Find out why a Hosted Desktop (aka VDI, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, DaaS or Desktop as a Service) is more secure than a local PC, with a breakdown of the benefits and drawbacks. Cloud Computing is the future of business IT – find out why.

1. Why a Hosted Desktop is
more secure than a Local PC

2. What is a Hosted Desktop?
A Hosted Desktop puts the operating system
and user’s files in the cloud, rather than
hosting everything on the device itself.

3. All of your data is stored in puporse-built and
highly secure data centers – not on a hard-
drive that’s vulnerable to damage or theft.
What is a Hosted Desktop?

4. What is a Hosted Desktop?
The user then logs into this remote
Hosted Desktop on any device (via the
internet) and uses it like a normal PC.

5. What if I lose my laptop?

6. Data storage
If you lose or break your PC or laptop,
your data is safe because it’s stored in the
cloud, rather than on the device itself.

7. But what if my PC dies and I’m
on the Hosted Desktop?

8. Data recovery
If a local PC dies and you haven’t
saved, you’ve lost your progress.

9. Data recovery
With a Hosted Desktop however,
you just log in on another device
and pick up where you left off.

10. How do I manage
Hosted Desktops?

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If your business has 20 PCs, you have to constantly
manage and update those 20 PCs individually.

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And if your business becomes vulnerable
from a new security threat, you would have
to secure each PC individually.

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This means your business would be
vulnerable for much longer.

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With a Hosted Desktop however,
every user starts from the same base.

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All you have to do is update this base
once, for it to take effect company wide.

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This means every user always has
the latest security updates.

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