For large organizations such as my employer, virtual desktops provide great management of clients. However, in real-world practical terms, the problems that will arise from rolling outages or network connectivity issues will drive people back to local desktops very quickly.
I remember posting a message saying that we have important information already on a company’s server somewhere in the cloud.
I cited those who have their e-mails using Yahoo mail or Google mail as an example.
The response to me was in effect — those who trust Yahoo and Google to keep your data private or even to secure your data are not smart.
Well what can I say? That makes millions of people out there...
I know. I see some small potential benefits, but the number and severity of the risks, especially with the industry’s history of data leakage and theft, and their ongoing desire to charge you repeatedly for the same thing, the cost-benefit seems like nowhere near breakeven to me.