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Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) transforms the way desktop services are delivered to end users. But the change can be challenging to both IT and the users. The key to success is a carefully crafted implementation plan, based on a carefully...

Solution Set

Build a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) implementation plan based on the benefits that guided you to it in the first place.

Template/Policy

The pilot test assessment will help guide your evaluation of the state of the pilot project. It provides a place to record technical requirements, KPIs, and existing or potential problems that have been, or will be, experienced by end users and...

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A Project Charter is an integral document to any initiative. This template will help clarify goals, determine guidelines, and establish milestones to keep a VDI implementation on track.

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End user acceptance is one of the biggest challenges to desktop virtualization adoption. IT should have a plan in place to guide communication efforts during the transition. By maintaining a consistent message and a consistent front, IT can set...

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The Desktop Virtualization TCO Calculator model provides organizations with a framework for estimating the costs associated with deploying a virtual desktop solution relative to refreshing a fleet of desktops.

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Info-Tech conducted its own market evaluation of six leading desktop virtualization solutions. Before sitting down with vendors, use this tool to narrow the vendors to a shortlist of solutions that best satisfy the company's requirements.

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Desktop virtualization continues to expand in both function and use case. Select the solution that fits your desktop situation and provides the best user experience and TCO for your organization's needs.

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Each desktop virtualization vendor has its own strengths and weaknesses. Use this tool to ensure that shortlisted vendors meet enterprise requirements.

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Organizations in the selection process for a desktop virtualization solution should issue an RFP to gather required information, and make an informed final decision. This RFP template will help streamline your selection process.

Solution Set

While Citrix and VMware are the dominant players in the desktop virtualization market, it's important to explore other options.

Vendor Research

This report is designed to provide vendors and solution providers an understanding of the views and plans of IT departments when it comes to the consumerization of IT and the proliferation of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD).

Solution Set

Despite early resistance, consumer technology is infiltrating the enterprise and has taken a firm hold. The proliferation of employee-purchased smartphones, tablets, and netbooks has organizations looking beyond the pocket to the desktop.

(7-Feb-11) When Dataprise Inc., an IT services company, helped a customer with a desktop virtualization project last year, it found itself dealing with desktop virtualization's dirty little secret: No one -- including vendors -- seems to know...

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Desktop virtualization redefines how desktop computer services are delivered, offering the best of both worlds: centralization plus full desktops for more types of users. Evaluate the potential and design a right-fit deployment for your organization.

Solution Set

Desktop Virtualization adoption has more than doubled in less than two years and is approaching it's full potential with new technology working for broader use cases.

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Making the decision to deploy desktop virtualization requires consideration of numerous variables. The Desktop Virtualization Appropriateness Assessment Tool will help you ensure every relevant factor is taken into consideration.

Cutting costs can be an overwhelming and painful task, but knowing where to focus your efforts can make it easier. Take a look at our top ten favorite strategies. It doesn't have to be as painful as you think, and who knows, you could become the...

Do you need to make a difference this week? This month? Take a look at these tactics and tools to build your guerilla plan.

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The opening keynote of Citrix Synergy 2010 unveiled new products from Citrix partners for an anti-virus solution for virtual machines, as well as a new Wyse zero client. However, the most significant announcement was for the new XenClient...

Solution Set

Take virtualization to the next level (internal cloud). Bring the management and resiliency of server virtualization to 80 to 100% of server workloads by building and managing appropriate compute, network, and storage capacity.

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Customers have been complaining for some time about the cost, complexity, and inflexibility of Microsoft's virtualization offer. Recently announced changes will have a strong, positive impact on these traditional areas of concern.

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The centralization and management of desktop application delivery is an important value of desktop virtualization. But the ultimate value of desktop virtualization is its transformative potential for how desktops are managed - moving from...

Desktop virtualization has transformative potential for how desktops are managed - moving from desktop asset management to providing desktops as a service. Citrix wants to be a strategic player in redefining how desktop services are managed and...

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) can be an effective solution for managing end client assets and the client experience. Just like any other solution, VDI must also make financial sense to be a viable alternative. To avoid surprises in the...

Financial services has been one of the early adopters of VDI, driven primarily by a need for enhanced security. Learn how this industry has been benefiting from virtual desktops and the common challenges that were faced.

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) has attracted the attention of enterprises of all sizes and a range of industries including healthcare. Use Info-Tech's analysis of the data relevant to the healthcare industry to guide decisions concerning...

The H1N1 influenza virus is reminding organizations to review business continuity plans. Organizations need to prepare for the possibilities that some employees will quarantine themselves and avoid the office in the even of an outbreak, or that...

VMware and Citrix are ahead of the pack when it comes to providing software for connecting end users with virtual machine-based desktops hosted on a server. With its product View, VMware is moving toward a more comprehensive approach to supply...

As part of IT cost management efforts, financial services industry shops focus on three IT service areas: servers and storage, application development, and workstations. Info-Tech's research suggests three key strategies to prioritize in-house...