Vendor Analysis
published on Mar 22, 2012
Report Overview:
Desktop Services. HP is one of a number of Virtual Desktop Services companies analyzed in NelsonHall's comprehensive industry analysis programs.
Scope of this Report:
The report provides a comprehensive and objective analysis of HP's virtual desktop offerings, capabilities, and market and financial strength, including:
- Analysis of the company's offerings and key service components
- Revenue estimates
- Identification of the company's strategy, emphasis and new developments
- Analysis of the profile of the company's customer base including the company's targeting strategy and examples of current contracts
- Analysis of the company's strengths, weaknesses and outlook.
NelsonHall's Virtual Desktop Vendor Assessment for HP Enterprise Services is a comprehensive assessment of HP's virtual desktop offerings and capabilities designed for:
- Sourcing managers monitoring the capabilities of existing suppliers of virtual desktop services and identifying vendor suitability for IT services, end-user computing services and virtual desktop technology and services
- Vendor marketing, sales and business managers looking to benchmark themselves against their peers
- Financial analysts and investors specializing in the IT services sector.
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Key Findings & Highlights:
HP provides virtual desktop services under the name of Client Virtualization Services (CVS) incorporating three main offerings:
- Managed services contracts: run (and build) services for physical and virtual desktops and user devices
- WorkPlace360, a sub-offering of managed services that includes a full lifecycle end-user computing
- A standalone build service through HP Technology Consulting.
Managed services for virtual desktop are delivered through HP's expertise centers in various areas including services desk, application packaging and distribution, and network security monitoring.
Currently HP manages a large the number of virtual desktops. The company estimates it could double that in the next few years by just focusing on its clients' PC installed base.