There are a number of steps an organization could take after successfully executing a server consolidation strategy. One of them is to embark on the journey to client consolidation or desktop virtualization. The goal here is to reduce the costs of hardware, software and to reduce administrative and operational expenses. Another typical requirement is to create an environment which allows staff members, partners and customer to access needed applications and data from wherever they are, using whatever network is available to them and using their favorite access device regardless of whether it is a PC, a laptop, a Mac, a thin-client device or a smartphone.

Most organizations have held off on this journey because it can be far more complex in some ways than the journey to a consolidated server environment. After all, organizations typically have far more client systems, more locations in which these client systems are used and quite a diverse mix of client systems and operating environments.