VMware gets recognition for Desktop Virtualization in India

VMware has announced that it has been recognized as a leader in India in the latest IDC Asia-Pacific Centralized Virtual Desktop Market Analysis. According to IDC, VMware led the market with a share of 62.9 per cent of the Centralized Virtual Desktop (CVD), or Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), market in India during the first half of 2013.
 
IDC has also estimated that the Centralized Virtual Desktop (CVD) market in India will grow at a CAGR of 37.8 per cent to US$32.14 million by 2017. Desktop virtualization enables organizations to adopt a user-centric, flexible approach to computing. By decoupling applications, data and operating systems from endpoints – and by moving these components into the data center, they can be centrally managed. In addition, desktop and application virtualization offers IT a more streamlined and secured way to manage users, and provide agile, on-demand desktop services.
 
T. Srinivasan, Managing Director, VMware India & SAARC, said, “With today's new generation of workers defining their ideal place to work – be it their preferred device or location, enterprises are concerned about how to enable this mobility for the workforce in a controlled and secure manner. VMware Horizon Suite is helping progressive organizations empower their mobile workforce to access information, applications and services they need to be productive, with the control and security offerings IT departments need. Being recognized by IDC as a leader in VDI validates our End-User Computing strategy in India, and signals the ability of VMware to transform workforce mobility,” Srinivasan added.
 
IDC predicts that the IT-enabled Services (ITeS) and the banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) sectors will drive the demand for VDI in India over the next few years.