Cloud Computing: Dell bringing Windows desktop to Chromebooks through appliance

Grazed from CIO. Author: Agam Shah.

Dell is offering to helping cut business’ reliance on Windows PC hardware with a new management appliance, which could serve up virtual Windows desktops to Chromebooks. Dell’s Appliance for Wyse – vWorkspace product uses desktop virtualization technology to deliver Windows desktop software to Chromebooks and other endpoints. Though brokered from a remote location, the Windows OS will be fully functional and run as if it were loaded locally.

As part of its Chrome for Work program, Google has aggressively pushed Chromebooks into businesses as an alternative to Windows PCs. Chromebooks are thin, lightweight laptops for those who do most of their computing on the Internet. Google has said that Chromebooks are tuned for the future of cloud computing, as they were built from the ground up to run rich Web applications…

Dell envisioned a similar future for cloud-based computing on PCs when it bought Wyse and its virtualization technology in 2012, just when the PC market was losing steam. Dell’s PC business is still centered around Windows laptops and desktops, but the company has ramped up its portfolio of cloud-based computers with Wyse thin clients and Chromebooks. It also sells the thumb-size Cloud Connect device, which turns a display with an HDMI port into an Android PC…

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