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Follow UsDUBLIN: Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Market in the US 2014-2018" report to their offering.
The analysts forecast the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure market in the US to grow at a CAGR of 8.47 percent over the period 2014-2018. One of the key factors contributing to this market growth is the need for remote access interfaces for the enterprises. The Virtual Desktop Infrastructure market in the US has also been witnessing the growing adoption of cloud-based virtual desktop infrastructure solutions. However, the huge capital expenditure into network restructuring could pose a challenge to the growth of this market.
The key vendors dominating this market space are Citrix Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Oracle Corp., and VMware Inc.
Other vendors mentioned in the report are Desktone Inc., MokaFive, Quest Software Inc., RedHat Inc., and Unidesk Corp.
Commenting on the report, an analyst from the team said: Cloud computing and cloud-based applications and services are witnessing increasing adoption from enterprises and end-users. With increasing bandwidth support being provided by the communication service providers, there is a rapid increase in the access of enterprise data and application by end-users is using smartphones, tablets, and other handheld devices. Virtual desktop infrastructure images are being stored in the data centers and accessed over the cloud infrastructure which is decreasing the operational costs considerably. Further, with the cloud-based virtual desktop solutions finding increasing adoption, there are many applications being supported on the cloud which are being accessed over the virtual desktop infrastructure solutions.
According to the report, one of the major drivers is the need for remote access interfaces to enterprise applications and data. With the adoption of virtual desktop infrastructure solutions, enterprises and end-users are able to easily access the applications and data from any location using their handheld devices.