10. Market Dynamics
Quantifiable Qualifiable
PC Replacement Savings Improved Data and Endpoint Security
IT support cost savings from fewer Improved User Experience
problems and faster resolution
Improved worker productivity due to Better Business Continuity and
reduced PC downtime and greater Disaster Recovery
desktop mobility
Electricity savings from Thin Client and Enhanced Business Agility, e.g. more
Zero Client efficient outsourcing projects
Greater IT staff efficiency due to Ability to spend more time on
streamlined desktop management strategic projects
11. Why are you considering DV?
• Windows 7 Migration
• Cost savings and green IT
• Helpdesk efficiency / desktop management
PC lifecycle Management
User Experience
Cloud integration
BC/DR
BYOD
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12. Why Put The Desktop in the Datacenter
• Management
• Access
• Performance
• Security
• Single Instance Block Level
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14. User Profiling
Mobile Users Types Of Users Task Users
Client Terminal
Hypervisor Streaming VDI Server / Blade
Type 1 & 2 Workstations
Application Virtualization
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15. Server & Desktop Virtualization: “not a
mini me…”
• Server Virtualization is about
Consolidation, Containment
& Availability
• Desktop Virtualization is
about Standardization &
Customization
• Desktops will always have
exceptions
• Not much CapEx savings,
but Significant OpEx savings
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16. BYOD
• Bring, Your Own Device
• Save on costs
• Maximize user experience
• Supportability
• Access to corporate network
• Private and corporate data mix
• Hardware ownership
• Encryption
• Data ownership
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17. VDI: Server-Hosted Virtual Desktops
• VMs reside on servers in the data
center
• Server-based computing model
• Centralized management, access,
performance, and security
• VDI “secret sauce”:
– Storage
– Management
– User Personalization
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18. VDI: Server-Hosted Virtual Desktops
• Ease of management
• Power savings
• Replace broken hardware with Thin
Clients
• Support savings
• Use of existing hardware
• Business continuity
• Backups
• Device independence
• Sensitive applications
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19. Client Hypervisors – Type 1
• Standardized HAL
• Reduce initial investment
• Single Windows image
• Multiple VMs
• Enable BYOC
• Swap user machine
• Easier management and update
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20. Client Hypervisors – Type 2
• Reliance on general-purpose OS
• Double, triple, or quadruple number
of managed VMs
• Patching
• Upgrading
• Antivirus
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21. Application Virtualization
• Legacy Application Support
• Reduced Storage Requirements
• Reduce/Eliminate Application
Conflicts
• Centralized Management
• Centralized Distribution
• Not all apps can be virtualized
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22. Twitter:
@ekhnaser
Elias Khnaser:
EKhnaser@sigmasolinc.com