The digital workspace brings consumer bundles to the enterprise
At my house, I have to use one clicker to access cable and on-demand offerings and a second to access Netflix. Even worse, I have to change the input on my television and use a completely different controller to play video games.
I went to my friends’ apartment recently to watch basketball, and I saw the future. They had an Xbox One they could use to play video games; watch cable; and run Netflix, HBO Go, YouTube and other services with just one controller.
“I saw the future” is a bit grandiose, and yes, some of this technology has been around for a while, but the cable integration in particular is quite a development. In the enterprise world, IT administrators and end users seek a similar holy grail. Enter the digital workspace, which aims to deliver the same type of experience the Xbox One gives my friends with their home entertainment.