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Implement Desktop Virtualization and Transition to Everything as a Service

From VDI to DaaS, desktop virtualization is back. Choose the right solution, then develop an implementation plan that balances user experience, infrastructure complexity, and total cost.

  • There isn’t necessarily one desktop virtualization deployment method for all; unique evaluation of each user-group for fit with each deployment method is required in order to deploy a solution that is right for your organization.
  • The push for businesses to be mobile is driving desktop virtualization adoption. As legacy PCs are reaching end of life, many businesses are looking for a solution that will support a mobile workforce.
  • Desktop virtualization options abound. VDI, DaaS, app virtualization? Each has strengths, drawbacks, and costs that should be considered.

Our Advice

Critical Insight

  • Desktop virtualization technology has caught up to the dream. The last few hurdles are being overcome, and the value is higher than ever in a mobile, cloud-based world.
  • Focus on user experience. If the new user experience is not equal to or better than traditional desktops, the project will fail at the pilot stage.
  • The virtual desktop is only part of the device-agnostic workspace. A workspace that enables users from any device can involve desktop virtualization, but it’s only a piece of the puzzle.

Impact and Result

  • Establish and align your IT goals with the solution requirements. Successful desktop virtualization involves implementing a solution that fits with the organization’s vision, but equally important is implementing it at a reasonable total cost, which can only be accomplished by establishing and aligning the goals and solution requirements.
  • Follow Info-Tech’s process for implementing the right desktop virtualization solution to create a project plan that will help ensure that you not only choose the right solution but also implement it effectively.

Implement Desktop Virtualization and Transition to Everything as a Service Research & Tools

2. Analyze virtual desktop requirements and pilot the solution

Gather and analyze desktop virtualization requirements, then pilot the solution.

3. Plan the desktop virtualization implementation

Plan the implementation based on evaluation of the pilot and a carefully crafted communication plan.


Member Testimonials

After each Info-Tech experience, we ask our members to quantify the real-time savings, monetary impact, and project improvements our research helped them achieve. See our top member experiences for this blueprint and what our clients have to say.

9.0/10


Overall Impact

$12,999


Average $ Saved

5


Average Days Saved

Client

Experience

Impact

$ Saved

Days Saved

Sterling Bank & Trust

Guided Implementation

9/10

$12,999

5

Received strong validation of several fundamental strategic direction items that the team was contemplating.

Advanzia Bank S.A

Guided Implementation

10/10

N/A

2

From VDI to DaaS, desktop virtualization is back. Choose the right solution, then develop an implementation plan that balances user experience, infrastructure complexity, and total cost.

About Info-Tech

Info-Tech Research Group is the world’s fastest-growing information technology research and advisory company, proudly serving over 30,000 IT professionals.

We produce unbiased and highly relevant research to help CIOs and IT leaders make strategic, timely, and well-informed decisions. We partner closely with IT teams to provide everything they need, from actionable tools to analyst guidance, ensuring they deliver measurable results for their organizations.

MEMBER RATING

9.0/10
Overall Impact

$12,999
Average $ Saved

5
Average Days Saved

After each Info-Tech experience, we ask our members to quantify the real-time savings, monetary impact, and project improvements our research helped them achieve.

Read what our members are saying

What Is a Blueprint?

A blueprint is designed to be a roadmap, containing a methodology and the tools and templates you need to solve your IT problems.

Each blueprint can be accompanied by a Guided Implementation that provides you access to our world-class analysts to help you get through the project.

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Get the help you need in this 3-phase advisory process. You'll receive 9 touchpoints with our researchers, all included in your membership.

Guided Implementation 1: Launch your desktop virtualization project
  • Call 1: Identify drivers and goals
  • Call 2: Create the project plan
  • Call 3: Assess your user-groups & strategy

Guided Implementation 2: Analyze requirements and pilot the solution
  • Call 1: Gather requirements
  • Call 2: Outline RFP & evaluate options
  • Call 3: Plan your pilot

Guided Implementation 3: Plan your implementation
  • Call 1: Evaluate pilot results
  • Call 2: Create implementation rollout plan
  • Call 3: Monitor and communicate your DV solution to end users

Authors

Michael Battista

Michael Rosehart

Contributors

  • Christopher Bilbro, Systems Architect, Veterans United Home Loans
  • Tom Howarth, Infrastructure Architect, Cap Gemini
  • Andrej Golebiowski, Independent Citrix Consultant
  • Sean Ebeling, Manager of Infrastructure Architecture for Endpoint Engineering, Health Care Industry
  • Lucinda Davidson, VP, Login VSI
  • Scott Stanley, IT Manager, Calgary Public Library
  • Eric Pierson, IT Manager, City of Durango
  • Dan Salinas, VP Business Development, Lakeside Software
  • Steve Anderson, President/Consultant, The Anderson Network
  • Carlo Castagnino, IT Infrastructure Manager, Calgary Public Library
  • Ivan Sabados, Senior Project Manager, Region of Peel

Additional interviews were conducted but due to privacy and confidentiality requirements, they are not listed

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