The document discusses a survey of IT professionals that highlights the untapped benefits of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and desktop as a service (DaaS) for mobile workforces. While most respondents were familiar with VDI and DaaS, few have adopted these solutions. The document examines the advantages and challenges of VDI, which provides centralized management but requires upfront infrastructure costs, and DaaS which outsources infrastructure maintenance and reduces costs through a subscription model. It suggests that a combination of VDI and DaaS along with multiple endpoint devices can optimize resources and productivity for organizations.
This Desktone hosted webinar features IDC's Enterprise Virtualization Software Sr. Analyst Ian Song will discussing how businesses can elevate their desktops to the cloud easily and affordably. Desktops are ripe for change. Windows 7 migrations, mobile devices and cost overruns are driving businesses to seek an affordable and flexible alternative. Until now, cost and complexity have been barriers to implementing traditional Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) solutions.
IDC and Desktone discuss the dynamics of the cloud, eliminating barriers to VDI, & benefits of moving desktops to the cloud. By moving desktops to a cloud-hosted service model, instead of an internally deployed and managed data center, companies can realize all the promised benefits of desktop virtualization—centralized management, improved data security and simplified deployment— without the exorbitant cost, limitations or hassles of VDI.
VDI allows organizations to virtualize desktops by running them as virtual machines on centralized servers rather than individual physical machines. The document discusses implementing a VDI solution for the City of Hallandale Beach. It estimates that deploying an initial 50 VDIs would cost around $90,000, with additional costs to scale up to 350 VDIs. While VDI provides benefits like easier management and mobility, the costs include new storage, software licenses, thin clients, and implementation fees. ROI is not expected until year 5 due to upfront infrastructure investment.
Why Should Businesses Deploy DaaS in 2021?vDesk.Works
Modern desktop as a service providers have been focusing on providing a self-service solution to businesses which allows them to gain visibility and control over their current real estate cost of PCs and workspaces. It is possible for them to provision new virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) quickly without purchasing and prepping the required hardware or software.
Watch "VDI Performance Assessment - Moving Desktop Virtualization from Test to Best" and learn how a VDI performance assessment can help you baseline your current VDI performance, understand critical bottlenecks, and identify how to optimize your virtual desktop infrastructure for scalability, cost efficiency and peak performance.
The document discusses how server virtualization can provide significant cost savings and operational efficiencies for organizations. It provides an example of a regional utility that virtualized 1,000 servers over 1.5 years, reducing costs by over $8 million through lower hardware, power, cooling, and real estate needs. Additional case studies show how virtualization helped a bank reduce provisioning time from weeks to hours and a community college improve disaster recovery and flexibility with limited budgets.
Enterprise Desktops Well Served - a technical perspective on virtual desktopsMolten Technologies
This document discusses desktops as a service (DaaS) and the technical challenges of deploying virtual desktop solutions in an enterprise. It outlines recommendations for addressing challenges in areas like networking, storage, servers, offline access, and licensing. While DaaS currently delivers virtual desktop operating systems, the document predicts that technologies like rich internet applications will allow DaaS to move away from true desktop OSes. Further development is still needed for applications and cloud services to integrate seamlessly.
This document provides an overview of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and how it addresses challenges with traditional desktop management approaches. It discusses:
1) The history of desktop management models from centralized mainframes to distributed PCs and challenges with current server-based computing using Terminal Services.
2) How VDI leverages virtualization to provide each user their own isolated virtual machine, combining benefits of server-based computing like manageability with benefits of distributed computing like performance and stability.
3) Key components of a VDI architecture including client access, security, image management, and application streaming to provide a complete desktop solution.
VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) provides a virtual desktop solution that allows for centralized management of desktops, rapid deployment of desktop images, and a familiar end-user experience. It leverages VMware's proven virtualization platform to deliver enterprise-class scalability, management, and reliability to desktop environments. The document then demonstrates VMware VDI and discusses how customers have used it for desktop replacement, disaster recovery, and mobile workforces.
This Desktone hosted webinar features IDC's Enterprise Virtualization Software Sr. Analyst Ian Song will discussing how businesses can elevate their desktops to the cloud easily and affordably. Desktops are ripe for change. Windows 7 migrations, mobile devices and cost overruns are driving businesses to seek an affordable and flexible alternative. Until now, cost and complexity have been barriers to implementing traditional Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) solutions.
IDC and Desktone discuss the dynamics of the cloud, eliminating barriers to VDI, & benefits of moving desktops to the cloud. By moving desktops to a cloud-hosted service model, instead of an internally deployed and managed data center, companies can realize all the promised benefits of desktop virtualization—centralized management, improved data security and simplified deployment— without the exorbitant cost, limitations or hassles of VDI.
VDI allows organizations to virtualize desktops by running them as virtual machines on centralized servers rather than individual physical machines. The document discusses implementing a VDI solution for the City of Hallandale Beach. It estimates that deploying an initial 50 VDIs would cost around $90,000, with additional costs to scale up to 350 VDIs. While VDI provides benefits like easier management and mobility, the costs include new storage, software licenses, thin clients, and implementation fees. ROI is not expected until year 5 due to upfront infrastructure investment.
Why Should Businesses Deploy DaaS in 2021?vDesk.Works
Modern desktop as a service providers have been focusing on providing a self-service solution to businesses which allows them to gain visibility and control over their current real estate cost of PCs and workspaces. It is possible for them to provision new virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) quickly without purchasing and prepping the required hardware or software.
Watch "VDI Performance Assessment - Moving Desktop Virtualization from Test to Best" and learn how a VDI performance assessment can help you baseline your current VDI performance, understand critical bottlenecks, and identify how to optimize your virtual desktop infrastructure for scalability, cost efficiency and peak performance.
