This document provides an overview of desktop virtualization, including:
- An introduction to desktop virtualization and the market outlook and customer benefits.
- Different desktop virtualization models and user classifications.
- The composition of HP's desktop virtualization solutions.
- Suggested project steps and additional resources.
Build slide 1: This is a table with 4 components. It will build in the next 3 slides. - With large number of new workers, need a more efficient way of providing them with connectivity & access to the corporate network and data.
Build slide 2- The cost of acquiring the notebooks/desktops is only the tip of the iceberg. The cost of maintaining and supporting the applications contribute to major portion of IT efforts.
Build slide 3- When an employee loses a notebook, what is the cost to the company? The device & software cost is insignificant compared to the potential loss resulting from security breach and data lost.
Build slide 4- What is the reason companies are not upgrading OS as often as they would like? The cost & effort required in testing & certifying applications on the various OS versions is extensive. It is also difficult to control what patches, browser versions etc used by the employees. With XP going end of life, companies have to move to Windows 7. Client Virtualization can help them plan for and facilitate this migration.
- Customers are always concern about the initial cost of acquisition when looking at Client Virtualization. We need to help customers understand the issue of CAPEX vs OPEX. The long term advantages and TCO of embarking on CV should easily outweigh the cost of acquisition. However, if customers are only concern about per seat cost and not looking at the value of the total solution, it will be a very hard sell. You have to try and steer the conversation in the right direction.
Easy to use TCO tool from HP website to give customers a quick estimate on potential savings.Input the industry & location information, plug in number of users & percentage of laptops and get a quick estimate on the estimated potential savings.
These are some common client virtualization models that exist today. You have terminal services, VDI, dedicated desktop – this is not such a common scenario but in Financial services you will typically see traders getting their own dedicated desktops for performance reasons. Then you have web clients and finally OS Streaming. OS Streaming is still an evolving concept and when you combine it with another approach – the client side hypervisor – OS streaming has some very interesting applications. For example, users can be provisioned with a locked down, corporate approved image for both security and compliance reasons.Today, HP segments client virtualization into three solutions based on user need:. For users performing one or two tasks and don’t customize their desktop, we recommend Server based computing / application virtualization. Multiple clients share a single server. We call these task oriented.For users that run multiple productivity apps, such as Microsoft Office, and customize their desktop environment, we recommend Shared desktops / VDI. Again, multiple clients share a single server, but each client has a dedicated virtual image that is saved in the data center. We call these knowledge users.For users that require heavy graphics and CPU,(power user), we recommend a dedicated server per user, such as workstation blades. We call these performance users.Each compute model has its advantages and trade-offsThe needs of each user group, IT requirements, and existing infrastructure must be carefully consideredAn optimal solution will likely involve a combination of modelsHP supports all models to enable customers to deploy the right solution- Generally Type 1 hypervisor runs directly on the hardware with VM resources provided by the hypervisor. Type 2 hypervisor runs on a host operating system to provide virtualization services.
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Host and support a heterogeneous IT infrastructure with unified management toolsModern finance is a global operation that covers complex operations from trading to retail branches. HP client virtualization helps you centralize desktop and workstation compute resources and manage both physical and virtual devices from the data center.Roll out retail branch services with maximum agility and minimal riskData in public areas of retail banks is secure as it never resides on client machines.Branches can be opened or reopened after disaster with great agility since provisioning is remote and local thin clients are easy to deploy.Deliver powerful applications to more traders on the same gridHP remote workstation technology allows traders to view multiple screens of data, but with smaller, energy-efficient clients. The result is less heat, less noise, less power-drain, and better ergonomics for traders.The reliability and uptime of thin clients is a critical benefit in an environment where each second lost can cost millions of dollars. If a client device stops working, a new one can be swapped in in almost no time.Custom applications are no problem. HP remote workstation devices work like local ones and can receive the same types of image.Centrally manage back-office operations world wideVirtualization allows you to outsource tasks, not entire IT operations. Data centers can be in one location, task workers in another.With greater centralized management control, cost efficiencies are easier to implement and IT governance is easier to maintain.IT staff can be employed in new business ventures instead of deskside support.
We talk to many customers and there are a number of common scenarios where they decide to pilot this technology:Desktops That Demand High Levels of Security and Compliance, non-mobile desktops in specific industries (such as financial services / healthcare / government)
(build slide) HP’s point of view is that customers will implement a hybrid solution for Client infrastructure. To simplify this approach, HP provides a blueprint to the solutions based on our experience. With our strategy services, we build a specific roadmap for each customer, laying out the needed steps, architectures, and ROI for each component. Client Virtualization is an end-to-end solution involving many products/solutions/services.From front end access devices to back end computer & storage resources, tied together with network, operated and managed by software, put together by services.
Objective of the CV RA is to cut down on time required for POC/benchmark since it has already been tested & proven in HP lab.Refer to the whitepaper on test scenarios & results.
HP’s strength in client virtualization is our long history and experience in this space, our extensive relationships with key partners like Microsoft, Citrix, and VMware, and our end-to-end portfolio of technologies to enable client virtualization, from thin clients to server blade infrastructure, from storage to management software, and from networking to services. HP provides you the expertise and technology to help you succeed in implementing client virtualization.A strong example of this is our reference configurations and architectures, developed by top notch HP R&D experts, based on years of experience. Above is a sample reference architecture for a “virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)” implementation.More details on the reference architecture will be covered in the next session.Thin Client & HP CA will be covered in a later session.
HP’s point of view is that customers will implement a hybrid solution for Client infrastructure. To simplify this approach, HP provides a blueprint to the solutions based on our experience. With our strategy services, we build a specific roadmap for each customer, laying out the needed steps, architectures, and ROI for each component.
Note: Competitors have been saying that HP is discontinuing RGS and SAM. If there are questions you can respond that HP plans to continue new feature development of RGS and SAM indefinitely
Many people equate Client Virtualization with VDI. In fact VDI is only one aspect of CV.We want to highlight that there are users and applications requiring the processing power & graphic capability of a dedicated Blade Workstation. But we still want to provide the benefits of central management, easy of deployment, security to these users.
(build slide) How do customers start on this CV journey?HP services can complement channel partners service offerings to provided end-to-end solution to customers.
HP’s lifecycle of services moves the client Infrastructure from the unstructured, expensive state to a planned, architected state. Predictably, with minimal disruption.More details on what & how HP services can help customers & channel partners in Client Virtualization will be covered in a later session.