Understanding the role of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and Desktop as a Service (DaaS): 1. The management issues associated with support for mobility 2. The trend towards VDI and DaaS 3. The benefits of using hosted/virtual workspaces To access the full white paper, visit https://www.dincloud.com/resources/techaisle-whitepaper-managing-the-empowered-user

1. Techaisle White Paper Findings
Managing the Empowered User

2. Keys to Understanding the role of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
and Desktop as a Service (DaaS):
• The management issues associated with support for mobility
• The trend towards VDI and DaaS
• The benefits of using hosted/virtual workspaces
Hosted Virtual Workspaces

3. • End user compute environment is becoming increasingly mobile
• Users have multiple devices:
PCs
Smartphones
Tablet
• Users can connect to corporate systems and resources at any location
Managing Mobility Challenges

4. 41%
36%
34%
26%
24%
23%
Total Cost
of ownership
Network
Security
Protecting
Corporate Data on
Devices
Managing Mobile
Devices
Ensuring
Compliance
Integration with
desktop, IT &
Communications
Infrastructure
Source: Techaisle SMB & Midmarket Mobility Adoption Survey
Challenges in Enabling the
Mobile Workforce

5. The Response: Hosted Workspaces

6. What is DaaS?
DaaS is when a Client Environment that is hosted in the cloud
(eg, a Windows-based operating system) is provided to the
user’s device over the internet.

7. • Current purchase intentions indicate that DaaS penetration is
likely to increase by 183%
• 51% of midmarket firms use managed services
• 34% of managed services users report that they rely on
suppliers for management of mobile devices
• 56% of firms using managed services are currently relying on
suppliers for managed PC’s
Current Midmarket Trends
Source: Techaisle SMB & Midmarket Managed services Adoption Survey; SMB & Midmarket Virtualization adoption Survey

8. Reasons for using hosted VDI/DaaS
Source: Techaisle SMB & Midmarket Virtualization
Adoption Survey
Total Cost of
ownership, 41%
Network Security,
36%
Protecting
Corporate data on
devices, 34%
Managing mobile
devices, 26%
Ensuring
Compliance, 24%
Integration with
desktop, IT &
communications
Infrastructure, 23%

9. There is a clear trend towards greater use of managed services
Clear business benefit to embracing a hybrid IT model
Hosted workspace is poised for strong growth in the US midmarket
Midmarket companies should be working with VDI, DaaS, and related
technology services as they plot their own “agile-cloud” strategies
Business benefit to embracing a hybrid IT model
Conclusion

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