Why Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)?

Lower desktop costs and improve security with Kaviza VDI

Customer interest in hosted desktop virtualization, also called VDI, is high – Gartner calls it “the hottest trend among its customers” and says that over 80% of incoming enquiries are on the topic of VDI.

• Why so much interest? PCs cost 3 to 5 times more to manage than to buy. "IT is fed-up with desktops, which are an endless source of security and management headaches," says Mark Margevicius, Vice President, Gartner.
• How does VDI address desktop management? VDI streamlines and reduces desktop management costs by virtualizing the desktop images and running them on central servers. Advantages:
  • Enhance security. Since the OS, applications and data are stored on back-end servers, this model has lower risk of a security breach or data loss via the client than client-based models.
  • Simplified management. Manage a few master images as opposed to hundreds of invidivual desktops. Our customers report over 85% reduction in time spent on patching and updates.
  • Faster troubleshooting. When a desktop misbehaves, simply regenerate a new pristine desktop. This cuts the mean-time to recover from problems. Our customers report on average over 80% reduction in the time spent on troubleshooting.
  • Reduce unplanned downtime. Kaviza customers report over 90% reduction in unplanned downtime for three reasons - they can schedule when updates are propagated to minimize disruption, the meantime to repair end-user desktop problems is lower, and because Kaviza has built-in high-availability.
  • Business continuity and disaster recovery. With Kaviza, users can access their desktops from anywhere, thus ensuring business continuity. High-availability is built-in – if a server fails, the workload is adjusted among the other servers on the grid.
  • Reduce power consumption. Thin clients typically consume 1/10th the power of traditional PCs. With Kaviza, since the datacenter footprint is also minimal, total power consumption is reduced.
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