The document discusses how server virtualization can provide significant cost savings and operational efficiencies for organizations. It provides an example of a regional utility that virtualized 1,000 servers over 1.5 years, reducing costs by over $8 million through lower hardware, power, cooling, and real estate needs. Additional case studies show how virtualization helped a bank reduce provisioning time from weeks to hours and a community college improve disaster recovery and flexibility with limited budgets.
Enterprise Desktops Well Served - a technical perspective on virtual desktopsMolten Technologies
This document discusses desktops as a service (DaaS) and the technical challenges of deploying virtual desktop solutions in an enterprise. It outlines recommendations for addressing challenges in areas like networking, storage, servers, offline access, and licensing. While DaaS currently delivers virtual desktop operating systems, the document predicts that technologies like rich internet applications will allow DaaS to move away from true desktop OSes. Further development is still needed for applications and cloud services to integrate seamlessly.
This document provides an overview of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and how it addresses challenges with traditional desktop management approaches. It discusses:
1) The history of desktop management models from centralized mainframes to distributed PCs and challenges with current server-based computing using Terminal Services.
2) How VDI leverages virtualization to provide each user their own isolated virtual machine, combining benefits of server-based computing like manageability with benefits of distributed computing like performance and stability.
3) Key components of a VDI architecture including client access, security, image management, and application streaming to provide a complete desktop solution.
VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) provides a virtual desktop solution that allows for centralized management of desktops, rapid deployment of desktop images, and a familiar end-user experience. It leverages VMware's proven virtualization platform to deliver enterprise-class scalability, management, and reliability to desktop environments. The document then demonstrates VMware VDI and discusses how customers have used it for desktop replacement, disaster recovery, and mobile workforces.
The document announces a workshop about desktop virtualization using VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) technology. The agenda includes an introduction to the new frontier of desktops with VDI, an ideal architecture for virtualizing with IBM, a live demo, and concluding remarks. The workshop will be held on June 10, 2009 and cover topics such as the benefits of lower costs, improved security, and centralized management that VDI and virtualization can provide over traditional desktop management.
This document summarizes a proposal for implementing a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) at ABC Inc. It includes an executive summary highlighting benefits of VDI like simplified provisioning and centralized management. It then provides an overview of the current desktop challenges, typical corporate desktop models, and advantages of VDI. The objective is to evaluate the financial and operational impacts of VDI solutions. The analysis compares the 5-year total cost of ownership for the current (BAU) environment versus a VDI solution. It finds that while the VDI solution has higher initial capital costs, it provides overall savings of $66,000 over 5 years through reduced operating expenses.
VDI or virtual desktop infrastructure technology came up as a solution for companies facing challenges like high cost, huge infra, and less security in operating physical office desktops.
VDI helped businesses enable virtual desktops for their employees with high security, reduced infra, and less cost.
VDI, which creates a virtual environment by segmenting servers into different virtual machines, can be built either on your office premise or from the cloud of a third-party provider.
Understand in this presentation all the past challenges and the advantages of implementing various VDI models in your business.
Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) represents the future of enterprise desktop computing and brings with it the detachment of OSs and applications from physical endpoints—a compelling trend that promises greater flexibility, scalability, cost savings and security benefits. The movement also represents radical, and possibly painful, changes in market dynamics for providers of endpoint hardware, software and services.
Yankee Group analysts Phil Hochmuth and Zeus Kerravala dissect the future of VDI and discuss what the technology has to offer enterprises today.
This document discusses different options for delivering applications and desktops to users, including VDI, RDS, MED-V, App-V, virtualized RDS, and more. It analyzes the pros and cons of each approach and argues that organizations should evaluate delivery mechanisms before products and start with lighter approaches first before moving to heavier virtualization options like VDI. The goal is to help organizations make the right decisions around application and desktop delivery based on their specific needs and requirements.
The document discusses the business case for virtualization using an HP and VMware solution. It outlines how virtualization can help reduce capital costs through server hardware consolidation and savings on storage, network hardware, and data center space. Virtualization also provides operational cost savings through reduced power and cooling costs, lower management costs from faster server provisioning, and reduced costs associated with disaster recovery and unplanned downtime. The document provides an example scenario showing how a company could realize over 60% savings over 3 years by consolidating 100 physical servers onto 13 physical servers using virtualization.
Nova Southeastern University underwent a complete virtualization infrastructure makeover from 2011-2015 to improve their desktop management. They initially tried VDI and PVS implementations but faced issues with drivers, network traffic, and licensing costs. In 2015, they switched to a shared hosted desktop model using XenApp and Dell Wyse clients, which was very successful. This solution provided mobility, security, and time savings through centralized administration while reducing costs through device licensing and replacement. It allowed flexible use of devices and deployment of over 130 workstations in the dental simulation lab.
Capture Your Cloud DaaS - The Business OpportunityNew Lease
This document discusses Desktop as a Service (DaaS). It begins by defining DaaS and listing some common DaaS technologies like Citrix XenDesktop. It then discusses benefits of DaaS like reducing costs, improving security and access, and future-proofing IT. The document also notes trends in cloud computing and the evolution toward integrated, hosted desktop solutions. It identifies the SMB market as prime for DaaS and provides steps for becoming a Microsoft SPLA and Citrix CSP partner to capture this opportunity. Finally, it emphasizes leveraging existing infrastructure to offer additional managed services and preparing an offering for when customers ask.
Forrester interviewed a Citrix customer currently using Citrix XenApp to determine the cost savings and business benefits of XenApp. In the process, they discovered that the company reduced desktop support costs by $1.7 million, by delivering key business applications via XenApp. Read this white paper to examine the use cases and the cost savings and benefits achieved.
