As desktop virtualization continues to proliferate the IT landscape, user adoption and deployment preferences continue to evolve. Analyzing these preferences is important in understanding how service providers and companies adopting virtual desktop infrastructures (VDIs) can ensure successful deployments.

This paper is an excerpt from an IDC survey regarding adoption trends and storage requirements of virtual desktop environments. Check it out to explore what your peers had to say about deploying virtual desktops at their companies and find out what IDC feels regarding the current and future outlook, and challenges of VDI adoption and the storage architecture most frequently used to support VDIs.