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Dr. Robert Schmid

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Virtualization: Desktop Access from Anywhere via the Internet

The most pressing issue for many offices today is workplace virtualization, the creation of a virtual office environment available in cyberspace from any location using almost any computing platform at any time. Virtualization is not getting email and the web on your phone! It is not being able to sign on AOL, Yahoo, and even that touchstone of the current cyber age Google! It is also not getting text in Timbuktu or tweets from the New York Times in Tomsk. Being connected may be a necessity but it is not virtualization!



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