The document discusses several challenges facing IT departments in enterprises today: energy efficiency due to inefficient data centers, day-to-day device management, ensuring security across all locations, regulatory compliance, providing access to data and applications anywhere and anytime, and disaster recovery/business continuity. It then provides recommendations for addressing these challenges through server and desktop virtualization, using different virtualization technologies tailored for different user types, and adopting "green" computing practices.
The document discusses how client consolidation (virtualization) can significantly reduce the total cost of ownership for PCs. It states that hardware and software costs make up less than 30% of total PC costs, while other non-hardware operation and support costs dominate. Client consolidation through virtualization can lower these total costs by reducing operational and end-user support expenses. Sample pricing information is provided for a virtual desktop infrastructure solution.
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) is still a relatively new technology. Most people are either unaware or have only a brief idea about this emerging technology. This Slide share will provide your 12 points which you must know before implementing VDI Technology in your business.
VDI Performance Assurance With Monitoring and TestingeG Innovations
The document discusses challenges in assuring virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) performance and user experience. It introduces Login VSI and eG Innovations as solutions to address two key challenges: validating and predicting performance of a complex VDI stack through load testing (addressed by Login VSI), and monitoring user experience in a complex, changing VDI environment through end-to-end monitoring (addressed by eG Innovations). An integrated solution using both products is presented to help VDI operators manage performance and user experience.
This document provides an overview of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and its key components. VDI allows centralizing desktops in a data center for easier management, security and updates. It discusses the virtualization layer, connection brokers, client devices and remote access options. Live demos show examples of VDI solutions from VMware and Citrix. Benefits include cost savings, security, mobility and disaster recovery. Requirements like network performance, storage and connectivity are also reviewed.
Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) virtualizes desktop environments and applications and hosts them on remote servers that users can access over a network from any device. It separates the desktop environment from the client device used to access it. VDI provides a flexible, secure delivery model for desktops and improves efficiency, availability, security, and reduces costs through centralized management and optimized resource utilization. It allows users to access their full desktop environment from any location without being tied to a single device.
Increasingly, companies are choosing Desktop as a Service (DaaS) over Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI). Why? Users point to at least six reasons why DaaS is securing a following. View this SlideShare to learn about how DaaS is improving every user’s entire desktop experience.
Smart Style Office for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure247 Invest
Smart Style Office is a virtual desktop infrastructure solution that allows IT administrators to remotely manage desktops running as virtual machines. It offers advantages like simplified management, improved security and data protection, flexibility for users to access desktops from any device, and support for an increasingly mobile workforce. Resellers can offer Smart Style Office to help customers with tasks like desktop migration, securing devices and data, and providing hosted desktops from centralized data centers. The solution involves virtualization software, management tools, backup agents, and thin clients to access virtual desktop environments.
Strategic Uses of Virtual Desktop Technologies in Small BusinessErik Murphy
The document provides information about virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) including the what, why, when, how and case studies. It discusses how VDI allows users to access desktops, applications and data from any device by running them virtually from a centralized datacenter. Case studies of the Richards Group and Cheshire Medical Center are presented, outlining how they implemented VDI to improve desktop management and support remote work. Considerations for adopting VDI like licensing costs, performance and compatibility are also covered. The presentation concludes with an overview of Dell's cloud client computing solutions and services for deploying VDI.
The document discusses the trials, tribulations, successes and failures of desktop as a service (DaaS) from the perspective of Rick Dehlinger, CTO of nGenx Corporation. It provides lessons learned in developing a mature DaaS provider in the US, including that DaaS is not the same as enterprise VDI, applications are more important than desktops, partnerships with Microsoft can be both friendly and unfriendly, infrastructure ownership decisions are important, and considering partnering can help with time to market goals. The presentation ends with inviting questions from the audience.
VMware: Delivering Desktops and Apps as a Service (Business Decision Maker)VMware
The document provides an overview of VMware's Desktop as a Service (DaaS) platform for service providers. It discusses key market trends driving demand for DaaS like the rise of mobile devices and consumer technologies in the workplace. The VMware Horizon DaaS platform is presented as a purpose-built solution for delivering virtual desktops in the cloud with benefits like fast deployment, flexibility, and no upfront capital costs. Several use cases are described that demonstrate how the platform can help service providers capture opportunities in the growing DaaS market. Competitive offerings from Microsoft and Amazon are also referenced.
AGILE CLOUD: MANAGING THE EMPOWERED USERdinCloud Inc.
As important as the back end technologies of virtual data center operations, application virtualization
and orchestration may be, a substantial portion of cloud’s ‘magic’ is its ability to provide new forms of
support to line-of-business staff, providing advanced automation options for functions that were
previously poorly automated or entirely manual.
The document announces a workshop about desktop virtualization using VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) technology. The agenda includes an introduction to the new frontier of desktops with VDI, an ideal architecture for virtualizing with IBM, a live demo, and concluding remarks. The workshop will be held on June 10, 2009 and cover topics such as the benefits of lower costs, improved security, and centralized management that VDI and virtualization can provide over traditional desktop management.
This document summarizes a proposal for implementing a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) at ABC Inc. It includes an executive summary highlighting benefits of VDI like simplified provisioning and centralized management. It then provides an overview of the current desktop challenges, typical corporate desktop models, and advantages of VDI. The objective is to evaluate the financial and operational impacts of VDI solutions. The analysis compares the 5-year total cost of ownership for the current (BAU) environment versus a VDI solution. It finds that while the VDI solution has higher initial capital costs, it provides overall savings of $66,000 over 5 years through reduced operating expenses.
VDI or virtual desktop infrastructure technology came up as a solution for companies facing challenges like high cost, huge infra, and less security in operating physical office desktops.
VDI helped businesses enable virtual desktops for their employees with high security, reduced infra, and less cost.
