Monthly archives for June, 2012
The remote office dilemma
While VDI works really well to give the XP or Windows 7 experience to desktop users, although the operating systems are actually running in the server room, that’s only straight forward where everything is on a physical LAN, meaning a wired location. The problems develop when IT wants to provide remote locations or offices (and possibly [...]
A special promotion
Our customers are amazed at the benefits of VDI, but prospective customers are cautious. While they have heard about just how good it is, they haven’t actually used VDI so are hesitant. Here’s how we resolve that problem.
First we visit to find out exactly what your needs are. Then we borrow one of your older tower X3440 or better [...]
The power of 5,000
I had occasion to visit a large metro Atlanta county a few days ago and talk to them about VDI. I used a Capital (CAPEX) and Operational Expense (OPEX) spreadsheet to calculate their cost savings in a variety of expenses including IT labor, equipment and electricity. Over a four-year period they would have saved the county about $16 million i [...]
Calculate your own return on investme...
If you’ve ever wondered how to calculate the savings offered by converting your business to virtual desktops (VDI) from the traditional computer on every desk, then you can download an Excel spreadsheet with all of the formulas inserted so you just need to change specific variables related to your company and you can see the numbers.
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Once more from the top
I was asked to start the soups to nuts description, what it is, how it works, why it works and the pieces you need to make it work. So I will.
VDI stands for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure. It is the next generation of the venerable Terminal Services. Terminal Services is a Microsoft product that allowed remote users to connect to a server a [...]