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The VDIdealist - Avoiding the 7 Sins
And getting yourself on the path to Virtual Redemption
10X IT Productivity Webinar Series, Ep. 2
Sean Donahue
Chief Evangelist at RES Software
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Today’s Topics
• Why did you fall in love with VDI?
• The 7 Mortal Sins
• How to Find Salvation in your VDI
• What’s Your VDI Confessional?
#10xIT Ask your questions on Twitter for
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When I was Young
My Ideals
• Simplify Management
• Save on Desktop Devices
• Updates
• Every User/Every Use Case
• I didn’t know …
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Sin #1 - Bandwidth Glutton
1. Bandwidth has evolved and so has consumption
2. Are you compressed?
3. Hairpins are meant for hair
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Sin #2 - Know Thy Apps
• Application Behavior Issues • Too many applications amassed over 10 years
• Incompatibilities with Windows 7 / 8
• Incompatibilities with Internet Explorer 7, 8, 9, 10
• Incompatibilities with App-V 4.x / 5
• Use ASS Tools • Citrix AppDNA
• RES Baseline Desktop Analyzer
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Identify Scoping
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Discover Scoping
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Sin #3 - Do Not Discard Users’ … Settings
• Revolting Users
• The days of users not being of importance are over
• Are your users wasted?
Time is Money $$$
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Sin #3 - Do Not Discard Users’… Settings
• Lessons in Cost Accounting
Minutes Wasted: 30
Work Days / Week: 5
Work Days / Year: @Sum(50*5) = 250
Time Wasted / Year @Sum (250*30) = 7500
In Hours @Sum (7500 / 60) = 125
FBC of Employee $100 / hour
Show Me The Money: $12,500 / employee / year
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Sin #4 - Don’t Be a Slave to Storage
• Save on storage was the promise • Thin Clients
• Persistence Problems Prevail
• Some sins are more expensive
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Sin #5 - Beware The Revolting User
• My Users are REVOLTING • If the user ain’t happy … Ain’t nobody happy
• Vote against you with their credit cards
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Sin #6 - Printing When Wandering Is Divine
• Just because you change location doesn’t mean
you should be denied • Change IP Subnet
• Change Floor
• Building
• WiFi BSSID
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Is it Just about Happy Users?
• Consistency is key to happy users
• Faster access is also key
• IT needs compliance and control
• Nirvana is providing the right IT services to the right
users in the right situation
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Context Awareness
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Location and Device Awareness
Examples:
• Network location
• OS type
• Application version
• USB storage
• Hardware spec
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Simplicity Is Heavenly
• Single management console
• Lightweight architecture
• Just a few clicks away
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Sin #7 – Do Not Brag About Your VDI
• Beware the serpent sales rep • VDI is not for every user
• VDI is not for every use case
… Embrace your perfect VDI
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Why did
you fall in
love with
VDI?
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Physical or Virtual
Operating System Application
Physical Install Physical Install
Server-based Computing Hosted Session-based
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure XenApp
Windows on a Stick App-V Streaming
Image Management Package Management
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Delivering Customer, Partner Success
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Don’t hesitate to reach out :
Sean Donahue
Chief Evangelist
@SeanDo40
Questions? Comments? Concerns?
Thank you
for attending!
Stay tuned for the next episode of the
IT Productivity Webinar Series:
The VDIdealist – How Complexity Killed the VDI
http://www3.ressoftware.com/10xIT3.html
More Resources You’ll Receive Today:
1. RES Article: The Reality of VDI
2. Blog: The VDIdealist: Avoiding the Seven Sins
3. IDC Whitepaper: The Business Impact of WorkspaceVirtualization
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