VDI, which creates a virtual environment by segmenting servers into different virtual machines, can be built either on your office premise or from the cloud of a third-party provider.
Understand in this presentation all the past challenges and the advantages of implementing various VDI models in your business.
Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) represents the future of enterprise desktop computing and brings with it the detachment of OSs and applications from physical endpoints—a compelling trend that promises greater flexibility, scalability, cost savings and security benefits. The movement also represents radical, and possibly painful, changes in market dynamics for providers of endpoint hardware, software and services.
Yankee Group analysts Phil Hochmuth and Zeus Kerravala dissect the future of VDI and discuss what the technology has to offer enterprises today.
This document discusses different options for delivering applications and desktops to users, including VDI, RDS, MED-V, App-V, virtualized RDS, and more. It analyzes the pros and cons of each approach and argues that organizations should evaluate delivery mechanisms before products and start with lighter approaches first before moving to heavier virtualization options like VDI. The goal is to help organizations make the right decisions around application and desktop delivery based on their specific needs and requirements.
The document discusses the business case for virtualization using an HP and VMware solution. It outlines how virtualization can help reduce capital costs through server hardware consolidation and savings on storage, network hardware, and data center space. Virtualization also provides operational cost savings through reduced power and cooling costs, lower management costs from faster server provisioning, and reduced costs associated with disaster recovery and unplanned downtime. The document provides an example scenario showing how a company could realize over 60% savings over 3 years by consolidating 100 physical servers onto 13 physical servers using virtualization.
Nova Southeastern University underwent a complete virtualization infrastructure makeover from 2011-2015 to improve their desktop management. They initially tried VDI and PVS implementations but faced issues with drivers, network traffic, and licensing costs. In 2015, they switched to a shared hosted desktop model using XenApp and Dell Wyse clients, which was very successful. This solution provided mobility, security, and time savings through centralized administration while reducing costs through device licensing and replacement. It allowed flexible use of devices and deployment of over 130 workstations in the dental simulation lab.
Capture Your Cloud DaaS - The Business OpportunityNew Lease
This document discusses Desktop as a Service (DaaS). It begins by defining DaaS and listing some common DaaS technologies like Citrix XenDesktop. It then discusses benefits of DaaS like reducing costs, improving security and access, and future-proofing IT. The document also notes trends in cloud computing and the evolution toward integrated, hosted desktop solutions. It identifies the SMB market as prime for DaaS and provides steps for becoming a Microsoft SPLA and Citrix CSP partner to capture this opportunity. Finally, it emphasizes leveraging existing infrastructure to offer additional managed services and preparing an offering for when customers ask.
Forrester interviewed a Citrix customer currently using Citrix XenApp to determine the cost savings and business benefits of XenApp. In the process, they discovered that the company reduced desktop support costs by $1.7 million, by delivering key business applications via XenApp. Read this white paper to examine the use cases and the cost savings and benefits achieved.
The document discusses several challenges facing IT departments in enterprises today: energy efficiency due to inefficient data centers, day-to-day device management, ensuring security across all locations, regulatory compliance, providing access to data and applications anywhere and anytime, and disaster recovery/business continuity. It then provides recommendations for addressing these challenges through server and desktop virtualization, using different virtualization technologies tailored for different user types, and adopting "green" computing practices.
The document discusses how client consolidation (virtualization) can significantly reduce the total cost of ownership for PCs. It states that hardware and software costs make up less than 30% of total PC costs, while other non-hardware operation and support costs dominate. Client consolidation through virtualization can lower these total costs by reducing operational and end-user support expenses. Sample pricing information is provided for a virtual desktop infrastructure solution.
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) is still a relatively new technology. Most people are either unaware or have only a brief idea about this emerging technology. This Slide share will provide your 12 points which you must know before implementing VDI Technology in your business.
VDI Performance Assurance With Monitoring and TestingeG Innovations
The document discusses challenges in assuring virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) performance and user experience. It introduces Login VSI and eG Innovations as solutions to address two key challenges: validating and predicting performance of a complex VDI stack through load testing (addressed by Login VSI), and monitoring user experience in a complex, changing VDI environment through end-to-end monitoring (addressed by eG Innovations). An integrated solution using both products is presented to help VDI operators manage performance and user experience.
This document provides an overview of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and its key components. VDI allows centralizing desktops in a data center for easier management, security and updates. It discusses the virtualization layer, connection brokers, client devices and remote access options. Live demos show examples of VDI solutions from VMware and Citrix. Benefits include cost savings, security, mobility and disaster recovery. Requirements like network performance, storage and connectivity are also reviewed.
Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) virtualizes desktop environments and applications and hosts them on remote servers that users can access over a network from any device. It separates the desktop environment from the client device used to access it. VDI provides a flexible, secure delivery model for desktops and improves efficiency, availability, security, and reduces costs through centralized management and optimized resource utilization. It allows users to access their full desktop environment from any location without being tied to a single device.
Increasingly, companies are choosing Desktop as a Service (DaaS) over Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI). Why? Users point to at least six reasons why DaaS is securing a following. View this SlideShare to learn about how DaaS is improving every user’s entire desktop experience.
Smart Style Office for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure247 Invest
Smart Style Office is a virtual desktop infrastructure solution that allows IT administrators to remotely manage desktops running as virtual machines. It offers advantages like simplified management, improved security and data protection, flexibility for users to access desktops from any device, and support for an increasingly mobile workforce. Resellers can offer Smart Style Office to help customers with tasks like desktop migration, securing devices and data, and providing hosted desktops from centralized data centers. The solution involves virtualization software, management tools, backup agents, and thin clients to access virtual desktop environments.
