Reducing Your PC Management Costs: Realizing the TCO of PC Lifecycle Management through Client-Side Virtualization - Slide Deck 1 of 2

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Leveraging Virtualization to
Improve Desktop
Management
Michael Rose
Research Analyst, Enterprise Virtualization Software
IDC

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Outline
• The Challenges of Desktop Management
– Costs
– Control
• Mature Technologies That Improve Desktop Management
• Leveraging Virtualization to Improve Desktop Management
– Opportunities
– Challenges
• Overview of Virtual Computer

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Considering the Challenges
Of Desktop Management

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Challenges of Desktop Management
PC Lifecycle
Acquire
Deploy
Maintain
Retire

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Challenges of Desktop Management
Understanding the Costs
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6
Acquisition Payment Deploy Maintain Upgrade Retire
Two 3 Year PC Lifecycles
Source: IDC, 2009
Maintain…..
Hardware Maintenance
HelpDesk
OS Management
App. Management
Asset Management
Compliance

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Challenges of Desktop Management
Understanding the Costs
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1,000
Component Cost
Retire Upgrade Maintain Deploy Acquisition Payment
Lifecycle for 1 PC
Source: IDC, 2009
Maintain…..
Hardware Maintenance
HelpDesk
OS Management
App. Management
Asset Management
Compliance

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Challenges of Desktop Management
Understanding the Costs
0
200
400
600
800
1,000
1,200
1,400
1,600
1,800
Component Cost
Retire Upgrade Maintain Deploy Acquisition Payment
Total Cost for 1 PC Lifecycle
Source: IDC, 2008
Maintain…..
Hardware Maintenance
HelpDesk
OS Management
App. Management
Asset Management
Compliance

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Challenges of Desktop Management
Control
• Audit/Compliance
• Security
• Disaster Recovery
• Fault Tolerance
• User Flexibility

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Technologies That Improve
Desktop Management

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Technologies That Enable Desktop
Management
• IT Asset Management Software
– Discovery/Inventory
– License Management
– Software Metering
• License Management
• Identity/Access Management
• Software Distribution Tools
• Settings and Configuration Management Tools
• All Based on Traditionally Installed Desktop Software
All Based on
Traditionally
Installed Desktop
Software

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PC/TC Hardware Server Hardware
IP Network Hypervisor
Multiple Unique
Desktops
Product Examples
– VMware VDI (View)
– Citrix XenDesktop
– Qumranet (RedHat)
Leveraging Virtualization for Desktop Management
Centralized Virtual Desktops
Desktop
Desktop
Access Software

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Improving Desktop Management
through Virtualization
Centralized Virtual Desktop Labor Savings
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Reduction
Data management/back-up
Addressing Security Issues
Softw are Deploy/Patching
Desktop setup and config
Application Management
Asset management
Threat Assessment
Desktop softw are instal
User administration
Image Management
Other
 Savings levels only
realized with limited
specific use cases
 Cost savings in
comparison to managed,
non-locked-down PCs
 Largest cost savings for
data backup and security
 Most benefits associated
with virtualization not
centralization

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 Mobility Requirements
 Performance Requirements
 Peripheral Requirements
 Datacenter Requirements
 Capital Requirements
Should you use Server Based
Computing?

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Hypervisor
x86 PC
A New Way…
Leveraging Virtualization Without Centralizing
 Bare-metal hypervisor provides
similar flexibility as CVD
 Centralize images/applications to
simplify management
 Enable full compute flexibility and
performance for end-users
 Provide full scalability by
distributing computing

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 Founded November, 2007
 Significant Expertise in Virtualization
 Venture Financing Provided in Part by Citrix
(CTXS)
 Market Leader in Client-Side Virtualization,
beating Citrix, VMware, and Microsoft to
Market
 Leverage Virtualization as Foundation for
Desktop Management
Virtual Computer: Pioneering Virtualization
for Endpoint Management

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Contact Information
Please email me at
mprose@idc.com