Next Level in Virtualization – Pocket – PC

Driving virtualization to the next level and with global PC sales already suffering at the hands of mobility driven devices, next generation ready concepts such as PC-on-a-stick are set to further excite the user community to the next notch, by packing big mobility driven computing power in a miniscule form factor {Such as USB stick} that can ideally fit into a small pocket at the hands of end consumers.

It is surely true that in today’s scenario, this power at the hands of end user, threatens the relevance of traditional PCs from a different angle now.

Such a device could be about the size of a large USB thumb drive and can come with flash-based storage and 1GB of RAM, as well as both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity so that communication between the multiple devices is made possible. Such a device can also have a microSD card slot to add additional storage, when needed.

At a time when the enterprise community is looking for cost effective solutions for their sales force and even their own set of employees, virtual- environment enabling devices such as this could take advantage of virtualized servers and in turn enterprise-class applications could benefit from a such device.

This PC in a pocket could easily connect to the Web, which means that it can access and work with just about any virtualized application and service and increase the productivity at the user end.

In an ideal scenario, a small or medium sized enterprise with the right infrastructure can really now leave the traditional PC environment, and replace them with such small form factor devices that are just perfect to fit in a pocket and turn any display with an HDMI or MHL port into a functional computer as well.