Strategic Uses of Virtual Desktop Technologies in Small BusinessErik Murphy
The document provides information about virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) including the what, why, when, how and case studies. It discusses how VDI allows users to access desktops, applications and data from any device by running them virtually from a centralized datacenter. Case studies of the Richards Group and Cheshire Medical Center are presented, outlining how they implemented VDI to improve desktop management and support remote work. Considerations for adopting VDI like licensing costs, performance and compatibility are also covered. The presentation concludes with an overview of Dell's cloud client computing solutions and services for deploying VDI.
The document discusses the trials, tribulations, successes and failures of desktop as a service (DaaS) from the perspective of Rick Dehlinger, CTO of nGenx Corporation. It provides lessons learned in developing a mature DaaS provider in the US, including that DaaS is not the same as enterprise VDI, applications are more important than desktops, partnerships with Microsoft can be both friendly and unfriendly, infrastructure ownership decisions are important, and considering partnering can help with time to market goals. The presentation ends with inviting questions from the audience.
VMware: Delivering Desktops and Apps as a Service (Business Decision Maker)VMware
The document provides an overview of VMware's Desktop as a Service (DaaS) platform for service providers. It discusses key market trends driving demand for DaaS like the rise of mobile devices and consumer technologies in the workplace. The VMware Horizon DaaS platform is presented as a purpose-built solution for delivering virtual desktops in the cloud with benefits like fast deployment, flexibility, and no upfront capital costs. Several use cases are described that demonstrate how the platform can help service providers capture opportunities in the growing DaaS market. Competitive offerings from Microsoft and Amazon are also referenced.
AGILE CLOUD: MANAGING THE EMPOWERED USERdinCloud Inc.
As important as the back end technologies of virtual data center operations, application virtualization
and orchestration may be, a substantial portion of cloud’s ‘magic’ is its ability to provide new forms of
support to line-of-business staff, providing advanced automation options for functions that were
previously poorly automated or entirely manual.
This document provides an overview of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and desktop as a service (DaaS). It defines VDI and DaaS, describes different delivery methods for VDI including on-premise, cloud-based (DaaS), and hybrid models. It discusses factors that influence choosing VDI vs DaaS and lists benefits and challenges of each approach. The document also provides market data on adoption rates and top vendors for VDI and DaaS solutions.
Making a case for DaaS | How DaaS is helping BusinessesdinCloud Inc.
In this article on Insight, the firm states that “...a
BYOD workplace is the new standard,” and that
studies show that a BYOD strategy results in
Hosted virtual desktop solutions (DaaS) are the
“default workspace of choice.” This rather bold
statement is not made without justification
Citrix Flexcast + Assessment Approach Lunch & LearnAndrew Miller
This document provides an overview of Citrix FlexCast delivery models and the Citrix user workspace assessment methodology. It begins with an agenda and discusses the drivers for virtual application and desktop delivery. It then introduces key FlexCast concepts and models. The rest of the document focuses on Sirius' user workspace assessment process, which involves data collection, analysis of business objectives, user workflows, and the technical environment to develop a distribution roadmap and solution matrix that meets the organization's needs. It provides examples of interview questions and discusses delivering recommendations to architect the optimal desktop transformation solution.
Cloud migration involves moving data, applications, and workloads from on-premise infrastructure to cloud services delivered over the internet. There are three major cloud models - SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS - that each provide different levels of control and flexibility. Successful cloud migration requires identifying stakeholders, assessing costs and benefits, addressing legal and security risks, and choosing an appropriate migration approach like rehosting or replatforming applications. Careful planning is needed to ensure a smooth transition to the cloud.
IDC Study on Enterprise Hybrid Cloud StrategiesEMC
White Paper discussing IDC Survey of over 650 enterprise IT decision makers that was designed to understand the evolution of the cloud across world’s largest IT organizations.
Pros and Cons of Virtual Desktop Solutions DaaS and VDIvDesk.Works
After the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual desktops have gained traction in the emerging hybrid work environment. There has been a fluctuating demand for remote work, placing unprecedented orders on IT admins, budgets, and infrastructure. VDI and DaaS are two robust virtual desktop solutions that enable you to leverage your existing on-premises and cloud investments into a secure and cost-effective platform. VDI and DaaS allow users to access desktops and applications remotely while minimizing the added pressure placed on the IT infrastructure.
JD Edwards in the Cloud - Flipbook: What are your peers doing? ManageForce
What’s Inside:
Get the facts in 15 minutes. Use the planning information to get started.
Benchmark
Learn what your peers are doing (OAUG survey)
57% are using cloud service, and the number is growing.
Triggers
Explore cloud adoption scenarios
Survey: The impetus is coming from IT, and 35% are seeing unexpected benefits.
Options
Navigate cloud adoption options
Everything "as-a-service" explained, along with private/hybrid/public options--independent of provider bias.
Plan
Orchestrate your move considering the whole stack
No two organizations are handling their infrastructure the same way, and complex variables are at play. Explore windows of opportunity for incremental progress and cross-organization drivers.
Resources
Define Point B and determine next steps
Is workforce mobility presenting new technology challenges?Parallels Inc
Employees today work across an increasing number of devices and locations, needing simple, secure access to their desktop and applications.
Parallels® Remote Application Server provides centralized and secure management of your VDI infrastructure. It enables simplied, protected delivery of virtual applications and desktops to any device, anywhere.
Desktop Virtualization: Reduce Costs, Improve Efficiencies with Proven VDI So...Citrix
This whitepaper busts myths and describes how VDI has proven to be successful—providing positive outcomes for IT and employees, addressing security vulnerabilities, and delivering favorable economics back to the business.
