Sunday, August 18, 2013

How Do Virtual Desktops Work

By Lee Smith


Cloud computing technology has changed the way IT works. From servers to data storage systems, all your digital information can now be stored on the cloud. You can also move the desktop away from your computer and place it on the cloud. If you manage your desktop on the cloud, you can connect to the same desktop via any Web enabled device from anywhere on earth. In laymans terms, the desktop of your personal computer is not confined to a particular device.

Precisely how does it work?

A hosted desktop runs in the cloud. When you use your keyboard, the keystrokes are sent to the cloud and the corresponding images are sent back to the screen of the device you are using.

However, since all these processes take place very rapidly, you do not see any difference in your experience when you work on a hosted desktop when compared with using a device specific desktop.

In addition, when you host your desktop on the cloud, you can access it through any Web enabled device, be it a notebook, mobile phone, netbook or a notebook.

Can hosted desktops work with slow Internet connections?

The allure of hosted desktops is that their effectiveness is not completely based on the performance of your Internet link. The rationale is that only images, and not the bytes of information represented in those graphics, are relayed through the network and to the display of your machine.

For example, if you are working on an excel file of 100 kb's, the hosted desktop system does not transmit all those bytes. It clicks a sort of snapshot or a static view of the file and transmits only the image that is considerably lower than 100 kilobytes in size.

Since large amounts of data aren't being transmitted, a moderately fast connection also works effectively. If you possess a 3G mobile phone or tablet, you can easily make use of it to access your hosted desktop.

Are they secure?

Security threats are just about null because the system does not broadcast the actual information. Hackers can not hack into the information when the transmission takes place. Desktops hosted on the internet are extremely protected.

Hosted desktops have become in demand these days because they make it easy for a standard delivery infrastructure for all the people involved with a project. For this reason, they support team work. At the same time, they are extremely useful in business continuity, scaling to your needs and expenditure control.




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