Establishing a client technology refresh plan is going to almost always be a challenge. The number of decisions a business needs to make is not only about which access device, but about the entire range of access devices available to implement. Without going into length on any one item the list of decisions that businesses need to consider (or consciously decide not to consider) is sizeable, including:
- New form factors for desktops and notebooks
- Thin client and virtualization (Citrix, VM, VDI, as examples)
- Blades (server, PC, and workstation)
- New operating system
- Home offices (formal and informal)
- Personally owned PC's
- Smart phones and PDA's
- Intelligent manageability in the chipset
- New management tools
- New product and software features
- New service delivery strategies
The list could go on, but the point is made that the sheer number of decisions is considerably more complicated than whether desktops and notebooks are like for like. Yet, despite this, there remains a hesitancy to draw the client technology refresh into a more strategic economic approach. The reasoning could be due in no small part to the set of politics, culture, and emotion that surrounds such decisions. In this white paper, learn about closed loop lifecycle planning and how your IT organization can work around sustainability, the economy, pricing and myths.
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