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Strong data and application security measures decrease the potential for inadvertent exposure. VOD data is secure with 128 bit encryption and backed up in real time for total peace of mind.
When you think about it, the most valuable thing on your computer or network is the data you create. After all, that data is the reason for having the computer and network in the first place... and it's the bits and bytes that make up that data that are your first priority when putting protective strategies in place. Operating systems and applications can always be reinstalled, but user-created data is unique and if lost, may be irreplaceable.
Provisioning
Conventional desktop provisioning is often a drawn out process involving procurement; configuration and management; and delivery of the physical hardware to the user.
Virtual Desktops (VOD): With centralised provisioning, organisations can provide instant-on desktops via the datacenter or server allowing staff to become productive instantaneously and improving IT flexibility to react to changing business needs.
Managing
During the life cycle of a desktop, all changes – such as patches, updates, and technical support – need to be supplied every time no matter what the location or their device type. Poorly managed desktops present security risks and increase support costs.
Virtual Desktops (VOD): Delivering desktops as a service enables IT to quickly and completely provide patches, updates, and technical support from a central location, again increasing responsiveness while reducing workload.
Securing
In order to secure desktops, IT usually has to either lock down the PCs so that users cannot make any changes or issue policies that guide the user on how to manage their PC, hoping that most users will comply with these policies. It’s a problem – either you have unhappy users or security risk, including data sitting on hundreds of disks.
Virtual Desktops (VOD): With virtual desktops, security is built within the system because the desktop remains within the datacentre or server, therefore almost eliminating the risk of data losses. Data is locked down but users have flexibility of managing their own desktop. Furthermore you can have central verification with policy enforcement, as well as centralised security tool deployment.
Monitoring
Most IT departments find themselves in reactive mode when it comes to monitoring and measuring user desktop metrics. Productivity issues and downtime are handled by exception and can sap IT productivity, not to mention lower user satisfaction.
Virtual Desktops (VOD): provide proactive visibility into performance and productivity, and they remove capacity planning challenges because you can add additional memory or processors to any user’s dynamic desktop without having to touch their hardware.
Retiring
Moving a user from one PC to another is more of a nightmare than just adding a new employee. Helpdesk traffic increases dramatically when users are migrated to new PCs. Disposing of old PCs means removing sensitive data and, in some locations, paying a disposal fee.
Virtual Desktops (VOD): can be easily de-provisioned so that they can be repurposed for the next user. The PC lifecycle gets extended, delaying both operating and capital expenditures, and users don’t get cranky about slow PCs. Thin Clients can be introduced as replacements to PC’s thus lowering the energy consumption. Data migration is no longer tied to hardware migration and Virtual Desktops offer an eco-friendly alternative to traditional desktops.
While Virtual Desktops (VOD) Server is a new, standalone, comprehensive product, virtual desktops are in fact a proven solution that has been implemented widely. Over ten million users already use virtual desktops via the published desktop feature of Citrix Presentation Server, enjoying significant cost and time savings.
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