Make your remote workforce practices cleaner, leaner and meaner with VDI

What is VDI?

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), is an IT infrastructure option that removes the need for buying, operating, and maintaining a number of individual PCs in a typical office space. VDI has been around since 2006 and has since matured to become a viable option to replace end-user computing platforms such as the client-server computing model.

VDI from Simplify IT

Simplify IT design, deploy and support VDI solutions from all the major vendors – VMware Horizon, Citrix, Microsoft Terminal services and Azure cloud based VDI. In the past this has been used to deploy applications quickly and securely.

With lockdown and remote working becoming the new normal, VDI is now being used to provide highly secure remote home working solutions where users have limited bandwidth and without the need for corporate data to be put on home PCs.

Why do I need it?

VDI offers a number of benefits that make it a viable consideration. First, is the cost savings it provides. Because VDI creates a virtual desktop, typically one running Windows applications, and is managed in a data centre, companies can avoid costly capital expenditures on IT infrastructure. The desktop images are delivered over a network to the endpoint device, be that a traditional PC or mobile device. You won't have to keep upgrading these endpoint devices to the latest most powerful machines either as the clever stuff is being managed elsewhere.

Security is another critical consideration. The storage, management, and security of valuable, sensitive data are all handled in the data centre rather than an endpoint device. If an employee loses a device or has one stolen, the thief has no way to access any data. There is no data stored on the stolen device itself and therefore no means of accessing your network.

Thirdly and very relevant to our world right now is RoBo or Remote office / Branch office. Remote and mobile workers enjoy better access to a technology environment that includes Windows applications that are the backbone of most business operations.

VDI offers management benefits. Your IT team has fewer master images to maintain and provide security for, making management and control far easier compared to dealing with individual desktops for each user.

So many benefits to VDI....

The benefits of using VDI

Cost

Efficiency

Enhanced

Performance

Data

Security

Easily

Scalable

Fast
Deployment

Instant

Backup

Easier

Control

Centralised

Data

If you're ready to get started or just want to discuss your options, with no obligation please fill in the form below.

We'd love to hear from you and we're % 100 certain we can help you.