a view from the desktop - choosing the right technologies for desktop virtualization
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wyse.com 2010
A View from the Desktop Choosing the right technologies for desktop virtualization
David Angwin Wyse Technology
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Agenda
• User types and profiles
• Why you need to address the desktop device
• Client hardware and software choices
• User experience
• Addressing mobility
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Areas to watch
Will impact adoption:
• Ability to address specific use-cases
• User experience
Will impact cost:
• Ease of deployment
• Ease of management
• System scalability
• Effective service life
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Office / Knowledge Workers
Mobile Workers Task Workers
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Identifying the right desktop virtualisation technology
Define user types based on function
Identifying the right desktop virtualisation technology
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Applications
Content Peripherals
2 Create user profiles based on types
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A choice of virtualisation models
Datacentre
Execution
Benefits
Presentation
Citrix XenApp
Microsoft Remote
Desktop Services
Centralized
User density,
low TCO
Storage
Management
Shared
Execution
Display
Light
Management
VDI
Citrix XenDesktop,
Microsoft VDI Suites,
VMware View
Centralized
App compatibility and
OS flexibility
Storage
Management
Isolated
Execution
Display
Light
Management
Cloud PC
Citrix Provisioning
Server, Wyse WSM
Distributed
PC experience,
central control
Storage
Management
Execution
Web
Google Web Apps,
Amazon E3C, web
server
Hybrid
User density,
flexibility, TCO
Storage
Management
Hybrid Display /
Execution
Shared
Microsoft
MultiPoint Server
Centralized
Low TCO, PC as
server, easy install
PC
Storage
Management
Shared
Execution
Display
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Agenda
• User types and profiles
• Why you need to address the desktop device
• Client hardware and software choices
• User experience
• Addressing mobility
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The impact of keeping PCs with virtual desktops
Complexity Increased Unchanged Reduced or eliminated
Security Improved Unchanged Enforced
Management Improved Still Required None or Centralized
Reliability Fail over 20-30k hours MTBF 180k hours MTBF
Deployment Faster Still Imaging the HDD Out of the box
Energy / Green IT Increased 50-150 watts
6-15 watts
Save £50-£150 year/unit
Virtual
Desktops
Full PC
Endpoint Challenge Thin or Zero
client
Reduced or eliminated
Enforced
None or Centralized
180k hours MTBF
Out of the box
6-15 watts
Unchanged
Unchanged
Still Required
20-30k hours MTBF
Still Imaging the HDD
50-150 watts
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TCO comparison of client devices
• Monthly TCO costs aggregated from Gartner published analysis, based on 2,500 users
• Server focused items removed to expose client detail
TC / VDI PC / VDI PCEndpoint Hardware $ 3.13 $ 33.33 $ 33.33
Client Software Licenses $ 8.33 $ 4.58 $ 4.58
Hardware and Software 11.46$ 37.92$ 37.92$
IT Personel $ 5.58 $ 19.00 $ 19.00
Security $ 4.42 $ 12.50 $ 8.08
Desktop Management $ 10.42 $ 12.58 $ 12.58
IT Operations 20.42$ 44.08$ 39.67$
Administration 30.08$ 31.58$ 18.00$
Downtime 10.75$ 15.58$ 15.58$
End User Costs 10.75$ 15.58$ 15.58$
Hardware and Software 11.46$ 37.92$ 37.92$
IT Operations 20.42$ 44.08$ 39.67$
Administration 30.08$ 31.58$ 18.00$
End User Costs 10.75$ 15.58$ 15.58$
Energy 0.21$ 6.00$ 6.00$
Client TCO (monthly) 72.92$ 135.17$ 117.17$
TCO Difference -37.8% 15.4%
VDI Models Only 72.92$ 135.17$
TCO Difference -46.1%Source: Gartner 2008, Microsoft licensing, Wyse Customer / User Inputs
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Agenda
• User types and profiles
• Why you need to address the desktop device
• Client hardware and software choices
• User experience
• Addressing mobility
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Client hardware choices
Cloud PCs
- Familiar
High Performance Desktop
Zero clients
- Dedicated Microsoft Citrix VMware
Next-generation
zero client
Thin clients
- Flexible Mobile
High
Performance Compact
Repurposed
PC (SW)
Handheld
(SW)
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Client software choices
Local Apps
Web Apps PCoIP
Multi-protocol HDX
Instant on
Auto-mgmt
Virus Immune
Zero Client
Windows Embedded
l l l l l
Wyse-enhanced
SUSE Linux Enterprise
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Wyse ThinOS™
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Wyse Zero™ engine
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Low
est
T
CO
Low
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Desktop functionality & user experience
Smart
cards &
biometrics
Peripherals
Streaming
video and
audio
Fast
moving
graphics
& 3D
Audio and
VOIP
Multiple
monitors
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Addressing mobility
• Working in different office locations
– Hot desk
• Working at home
– Desktop thin client
– Mobile thin client for occasional home workers
• Working on-site with clients
– Mobile thin client with WiFi & 3G
• Working while travelling
– Mobile thin client with WiFi & 3G
• Working offline
– PC laptop for offline mail and writing documents
– iPhone, iPod, iPad, Android phone/tablet for everything else
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Areas to watch - recap
Will impact adoption:
• Ability to address specific use-cases
• User experience
Will impact cost:
• Ease of deployment
• Ease of management
• System scalability
• Effective service life
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