FINAL WORD
millisecond latency, allowing the enterprise
IT to deliver true performance from the
data centre to any user on the network.
Now organisations can place more heavy
resource users on multi-tenant blades,
network, compute and storage architecture.
This opens up new possibilities for those
users that historically needed a very
expensive endpoint.
Centralising and securing the
data centre
New delivery capabilities allow organisations
to completely centralise management of
the virtual desktops. This creates a new
security paradigm where nothing is stored
at the endpoint. More so, HTML5 allows for
complete clientless delivery so that sessions
are completely controlled within the data
centre. This means organisations can isolate
VDI sessions, geo-fence users and create a
proactive VDI security ecosystem.
Creating new levels of data
centre economics
VDI and virtualisation allow organisations
to control their own cloud environment and
how they provision resources. The ability
to dynamically provision and de-provision
resources gives organisations unparalleled
flexibility when it comes to virtual desktop
delivery. Data reduction technologies such
as deduplication and compression enable IT
to deliver all-flash solutions with increased
performance at the same price or lower than
traditional spinning disk or hybrid storage.
Organisations no longer need to worry about
big endpoints and lost resources. IT teams
can create true data centre efficiency by
controlling all resources connected into the
virtual desktop delivery architecture.
Optimising resource controls
VDI allows organisations to dynamically
shape the entire user experience. Is the
application lagging? Is the user requiring
more resources due to the workload
type? How quickly can you adjust to
user and market demands? VDI allows
entire workloads to be re-provisioned
with resources that allow the user to be
productive wherever and whenever they
choose to work. By moving from a spinning
disk architecture to flash storage, IT can
enable greater end-user performance, higher
resiliency and powerful scalability at a lower
total cost of ownership (TCO).
In the past, technologies like VDI were
seen as heavy, forklift projects that required
long time frames, resources, dedicated
infrastructure and big budgets. But that is a
thing of the past, thanks to advancements
within the network, compute and the storage
layers. There can be great benefits to an
organisation if there is a direct fit for VDI –
reduced desktop IT costs, improved security,
increased control and expanded connectivity.
This allows organisations to support new
business models and improve both IT
operations and user satisfaction, critical
success factors in today’s digital economy. •
New technologies are
allowing for powerful
resource sharing while
still optimising the
user experience.
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