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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.

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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...

Tool

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.

Allowing end users to personalize their virtual desktops improves the user experience, and boosts an organization's chances for a successful VDI implementation. However, personalization also creates a new pain: management of those virtual user...

(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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To maintain parity with competitors and exceed their capabilities, IT must take advantage of the ongoing introduction and evolution of new technologies, while discarding obsolete ones. Assess which of Info-Tech's 2011 technology trends the...

Note

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.

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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.

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Despite continuing economic challenges, IT organizations must continue to innovate. An essential element of innovation is the utilization of new technologies. In 2011, we are witnessing changes to the technology landscape on an unprecedented scale.

As interest in desktop virtualization heats up, so do opportunities for thin clients. Although a customer doesn’t have to be considering a push into desktop virtualization to be a candidate for thin clients, thin-client computing fits hand in...

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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...

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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...

Virtual desktop images are hosted in the data center where they are centrally managed. One of the challenges with VMware's virtual desktop was that individual desktop images could quickly swell with user data. To improve storage utilization and...

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...

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...

VMware brought one of Canada's largest telecommunications companies and service providers to the stage of its international user conference Tuesday to show how its desktop virtualization software can be deployed within large enterprise environments.

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...

(Processor) - Virtualization, a common feature in today's data center, is coming to a desktop near you; however, just what form it takes is still debatable. The VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure) technology and market landscape is fluid and...

Impact Research

The buzz around desktop virtualization grows; use this report to learn about the current state of the technology, its future, and best practices for implementation. The report leverages detailed case studies and findings from over 200 survey...

Tool

This tool is designed to help organizations determine top tactics for cost reduction within the workstations and peripheral services area. After the questions have been completed, the tool will generate guidance on what cost-saving actions to...

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Virtualization is a proven method IT can use to save money. The key is to develop a virtualization plan that is optimized for the organization. Use this tactical guidance to develop virtualization targets, and save on the bottom line.

Vendors will promote the energy efficiency and associated cost savings of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI). However, Info-Tech finds that energy savings are substantial only in large scale VDI plus thin client deployments. Use this note to...