Virtual Desktop Market Competitive Landscape, Future Plans and Global Trends by Forecast 2022

Market Highlights

The global virtual desktop market is expected to upscale at a 9% CAGR over the forecast period, as per the latest report published by Market Research Future (MRFR). There are several factors contributing to the lucrative growth of the market including increasing use of bring your own device (BYOD) technology, rising demand for workplace flexibility, and rising use of cloud technology in several end-user industry verticals. Further, technological advancements are observed to take place at a rapid pace such as VDI desktops having complete graphical unit support and augmented storage units.

A virtual desktop refers to an individual user’s interface with the virtualized environment where the desktop is stored on a remote server instead of being stored locally. A desktop virtualization software separates the physical machine from the software and grants an isolated operating system for the user. Well known virtual desktop appliances include Microsoft Virtual PC, VMware Workstation and parallels desktop for Mac. There are many benefits of deploying virtual desktop software such as cost efficiency, resource efficiency, and improved data integrity due to centralized backup. It provides users with an ability to manage and control the desktop from one centralized location.

Drivers and Restraints

The global virtual desktop market is influenced by several driving factors, such as the increasing deployment of BYOD and growing demand for workplace flexibility and for smart efficient tools, along with the advent of innovative devices better than the conventional desktop computer. Moreover, the rising usage of cloud technology in several end-use industry verticals, rapid adoption of technological advancements such as storage and graphic unit support, in virtual desktop interface (VDI) computers are also anticipated to contribute towards the market growth over the review period. The increase in mobile workforce and the increasing consumerization of information technology are also likely to create a positive impact on the revenue generation of the global virtual desktop market.

On the other hand, certain limitations such as the lack of education and training required for virtual desktop infrastructure, fluctuating prices, complicated software licensing and distribution, along with weak connections are estimated to hinder the market growth over the foreseeable future.

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Regional Analysis

The global virtual desktop market is regionally segmented into Asia-Pacific, North America, Europe and Rest of the World. North America dominated the virtual desktop market at the beginning of the forecast period. The region is also estimated to retain such dominance over the market through the conjecture period. This can be accredited to the increasing speed of start-ups and large enterprises. Further, rising need for desktop virtualization and ascension in competition pressure and IT industries are other factors complementing the growth of the regional market for virtual desktop solutions. Amidst the region, the US and Canada are anticipated to emerge as leading country-specific markets for the virtual desktop.

The virtual desktop market prevalent in Asia Pacific is expected to showcase the highest CAGR over the forecast period. This can be owed to rising number of IT-based start-ups and growing cloud-based deployment of business operations. Japan, China, and India are anticipated to lead the country-specific virtual desktop market in the region over the review period.

Competitive Analysis

The key market players operating in the global market as identified by MRFR are Dell, Inc. (U.S), Google,Inc. (U.S), Citrix Inc. (U.S), Microsoft Corp. (U.S),  VMware, Inc. (U.S), Red Hat Inc. (U.S), HP, Inc. (the U.S),  IBM Corp. (U.S), NComputing Co.Ltd (U.S), and Mokafive (U.S).

Industry News

November 2019: Numecent, a US-based software technology company, announced its approved partnership with the Microsoft Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) program.

Segmentation:

The virtual desktop market growth has been segmented on the basis of deployment, product type, and vertical.

On the basis of the product type, the market has been segmented into laaS Cloud-Based VD, Private Hosting Cloud-Based VDI, DaaS Cloud-Based VD and Cloud-Based SaaS. Among these, cloud-based Saas is likely to acquire the largest share in the market due to the increasing adoption of virtual desktop in the telecom and IT sector, followed by laaS cloud-based VD, which is expected to reflect positive growth over the review period, owing to the rapid advancement of cloud-based services and technology.

Based on deployment, the virtual desktop market has been bifurcated into cloud-based VDI and on-premise VDI. Of these, cloud-based VDI is anticipated to lead the market over the assessment period owing to growing investment and rise in the research and development activities to meet the need for efficient work systems within organizations.

Based on the vertical, the market has been segmented into aerospace and defense, media and entertainment, logistics, manufacturing, BFSI, and IT and Telecom.