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During the 1970s and 80s, the marketplace transition from green-screen terminals with the mainframe to decentralized PCs meant performance enhancements in multimedia, lower hardware costs and mobility of information technology resources. Over the long run, however, consumers discovered that the benefits of personal computers were often outweighed by the costs of management and maintenance. Businesses and organizations have discovered that there are clear, sometimes significant, downsides with the decentralized PC computing approach. Consequently, they began to re-evaluate how their technology assets are deployed and managed in a PC-decentralized environment.
Desktop Virtualization for Infrastructure Optimization
Desktop virtualization is truly changing the way companies deploy desktops, delivering on the promise of flexible, efficient, secure and easy-to-manage infrastructure and thin-client solutions. Mainline and VMware are leading the way in desktop virtualization by bringing together all solution components, including thin client devices, software and services in one bundled solution. This means you work with one solution provider.
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