Since virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and remote desktop session host (RDSH) technology has been available, vendors have offered on-premises solutions. Because these companies have made a name for themselves, most people familiar with the VDI space assume that the vendors who’ve been in the game for a long-time must lead sales in desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) solutions as well.
That’s a reasonable assumption, but it happens to be wrong – and the reason says something important about what the cloud has done for VDI technology. It’s something every CIO needs to know.