The document introduces cloud computing concepts such as defining cloud, different cloud service models including SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, and DaaS, benefits of cloud computing like reduced costs and increased flexibility, and factors to consider when evaluating cloud providers like data center location and certifications. It also provides an example of a recent healthcare client migration to a private cloud for electronic health records and other applications.
The document outlines Gartner's emerging technology roadmap for large enterprises from 2020 to 2022. It discusses key trends including hybrid work models, communications and collaboration tools, cloud adoption, software-as-a-service, legacy network limitations, SD-WAN, cybersecurity, managed detection and response, and the convergence of networking and security capabilities in secure access service edge (SASE) architectures. The presentation emphasizes how these technologies can help organizations support anywhere operations and hybrid workforces securely.
IRJET- Legacy and Privacy Issues in Cloud ComputingIRJET Journal
This document discusses legacy and privacy issues related to cloud computing. It begins with an introduction to cloud computing, including the service models of infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and software as a service (SaaS). It then discusses the deployment models of private cloud, public cloud, community cloud, and hybrid cloud. The document outlines privacy concerns for data stored in the cloud, including relevant laws and regulations. It also discusses challenges related to legacy systems that existed before cloud adoption and migrating those systems to take advantage of cloud services. Maintaining privacy of user data and properly handling legacy applications are important issues for organizations using cloud computing.
2021 will be a transformational year for the CIO. One of the main themes has been how to facilitate easier and more efficient access to applications, while increasing security throughout the WAN. In this discussion, we cover the model for “anywhere operations,” best practices, cloud and cybersecurity mesh.
Your Data is Waiting. What are the Top 5 Trends for Data in 2022? (ASEAN)Denodo
Watch full webinar here: https://bit.ly/3saONRK
COVID-19 has pushed every industry and organization to embrace digital transformation at scale, upending the way many businesses will operate for the foreseeable future. Organizations no longer tolerate monolithic and centralized data architecture; they are embracing flexibility, modularity, and distributed data architecture to help drive innovation and modernize processes.
The pandemic has compelled organizations to accelerate their digital transformation initiatives and look for smarter and more agile ways to manage and leverage their corporate data assets. Data governance has become challenging in the ever-increasing complexity and distributed nature of the data ecosystem. Interoperability, collaboration and trust in data are imperative for a business to succeed. Data needs to be easily accessible and fit for purpose.
In this session, Denodo experts will discuss 5 key trends that are expected to be top of mind for CIOs and CDOs;
- Distributed Data Environments
- Decision Intelligence
- Modern Data Architecture
- Composable Data & Analytics
- Hyper-personalized Experiences
Communicating Virtualization to Non-IT AudiencesAkweli Parker
Virtualization brings numerous benefits including cost savings, reduced carbon footprint and potentially reduced IT workload. Implementing it successfully requires adaptation that some employees may find challenging. This paper explores those challenges and explains how to cultivate broad-based support for your virtualization project.
In a recent survey of 250 senior IT & business decision makers by Cloud Industry Forum, 61% expressed concerns over data security in the cloud, despite the fact only 2% have ever experienced a cloud-related security breach. Talk of the cloud and cloud technology has been rife for a long time now, yet there
are still many businesses that subscribe to out-dated
myths, such as data security.
The last few years have seen a marked increase in the
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1. Smart Desktop
Virtualization for the
Mobile Workforce
Survey of IT pros highlights
untapped benefits of VDI and
DaaS in a mobile-first world
2. Introduction
Simplified, secure management:
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
Lower costs and easy deployment:
Desktop as a Service (DaaS)
Finding the best fit
Using multiple endpoint devices
Endpoint solutions from Samsung
Conclusion
About the survey
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
3. 3•
INTRODUCTION
If you’re among the IT pros still in the process of exploring desktop virtualization,
you’re in good company. Spiceworks recently conducted a survey on behalf of
Samsung Business, revealing that while the majority of IT pros are familiar with
desktop virtualization solutions, relatively few are currently employing them. For
example, roughly three-quarters of respondents were familiar with Virtual Desktop
Infrastructure (VDI) and application virtualization, and about half were familiar with
Desktop as a Service (DaaS). But those numbers drop dramatically when it comes to
putting solutions to use. About 30% of IT pros surveyed use application virtualization,
while 21% use VDI—and only 7% have adopted DaaS.
Similarly, while nearly all the respondents said their organizations support desktops
and laptops as well as smartphones (83%) and tablets (75%), far fewer extended
their support for multiple devices to thin clients (38%), zero clients (13%) or web
devices (18%).
These findings suggest that IT pros may still be learning about the advantages of
desktop virtualization and the growing range of endpoint devices available to them.
As a result, they may also be missing out on an opportunity to make the most of
their resources and provide the best possible mobile experience to their workforces.
DaaS, for example, enables organizations to outsource architecture hosting and
management, freeing IT from the responsibilities of data storage, backup, security
and upgrades.
This white paper takes a look at IT pros’ perceptions of the advantages of two
virtualization models—VDI and DaaS—as well as some of the barriers that may be
preventing wider adoption of these technologies. It also examines how a mix of VDI
and DaaS along with the right choice of endpoint devices can help organizations
optimize their infrastructure and get the best return on their investment.
INTRODUCTION
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Types of Devices Supported
Use of Virtual Solutions
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INTRODUCTION
Application Virtualization or
Hosted Shared Desktop
14% 35% 19% 30% 2%
Virtual Desktop
Infrastructure (VDI)
12% 39% 27% 21% 1%
Desktop as a Service (DaaS) 41% 31% 15% 7% 6%
5. 5•
SIMPLIFIED, SECURE MANAGEMENT:
VIRTUAL DESKTOP INFRASTRUCTURE
VDI is a form of on-premises server-based computing that takes advantage of
hypervisor technology to allow multiple operating systems to share one processor.
