Cloud Hosted Desktops - The Smart, Low Risk Way To Enter The Cloud

Cloud-Hosted Desktops:
The Smart, Low-Risk Way to Enter the Cloud
Jeff Fisher
Senior Director, Strategic Development | Desktone

Agenda
Desktops as a Service (DaaS®)
VDI vs. DaaS: Shifting vs. Eliminating Capital Costs
De-capitalizing IT
The Promise & Challenge of the Cloud
Two Views of Enterprise Cloud Computing Adoption
Cloud-Hosted Desktops: The “Killer Service” for the Cloud?
Where’s this all headed? “Branch Office in the Sky”
Conclusion
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What is Desktops as a Service (DaaS®)
A cost-effective, monthly subscription offering available today from leading service providers
Service providers host virtual desktops on behalf of enterprises, who retain control over desktop access and management
Solution for running virtualized, yet genuine Windows client environments (XP or Vista) in a service provider cloud
Leverages industry standard hosted virtual desktop architecture (server virtualization + PC remoting technologies)
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Desktops as a Service (DaaS®)
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Desktone Element
Business applications
User data
Active Directory
Virtual desktop
Access Device
(Thin, Thick, Repurposed PC, Laptop)
Desktone Element

Enterprise VDI
VDI = Centralizing desktops into virtual machines that run on data center servers
Benefits

“Always-on” desktops that are easily managed from a central location
Dramatically reduced desktop deployment complexity
Improved security and compliance
Simplified issue resolution and recovery
Genuine Windows client environments that are customizable and instantly accessible anytime, anywhere

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Servers
Virtual
desktop
Client
User data and virtual machine images

Enterprise VDI vs. DaaS: Shifting vs. Eliminating Capital Costs
With enterprise VDI, corporate-owned desktops PCs are substituted for virtual desktops housed on a corporate-owned desktop hosting infrastructure
Conversely, DaaS enables the infrastructure hosting the virtual desktops to be truly outsourced – owned and operated by a service provider
This makes DaaS is a better fit for organizations looking to truly lower desktop CAPEX and OPEX as opposed to simply shifting internal IT costs
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Software as a Service
IT Leasing
Cloud Computing
Virtualization
Capacity on Demand
Managed Services
What Is Driving IT to Adopt These Technologies / Business Models . . .
Manifestations Of A Broader Theme:
The CFO Wants to Decapitalize IT . . .
Market Realities are Driving ITto Adopt Variable Capital Management
Source: “The Role of Virtualization in the Storage Platform”, Richard Villars, IDC Directions 2009
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The Promise of the Cloud
Cloud computing is all the rage; surpassing the frenzy around virtualization
Many of today’s conversations are about how virtualization can take place in the cloud
Lots of touted benefits such as elasticity, anytime/anywhere access
No CAPEX to get started; ongoing subscription economics
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The Challenge of the Cloud
Cloud computing for the enterprise in 2008/2009 = virtualized server workloads
Shift introduces numerous challenges, most notably data security
Most server workloads are inextricably bound to their data tier; if you move the server, you need to move the data
Majority of enterprises are still uncomfortable having their data reside in a data center that’s not under their control
Also, many back office servers are tightly integrated with other systems in the enterprise data center, which adds the to the complexity of moving them to the cloud
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Two Views of the Universe
Aristotle’s Universe
Copernicus’ Universe
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Two Views of Enterprise Cloud Computing
DaaS View
Common View
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Copernicus’ Universe

Common View ofEnterprise Cloud Computing Adoption
in the Cloud
Computing resources
and enterprise datain the Cloud
Computing resources and data in the Enterprise
Computing resources
Today
Tomorrow
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Start with Cloud-Hosted Desktops
Desktone believes virtual desktops – not servers – are a better place to start with enterprise cloud computing
Most fixed corporate desktops environments are architected to have application and user data stored off the local disk in the enterprise data center (AD domain controllers, home drives for user generated data and client/server apps)
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The Security of Cloud-Hosted Desktops
When you shift this kind of user environment to the cloud, the desktop instance has moved, but the data and back-end systems are still hosted in the enterprise data center
Virtual desktops are now running in a highly secure, virtual branch office of the enterprise – that is, the service provider data center
Additionally, if you virtualize and centralize physical PCs from remote branch or home offices with limited or no physical security, you’ve actually increased the security of the environment
This means the PC won’t:

Walk off
Automatically let users copy data via printer, USB flash drive or other peripherals
Be infected by viruses from USB flash drives

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DaaS View of Enterprise Cloud Computing Adoption
in the Cloud
Computing resources
Tomorrow
Today
Client computing resources
in the Cloud
X
Hosted virtual desktops
Hosted virtual servers
Data
X
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Additional Benefitsof Cloud-Hosted Desktops
Preserves the rich Windows client experience in the cloud, unlike other forms of cloud-hosted desktops (Shared Services and Browser-based)
Sustains the existing enterprise IT operating model, while introducing cloud-like properties (elasticity, anytime/anywhere access, subscription economics)
Separates service provider and enterprise responsibilities
Supports a combination of on-and off-premise hosting models
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Cloud-Hosted Desktops
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Desktone Element
Business applications
User data
Active Directory
Virtual desktop
Desktop PC
Desktone Element
Access Device
(Thin, thick, repurposed PC, laptop)

DaaS as the Driving Forcefor Other Forms of Cloud-based Hosting
Client and server computing
resources and
and enterprise datain the Cloud
Client computing
Resources in the Cloud
Hosted virtual servers
Data
Long Term
Near Term
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Where’s this all headed?
DaaS is just the starting point in a longer term vision of the “Branch Office in the Sky”
This is the concept of virtualizing and centralizing all physical IT assets that currently live in distributed branch offices into a service provider cloud
Branch IT assets include:

Desktops
Servers (directory, file, print, web filter/proxy, mail)

By moving branch office IT to a service provider cloud, organizations can finally get out of the extremely costly and distracting business of maintaining IT assets in their branches
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Conclusion
DaaS is an emerging, yet viable delivery model (alongside enterprise VDI) for hosted virtual desktops
DaaS = Cloud-Hosted Desktops
Cloud-hosted desktops are the smart, low-risk way to enter the Cloud

Host virtual desktops with no CAPEX
Avoid moving sensitive systems and data to the cloud
Preserve the rich Windows client experience for end-users
Leverage existing IT operational and support models
Gain cloud-like benefits without full cloud migration
Choose between on-and off-premise hosting models (or both)

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Thank You
Web: www.desktone.com
Blog: www.desktopsasaservice.com
Jeff Fisher
Senior Director, Strategic Development
jeff.fisher@desktone.com
(978) 710-0192
Enabling Desktops as a Service®
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