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IT Market Clock for Client Computing, 2009
13 October 2009
 
Brian Gammage   Federica Troni  

As client-computing technologies move through market life cycles, commoditization increases and deployment priorities change. IT leaders must understand the maturity and commoditization levels of each asset to build deployment road maps, negotiate pricing, plan divestments and manage portfolios.




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Table of Contents


    
 Analysis

1.0
    
 What You Need to Know
2.0
    
 The Market Clock

2.1
    
 Useful Market Life
2.2
    
 Commoditization

2.2.1
    
 Levels of Standardization
2.2.2
    
 Level of Supplier Choice
2.2.3
    
 Ease of Access to Appropriate Skills
2.3
    
 Market Life and Commoditization Measures
3.0
    
 Market Clock Recommendation Summary
4.0
    
 Market Background
5.0
    
 Supplier Landscape
6.0
    
 Asset Class Profiles

6.1
    
 Advantage

6.1.1
    
 Work Space Virtualization
6.1.2
    
 Persistent Personalization
6.1.3
    
 Windows 7
6.1.4
    
 OS Streaming
6.1.5
    
 Linux for Business Users
6.1.6
    
 Mini-Notebooks
6.2
    
 Choice

6.2.1
    
 Application Streaming
6.2.2
    
 Hosted Virtual Desktops
6.2.3
    
 Application Virtualization
6.2.4
    
 Blade PCs
6.2.5
    
 SBC
6.2.6
    
 Tablet PCs
6.3
    
 Cost

6.3.1
    
 Windows Vista
6.3.2
    
 LCD Monitors
6.3.3
    
 Thin-Client Terminals
6.3.4
    
 Notebooks
6.3.5
    
 Windows XP
6.3.6
    
 Desktop PCs
6.4
    
 Replacement

6.4.1
    
 CRT Monitors
6.4.2
    
 Windows 2000

    
 Recommended Reading


List of Tables


Table 1.  
 Summary Measures of Standardization
 

Table 2.  
 Scores for the Number of Available Suppliers
 

Table 3.  
 Evaluating Access to Appropriate Skills
 

List of Figures


Figure 1. 
 IT Market Clock for Client Computing, 2009
 

Figure 2. 
 Market Life and Commoditization Measures
 

Figure 3. 
 The Market Clock Recommendation Summary
 



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