In keeping with the tradition of the last three to five years, 2012 is being touted by analysts and vendors alike as "the year for VDI." This year there is a slightly new twist to the hype and marketing, and that’s Bring Your Own Device (BYOD). It’s a simple concept: Employees own devices that they like to use and are most productive on; IT should support the apps and services used to run the business on the employees’ devices. To see the full post visit: http://www.networkcomputing.com/private-cloud/232300473.
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