktop. One advantage of that is- thin clients don’t get viruses, and Linux servers make it much harder for viruses to do a lot of damage.
According to Wall Street Journal’s Web site-
International Business Machines Corp. is hoping to convince corporate customers that they no longer need Microsoft Corp. IBM says it has created a “Microsoft-free” virtual desktop — a complete suite of applications that run on a backroom server and don’t require Microsoft software or costly desktop hardware. The software package, available immediately, uses the Linux operating system and a set of IBM office applications that can be displayed on so-called thin clients, which don’t have processing units or hard drives.
Jeff Smith told, IBM’s vice president for open source and Linux
Deploying your technology this way is going to save you something more than 50 per cent of your total costs. As customers face an increasingly challenging economic situation, they’re looking at everything they’re spending money on.
