This IDC study presents a vendor assessment of the virtual client computing (VCC) market through the IDC MarketScape model. The virtual client computing market has recently begun to change as new requirements for digital workspaces cause organizations to radically rethink their approach to the employee experience. These changes include the integration of virtualization solutions into wider device and hybrid cloud management solutions, the disaggregation of virtualized applications, and the inclusion of artificial intelligence/machine learning into the work environment.
"Solutions in the virtual client computing market have markedly improved over the past few years, pushed by innovations in the workplace and the advent of key behavioral indicators," said Shannon Kalvar, research manager, IDC's IT Service Management and Client Virtualization. "Vendors are now offering a wide range of solutions to meet the needs of customers where they are, as they evolve, rather than shoehorning requirements into a handful of solutions."