desktop virtualization: emerging requirements and solutions

Steve BrasenManaging Research Director – Systems Management

Enterprise Management Associates

Desktop Virtualization:

Emerging Requirements & Solutions

August 11, 2015

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Steve Brasen – Managing Research Director

Steve's career at EMA follows 20 years of “in-the-trenches”

experience in IT systems support, engineering, and

management for high-technology, telecommunications, and

financial institutions. Steve's primary focus areas at EMA

include endpoint systems management, desktop virtualization,

mobile management and data center infrastructure

management.

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Steve BrasenManaging Research Director – Systems Management

Enterprise Management Associates

Desktop Virtualization:

Emerging Requirements & Solutions

August 11, 2015

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Agenda


• Introduction to Desktop

Virtualization

• Desktop Virtualization Adoption

• Deployment and Administration

• Barriers to Success

• Management Practices and

Solutions

• Outcomes

• Conclusions

Methodology and Demographics


• EMA Desktop Virtualization Primary Research

EMA initiated a survey of IT professionals

who had detailed knowledge of their

organizations desktop virtualization

environment, management, and use

In total, the survey netted 156

respondents from a variety of business

verticals and horizontals

Quota’s were placed on three key

industries to ensure sufficient

respondents for statistical relevance

Healthcare

Education

Financial

The State of Desktop Virtualization

Desktop Virtualization



• Types of Desktop Virtualization:

• Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)

Examples: Citrix XenDesktop, Dell vWorkspace,

VMware Horizon View

• Stateless Desktop Virtualization

i.e., terminal services & remote desktop services

• Client Hosted Desktop Virtualization

Examples: Citrix XenClient, Moka5, Dell Wyse

WSM, VMware Mirage

• Application Virtualization

Examples: Citrix XenApp, Microsoft App-V,

VMware ThinApp

• Application Streaming

Examples: 2X Application Server, Novell ZENworks

Application Virtualization



• Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS)

• Public cloud-hosted service

• Examples: Citrix DaaS, Dell Workspace-as-a-Service,

VMware Horizon Air (Formerly Desktone)


Desktop Virtualization Adoption

• When did your organization first adopt a desktop virtualization solution?



• When did your organization first adopt a desktop virtualization solution? (by

organization size)



• What were the primary reasons for initially adopting desktop virtualization?



• Approximately what percentages of users in your organization regularly use

each of the following types of virtualization? (Mean averages)



• Estimate the average percentage of each device type used to access virtual

desktops in your organization? (mean averages by organization size)


Deployment and Administration

• Who implemented your organization’s desktop virtualization solution? (by

length of time since the solution was implemented)



• Which of the following best describes your organization’s desktop

virtualization server configuration?



• Which of the following technologies are employed to improve the efficiency

of your organization’s desktop virtualization environment?


Barriers to Success

• What are the most difficult management processes for supporting,

provisioning, and maintaining your organization’s desktop virtualization

environment?


Management Practices and Solutions

• Which of the following types of IT management solutions have been adopted by your

organization and are actively used to support the desktop virtualization environment?



• On average, how many problems related to your organization’s desktop virtualization

environment are reported each month? (mean averages by key management

technologies adopted)



• On average, how long does it take to resolve a problem in your desktop

virtualization environment? (average minutes by key management

technologies)


Outcomes

• Has the introduction of desktop virtualization made the following

administration tasks easier or more complex?


Outcomes

• For which of the following has your organization achieved measurable cost

saving from the introduction of desktop virtualization?


Outcomes

• Which of the following best indicates the primary business values achieved

in your organization from the adoption of desktop virtualization?


Outcomes

• What is your overall satisfaction with your organization’s current desktop

virtualization solution?


Conclusions

• Desktop virtualization adoption is accelerating both in

terms of the number of new adopters and breadth of

adoption within each business

• Storage management, application performance

management, and capacity management are regarded

as the most difficult management processes in

supporting desktop virtualization environments

• Automated IT management platforms can significantly

improve desktop virtualization reliability and

performance

• Desktop virtualization adaptors overwhelmingly

reported simplified IT management, measurable cost

savings, and overall satisfaction


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