Taking the hot air our of VDI
VDI, “Virtual Desktop Infrastructure” is generating a lot of headlines and grabbing the attention of many IT administrators currently. There are many good reasons for this because VDI promises to deliver major savings in terms of management and security. However one of the main issues with the discussions are that they are very technology focused.
Basically there is nothing new in the concept of VDI! When you take a look at what VDI really is – a virtual desktop managed and delivered off a central computer infrastructure – it is almost identical to mainframe computing, or the slightly more recent Terminal Services or Citrix solutions.
So when considering VDI for your organization, try to keep an open mind, so you do not miss the opportunities in simpler implementations based on legacy technology, such as Terminal Services, that might just deliver exactly the feature set you need to reap the benefits.
The network between users and applications on the VDI however contain the same set of challenges as any other network based application. It is therefore important to select an equally pragmatic approach to connect users to the VDI as to selecting which VDI technology to deploy. This is where we believe G/On has a powerful offering. A G/On based connectivity infrastructure will allow you to use any VDI technology that best matches your requirements or even combinations of different VDI technologies if that is required. Separating the network from the VDI therefore provides a very important degree of flexibility for you.
Contact us for more details on how we support the range of exciting VDI technologies available – we trust you will be positively surprised.
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