This audiocast offers concise information about what your company can gain from virtualizing desktops and the options your IT department should explore. Jan Stafford, editorial director for TechTarget's SearchServerVirtualization.com and SearchVMware.com sites, describes the current problems involved in managing desktops, the benefits that desktop virtualization can bring, and some of the desktop virtualization approaches available and their pros and cons. Managing client operating systems and applications has long been a headache for IT pros. The challenges of keeping end-users' systems up-to-date can be a thankless and never-ending ordeal. Virtualization brings the promise of ending many desktop virtualization headaches.