Virtual desktops have traditionally been in the investigative domain of large enterprises which are looking for business models that help them reduce costs, increase operational efficiencies and scale the business when mergers and acquisitions become a reality.
Virtual desktops have been less of a consideration in the SMB market where the cost and complexity of standing up the infrastructure have been a significant barrier to entry. However, ignoring virtual desktops in the SMB market can be a mistake. There is no question as to the benefits and value that can be realized through this new approach to desktop management and delivery. A few of these benefits include mobility, flexibility and security.
At the outset, implementation of DaaS reduces management costs. Physical desktops require management and, in the event of failure, may need to be rebuilt. Cloud Desktops can be re-created for an earlier ‘snap-shot’ in just minutes!
The single greatest feature of a Cloud Desktop is that it makes your Operating System (OS) completely agnostic of the hardware you are running it on, enabling you to run any OS on any internet connected device.
Your virtual desktop is ‘leased’ and fully-managed; hence, it’s delivered to you as a service. There are many reasons why a cloud desktop is superior to working off the operating system on your local machine. For one, you will no longer need an expensive/robust workstation with an unnecessary surplus of processing power. Virtual workstations are highly-elastic and end-users have the ability to increase or decrease processing power infinitely.
Organizations have achieved good ROI with server virtualization by consolidating virtual workloads on a smaller number of physical servers and improving agility through automated provisioning. Many of these organizations are now turning to desktop virtualization looking for similar benefits. While the cost-savings story is not as compelling for desktop virtualization as it is for server virtualization, desktop virtualization solutions can enable the following key improvements:
• Improved Access: Support a wide array of client devices by accessing applications through a browser or VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) interface
• Reduced IT Complexity: Centralizing management of applications and data can reduce complexity of supporting a large fleet of client devices
• Improved Security: Concerns associated with a lost or stolen client device are mitigated if PHI (protected health information) is not stored on the client.
While virtual desktops continue to transform the business model at the enterprise level, the benefits and value to the SMB market are also significant. Understanding just a few of these benefits is important to helping the organization succeed and allows the business to focus more singularly on their own business value and goals.
DaaS has many upsides for SMBs. Not only can they move to lower-cost hardware, such as netbooks, to access the cloud-based desktop images, but maintenance and management of the images is completely in the hands of the provider, allowing SMBs to spend money and time on things more central to their business–not on buying and maintaining new computers.
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