VDI centralizes user data on a server-side host so users can securely access their
own unique virtual session from almost any device in any location—and can change
devices as needed without losing their session. Their work is performed and stored
on the server; the device itself only processes display information, keystrokes and
mouse clicks. In this delivery model, the responsibilities of data storage, back up,
security and upgrades are managed on premises by the IT team.
SIMPLIFIED, SECURE MANAGEMENT: VIRTUAL DESKTOP INFRASTRUCTURE
VDI provides full IT visibility, security and
control because all data is owned by
the organization and stays on premises.
6. 6•
Benefits of VDI
VDI provides a range of practical advantages to hands-on
IT pros, and respondents have taken note. IT pros in the
Spiceworks survey say top benefits include simplified desktop
management (68%), centralized software-update deployment
(56%) and better use of IT resources (54%).
VDI also provides full IT visibility, security and control because all data is owned
by the organization and stays on premises. On the user end, VDI makes it easy
for users to gain quick and easy access to their desktop while moving from device
to device, like in the case of a nurse moving from one patient room to the next
while badging in to a zero-client display in each room to record vitals. Users can
also retain uninterrupted access to their session by taking it with them, for example,
a teacher moving around the classroom using a tablet to follow along with a
reading assignment.1
Top VDI Benefits Experienced or Anticipated
50% 100%
Simplified desktop management
IT resource optimization
Improved IT resource scalability
Improved backup and recovery
Centralized deployment
of software updates
Centralized deployment
of OS migrations
68%
56%
54%
50%
48%
43%
SIMPLIFIED, SECURE MANAGEMENT: VIRTUAL DESKTOP INFRASTRUCTURE
7. 7•
Barriers to VDI
At the same time, since infrastructure is hosted in-house in
the VDI model, migration to VDI can mean a costly up-front
investment in equipment and software. That infrastructure
must then be maintained in-house, and backup and recovery
of critical data fall to in-house IT. These two issues can pose
significant barriers for SMBs that may have limited budgets or overtaxed staff.
IT pros in the survey agreed, naming licensing costs and complexity (58%) and
performance/latency (48%) as the top challenges associated with VDI.
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plexityPerform
ance/latency
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ited
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ent
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servers,RAM
,SAN,etc.)
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38%
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End-userresistance
SIMPLIFIED, SECURE MANAGEMENT: VIRTUAL DESKTOP INFRASTRUCTURE
Top VDI Challenges Experienced or Anticipated
8. 8•
LOWER COSTS AND EASY DEPLOYMENT:
DESKTOP AS A SERVICE (DAAS)
A promising new approach to VDI, Desktop as a Service (DaaS), is lowering some of
the barriers to virtualization as well as opening up some interesting options for IT pros.
DaaS, also called hosted virtual desktop or hosted desktop services, outsources VDI
to a third-party service provider in the cloud. In the DaaS delivery model, the service
provider hosts and manages the architecture and assumes the responsibilities of data
storage, backup, security and upgrades.
LOWER COSTS AND EASY DEPLOYMENT: DESKTOP AS A SERVICE (DAAS)
In the DaaS delivery model, the service provider hosts and
manages the architecture and assumes the responsibilities
of data storage, backup, security and upgrades.
9. 9•
Benefits of DaaS
About a third of IT decision-makers surveyed were unclear
on the benefits of DaaS. Those who were familiar with the
model listed simplified management as the top benefit (33%).
This indicates more education is needed, since DaaS offers
almost all of the advantages of VDI—including simplified
management—with the added benefit of lowering and spreading out costs. Because
DaaS is a subscription-based model, it doesn’t require a big initial investment in
infrastructure—making the cost of migration to VDI almost entirely opex-based. The
subscription model also makes DaaS easier to implement and reduces deployment
times. And because server infrastructure is handled by third-party cloud service
providers, the DaaS model reduces administrative overhead and frees busy IT pros
for other mission-critical tasks.2
Top DaaS Benefits Experienced or Anticipated
50% 100%
Simplified management
Simplified deployment
Improved support for
mobile/remote workers
Automation of
software maintenance
33%
26%
25%
23%
20%
LOWER COSTS AND EASY DEPLOYMENT: DESKTOP AS A SERVICE (DAAS)
Improved IT resource scalability
10. 10•
Challenges of DaaS
IT pros also noted the potential challenges that can arise with
hosted virtualization. While third-party administration reduces
some of the burden on IT, it also means that any sensitive data is
in those third-party hands, and that IT is dependent on someone
else for administration and security. Not surprisingly, then, survey
respondents said they expected to experience issues with DaaS such as performance/
latency (36%), cost of solutions/subscriptions (32%) and security (29%).
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60%
20%
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40%
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Perform
ance/latency
Costofsolutions/
subscriptionsConcerns
about
security/data
protectionConcerns
about
integration/com
patibility
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29% 26%
32%
27% 25%
End-userresistanceLicensing
com
plexity
Top Challenges with DaaS Experienced or Anticipated
LOWER COSTS AND EASY DEPLOYMENT: DESKTOP AS A SERVICE (DAAS)
11. 11•
Preferred Desktop Virtualization Solution for Their Organization
FINDING THE BEST FIT
It’s clear that assessing desktop virtualization is still a work in progress for many
organizations. While two-thirds of the organizations surveyed have plans to evaluate
or are currently evaluating VDI, just under half are currently evaluating or plan to
evaluate DaaS. Only 10% of those who have deployed or are currently/planning to
evaluate VDI/DaaS have compared the cost differences between the two models,
though these differences may be well worth exploring. TechTarget reports that
Amazon and VMware offer DaaS solutions beginning at about $35 per user per
month, while Amazon estimates that the equivalent total cost of ownership (TCO)
of in-house VDI is about $100 per user per month.3, 4
Organizations surveyed that preferred VDI (48%) cited in-house control, security and
better familiarity. For these reasons, traditional VDI will likely remain the best choice
for legal, financial or healthcare institutions entrusted with sensitive personal data
and the regulatory burden to match.
