Has the workspace revolution finally arrived?

We have been managing PCs at scale for the best part of three decades, but despite the hardware and software being updated considerably, how we deliver applications to our end users has changed comparatively little. Part of this is down to evolution of the management capabilities available to administer physical PCs, which have evolved considerably in the last fifteen years. But the adoption of more sophisticated solutions, such as VDI, user virtualisation and application streaming, has lagged somewhat behind, despite these now becoming more mature with robust solutions readily available. However,?recent research?conducted by Freeform Dynamics indicates things may well be about to change.

The results show there is a clear market opportunity to modernise desktop delivery, with drivers for change centred on a combination of continued uncertainty around where staff will want to work in the future and a recognition of the need to ensure flexibility in desktop service delivery.?

But, crucially, this is also coupled with a desire among IT managers to leave the past behind. The fact that we still manage desktop delivery as we have done for decades is now seen as unviable going forwards. IT professionals now look much more open to new ideas, and may well be ready to shake things up and modernise desktop delivery.?

Clearly this should open up the opportunity for vendors to engage with clients in new ways. It’s time to change from the ‘same old same old’ and get ready for tomorrow. The long-forecast workspace revolution may finally be under way.

Read more in the Spring 2022 edition of the Freeform Focus Magazine