The Server Virtualization Dividend
Server virtualization is one of those rare technologies that delivers significant additional benefits over and above those that are expected. Most IT managers embark on server virtualization solely with expectations of power, cooling, space, and hardware maintenance savings, many are pleasantly surprised to learn that this technology can dramatically reduce the cost of operating their desktop estate too. At 360is we call this the server virtualization dividend.
Security problems, complexity in the OS, equipment disposal, and bloated applications are all driving up the cost of desktop hardware and software ownership. Once 512MB of memory was sufficient. Today, with one eye on the next Windows upgrade, you would be well advised to buy 4GB of memory. The Operating System, Explorer, Office, and Outlook are a minimal workload, to which you must add CRM, ERP, BI, or other applications before the user is productive. More CPU cores, more heat, more power, more configurations, shorter equipment lifetime, more cost.
There Is Another Way
Organisations are leveraging their investment in server virtualization, enabling them to put-off desktop hardware upgrades, to better allocate available computing resources to end users, and to reduce the cost of provisioning desktops and applications. It is now possible to do this, and reduce the incidence of security problems, a subject close to our heart at 360is.
Why Consider Desktop Virtualization Now?
Desktop virtualization has been steadily growing for a number for years. It is only in the last 18 months that several factors have come into alignment leading to its widespread adoption as a solution to the problem of high desktop running costs:
- Inexpensive, multi-core, x86 servers
- Low cost virtualization software
- A choice of vendors with mature desktop brokers
- Acute downward pressure on CAPEX and OPEX
There are a number of ways to achieve desktop virtualization within your organisation. Citrix XenDesktop is one solution popular with enterprises who require high levels of performance, stability, and management task automation.
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About 360is
360is are acknowledged as experts in in all aspects of virtualization, including the XenDesktop system. Our consultants have been working in the area of virtualization since the late 1990's and have been around carrier grade data-centers since 1994.