But for SMBs with limited budgets and busy IT teams, DaaS is likely the superior
option. This model can be implemented alone or in combination with VDI to create a
flexible environment that meets both security needs and workforce demands. DaaS
gives IT administrators more options, making it possible to get temporary workers
or a new population of employees up and running quickly, or to provide a new
partner easy access to resources when on premises IT resources are limited. DaaS
also makes it possible to outsource the management of remote user populations
when in-house resources are simply stretched too thin.
FINDING THE BEST FIT
VDI
Combination of VDI & DaaS
None - desktop virtualization
doesn’t work for us
DaaS
Don’t know
48%
31%
7%
6%
8%
12. 12•
USING MULTIPLE ENDPOINT DEVICES
Because VDI and DaaS provide a consistent remote desktop session, one of the
biggest benefits of both models is that business users can choose from a much
broader range of devices in the course of the workday. IT pros in the survey said
the top three factors they consider when evaluating devices for their organizations
are ease of setup and installation (55%), quality of service and support (49%) and
total cost/return on investment (46%).
About half of the organizations using or considering VDI or DaaS are not yet at the
stage of evaluating devices. But those who are reported considering a combination
of thin or zero clients, tablets and smartphones to optimize access to VDI or DaaS. IT
pros in these organizations clearly recognize the potential benefits of using a range of
devices, most notably centralized software maintenance (68%) and less or no need
for client-side administration (66%).
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Ease
ofsetup
and
installation
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and
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USING MULTIPLE ENDPOINT DEVICES
Important Factors for Evaluating a Device for Desktop Virtualization
13. 13•
Reasons for Not Considering Multiple Devices
Asked of those who have not considered a combination of thin/zero clients,
tablets and smartphones to optimize access to VDI or DaaS
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to
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anage
50% 100%
Centralize software maintenance
(e.g. patching)
Increased IT scalability
Enhanced user mobility
(anywhere access, from any device)
Hardware and software
resource optimization
Minimized client-side administration
Minimized user downtime
Expanded user access
68%
66%
55%
54%
54%
48%
47%
Top Benefits of Using Multiple Devices
Asked of those who have considered a combination of thin/zero clients,
tablets and smartphones to optimize access to VDI or DaaS
USING MULTIPLE ENDPOINT DEVICES
14. 14•
ENDPOINT SOLUTIONS FROM SAMSUNG
Samsung Business empowers IT pros to take full advantage of the benefits of VDI
and DaaS, and offers business users a seamless experience like no other—powered
by a full portfolio of endpoint devices.
• Samsung zero-client displays, stands and desktops—Purpose-built,
secure desktops for VDI/DaaS with no OS, no attack surface and
no client-side administration
• Samsung Galaxy tablets—Productivity and connectivity for the
business user
• Samsung Galaxy smartphones—Access to business-critical apps
in the office or on the go
• Samsung KNOXTM
—Hardware-level, OS-level and application-level
security for mobile devices using VDI/DaaS
CONCLUSION
The virtual landscape is changing fast, and recent investments by Google, VMware,
Amazon and HP in enterprise-level hosted desktop solutions will soon mean even
greater benefits for IT pros, organizations and business users who choose DaaS. By
considering a DaaS solution along with VDI and carefully selecting the right mix of
endpoint devices, IT pros can pave the way to lower costs, better use of in-house
resources, and greater productivity and flexibility for their organizations.
ENDPOINT SOLUTIONS FROM SAMSUNG
By considering a DaaS solution along with VDI...
IT pros can pave the way to lower costs, better use
of in-house resources, and greater productivity...
15. ABOUT SAMSUNG BUSINESS
As a global leader in enterprise mobility and information technology, Samsung
Business provides a diverse portfolio of enterprise technologies including smartphones,
wearables, tablets, digital displays, hospitality TVs, zero clients, printers and medical
diagnostic equipment. We are committed to putting the business customer at the
core of everything we do by delivering comprehensive products, solutions and
services across diverse industries including retail, healthcare, hospitality, education
and government. Samsung Business is committed to helping customers realize the
promise of a digital business. For more information, please visit samsung.com/business,
call 1-866-SAM-4BIZ or follow Samsung Business via Twitter: @SamsungBizUSA.
ABOUT THE SURVEY
Samsung commissioned Spiceworks to conduct an online survey in March 2015
to identify current practices and perceptions around VDI/DaaS. A total of 151
interviews were collected in the US from IT pros who are familiar with VDI/DaaS
and have influence over mobility solutions for their companies. Of these, 42% came
from organizations with fewer than 100 employees. Another 41% came from
organizations with 100 to 499 employees, and 17% came from organizations
with 500 or more employees.
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1
“Desktop Virtualization Trends at Gartner Data Center,” Gartner, December 2012.
http://blogs.gartner.com/chris-wolf/2012/12/10/desktop-virtualization-trends-at-gartner-data-center
2
“Why Desktop-as-a-Service will succeed where VDI failed,” techradar.pro, March 2014.
http://www.techradar.com/us/news/software/applications/desktop-as-a-service-picks-up-where-vdi-
failed-1233855
3
“A DaaS market pricing comparison,” TechTarget, December 2013.
http://searchvirtualdesktop.techtarget.com/tip/A-DaaS-market-cost-comparison
4
“Top 3 Desktop as a Service (DaaS) Providers Compared,” Tom’s IT Pro, December 2014.
http://www.tomsitpro.com/articles/desktop-as-a-service-providers,2-838.html