Adapting to a New Reality in Client Computing
The consumerisation of IT. The rise of enterprise mobility. Pressure to boost security and productivity. The need to chart a Microsoft Windows 7 upgrade path. A host of new market forces are compelling organisations to revaluate their desktop strategies. At the same time, the need to control costs, improve manageability and reduce complexity remains high on the corporate agenda.
For these reasons, progressive organisations realise the role that desktop and application virtualisation can play in helping them to address their IT and business challenges, both new and old.
52% of organisations say that desktop and application virtualisation will be a major or critical initiative in the next 12 to 18 months.
With all the hype around desktop virtualisation, virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and application virtualisation, you, like many organisations may be at a crossroads, unsure of the best path to take. What are the specific requirements for your organisation? How do you segment your user profiles? How do you avoid duplication of processes and tools? In what way will licensing be impacted? To what extent will existing infrastructure support a desktop virtualisation solution?
Ultimately, there is no ‘silver bullet’ for all your desktop challenges. In our experience, the most successful next generation desktop strategies are those based on a solid business case and a structured approach; always keeping the end user in mind. An optimal desktop solution will cater for a hybrid environment that supports traditional and virtualised desktops and computing devices – assembling them in the right combination to create a desktop environment that meets your business needs.
To find out more about how businesses like yours are moving forward on their next generation desktop journeys download the Global Desktop Virtualisation Research Report conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Dimension Data.
If you need help in finding answers to your desktop virtualisation related questions or would like to learn more about our desktop virtualisation solutions, contact a Dimension Data consultant today.
Desktop Virtualisation and Windows 7: Better Together
Discover why IT leaders are eyeing desktop and application virtualisation to minimise the cost and disruption of operating systems upgrade.
Is Your Network Ready for Desktop Virtualisation?
Today, a number of compelling factors are converging to propel desktop virtualisation towards mainstream adoption. These include the ever-growing pressure on businesses to support employee owned devices, reduce costs and the longer-term vision of becoming device- and operating system-independent.
Desktop Virtualisation Approaching Tipping Point
Cost reduction, security, manageability and simplifying the migration to Windows 7 are driving organisations to adopt an aggressive deployment approach when it comes to desktop and application virtualisation.
1000 Days to End of Microsoft XP Support Spurs Desktop Virtualisation
With less than 1,000 days to go until Microsoft no longer supports Microsoft® Windows XP, organisations across the globe are reporting they are accelerating their migration to modern desktops powered by Microsoft® Windows 7.
The Client Virtualisation Imperative Thought Leadership Paper
Dimension Data commissioned Forrester consulting to conduct research into the state of the global desktop and application virtualisation market. Access this report to gain insights into how 500 organisations are navigating their next generation desktop journey.
Desktop Virtualisation on the Fast Track to Mainstream Adoption Opinion Piece
This opinion piece looks at the forces driving organisations to move away from the traditional desktop and embrace virtualisation as a better way to operate their end user environments.
Taming the Tablet, Finding Your Strategy
This opinion piece outlines some pragmatic steps and considerations for IT departments looking to manage the explosion of tablets within their organisations.
Understanding the Software Licencing Implications around Virtualisation
A practical guide to avoiding the pitfalls of virtualisation software licencing.
Top Windows 7™ Deployment Concerns Simplified
The process of upgrading to Windows 7™ can be a daunting task. Simplify the process with Microsoft toolsets and clever integration techniques.
Towards Secure Mobility
This article looks at how organisations can securely integrate mobile devices into the enterprise.
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure in the Contact Centre
Discover how desktop virtualisation solutions can support improved business agility, enable contact centres to be scalable and flexible and help drive operating and support costs down.
Précis – Mobility Booms
This issue of Précis highlights the opportunities as well as the risk and usability challenges that new mobile devices introduce into the organisation.
Data Loss - A Mounting But Not Insurmountable Problem
This whitepaper provides insight into the Data Loss Prevention (DLP) challenges organisations face today. It also provides excellent advice to businesses on how they should to respond to the changing threat landscape
Fragmenting DLP Assessment, Implementation and Management Is Counter Intuitive
Understand why organisations should regard the assessment, implementation and management of data leakage prevention (DLP) holistically for maximum protection against the proliferation of risks associated to data loss… accidental or otherwise.
Our Services
Dimension Data understands the impact that desktop and application virtualisation solutions can have on the entire IT ecosystem. Ensuring that each element of the ecosystem is optimised to support desktop and application virtualisation solutions is essential for successful.
Our Desktop Virtualisation Solutions look at the various elements that need to be considered when you are planning, implementing and managing a virtual desktop environment.
Our Next Generation Desktop Assessment combines deployment and management services with the right combination of technologies from Microsoft, VMware, Citrix, Cisco and Quest to deliver a comprehensive desktop environment addresses your needs.
Dimension Data's Data Centre Network Assessment is designed to assist you in creating a roadmap, utilising best practice, market experience and the latest innovative thinking to ensure your network architecture will meet your current and future business objectives.
A Technology Lifecycle Management Assessment is an IT infrastructure asset assessment service that discovers installed assets on the network, identifies their lifecycle status, and determines maintenance coverage and will help you ensure that your network is ready to support desktop virtualisation.
Dimension Data’s Governance, Risk and Compliance Assessment provides you with a comprehensive view of your current IT security risk profile against the industry standard risk indices of Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability and Audit.
In Action
The University of Sydney enhanced the learning experience of 50,000 students with a virtual desktop solution allowing students to access specialist course software from geographically dispersed computer labs.
In order to simplify the administration and software maintenance of their desktop fleet to reduce risks and operational costs Asiana asked Dimension Data to design and implement a virtual desktop solution.
Stramit Building Products needed new server and desktop systems that would improved security and provided remote access to a highly mobile workforce while reducing infrastructure running costs.