Cloud Desktops Change the Rules for Endpoints

Cloud workspaces have moved from “pilot” to “default” for many organizations, largely because the application stack has moved. Productivity suites, collaboration, line-of-business tools, and identity workflows increasingly live in the cloud, while desktop delivery is shifting from on-prem VDI to Desktop as a Service (DaaS).

The market signals back this up. Gartner forecasts worldwide public cloud end-user spending at $675.4B in 2024 and $723.4B in 2025. And in Gartner’s same public-cloud forecast breakdown, DaaS spending is shown rising from $3.466B (2024) to $3.849B (2025). Separately, Gartner is also being widely cited for a longer-run DaaS view, projecting spending growth from $4.3B in 2025 to $6.0B by 2029 (7.9% CAGR).

Against that backdrop, the endpoint matters again. Modern thin clients are no longer “dumb terminals.” They have become purpose-built cloud workspace endpoints that reduce risk, simplify operations, and improve the experience for both ...