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Take Steps to Successful VDI Implementation

VDI has a lot of moving parts. Get them moving in the right direction.

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Your Challenge

  • VDI implementation is a complex, long-term project with many intangible benefits that, while valuable, are sometimes difficult to communicate.
  • Besides ensuring the right infrastructure, there is the added pressure of convincing end users that they are not giving up their PCs, that IT is undergoing a significant culture change, and that the business is not necessarily going to save wads of cash.

Our Advice

Critical Insight
  • VDI is a potential desktop replacement technology, but deployment projects should not focus on the desktop first. Instead, focus on delivering the service to end users.
Impact and Result
  • For best results in implementing VDI, start by assessing your current desktop delivery strategy. You don’t know what you can do until you define what you now do.
  • Run a pilot implementation rather than a simple POC. The infrastructure must be tailored to deliver the best fit for your budget and your users.

Get to Action

  1. Move past thinking about VDI and start doing it

    Achieve the promised benefits that initially started the enterprise down the VDI path.

  2. Set goals, expectations, and success measures

    Maximize the potential for positive VDI uptake.

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Develop a Desktop Virtualization Strategy

Transform IT from asset management to service management.

Vendor Landscape: Desktop Virtualization

Navigate the desktop virtualization landscape with confidence.

Consider BYOC as Part of a Desktop-as-a-Service Strategy

Developing a model for desktop computing without desktop asset management is the vanguard of IT-as-a-service.

Tags

virtualization, VDI, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, VMWare VDI, virtual desktop, desktop virtualization, virtualization trends, PC virtualization, Microsoft enterprise desktop virtualization, virtual desktop enterprise desktop

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VDI has a lot of moving parts. Get them moving in the right direction.

Companies Who Helped

  • Empowered Networks
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  • npower

Solution Road Map

Other Solution Sets in Desktop Virtualization
1. Develop a Desktop Virtualization Strategy
Transform IT from asset management to service management.
2. Vendor Landscape: Desktop Virtualization
Navigate the desktop virtualization landscape with confidence.
3. Take Steps to Successful VDI Implementation
VDI has a lot of moving parts. Get them moving in the right direction.
4. Consider BYOC as Part of a Desktop-as-a-Service Strategy
Developing a model for desktop computing without desktop asset management is the vanguard of IT-as-a-service.
5. Formulate a User Profile Management Strategy
Manage end-user profiles through desktop virtualization efficiently and without headaches.
View the full Solution Road Map