Desktop virtualization is a need-to-know technology for 2008 that's transforming the way organizations handle complex desktop computing challenges: Provides hardware independence, enabling support for legacy applications while embracing new standards, Simplifies desktop management, reducing operational risk and support costs. Promotes security and data confidentiality using encryption and leak prevention techniques. Enhances mobility and disaster recovery planning, enabling employees to access corporate applications and data from anywhere, without requiring server farm and enabling access even when disconnected from the network. In this session Kevin introduces desktop virtualization technologies, present real enterprise use cases, and explains the challenges to be addressed when applying these solution in a corporate IT environment.