Value Behind Building a Virtual Health IT Infrastructure.

A survey found that desktop virtualization is expected to be phased out of IT infrastructure in favor of VDI. As part of a recent survey conducted by Finn Partners, IT decision makers shared insight into the kinds of technologies integral to building a future-proof IT infrastructure as well as those destined for the dustheap. Over 500 IT decision-makers in the US counted desktop computers (30 percent), hard disk drives (28 percent), USB drives (19 percent), and desktop virtualization (10 percent) among the dying infrastructure technologies. The survey highlights the shift to cloud computing supported by faster connections and shrinking need for offline storage as a major reason why these technologies are expected to be phased out within the next several years.