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Move Your Desktop to the Cloud for $1/DayDanny Allan, DesktoneJohnny Perales, Rackspace

January 27, 2011

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Agenda

• Desktone & Rackspace Introduction

• Desktop Management Challenges

• Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Challenges

• Cloud-based virtual desktops

• Demonstration

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Founded in 1998

Headquartered in San Antonio, Texas

9 worldwide data centers

3,000 employees, or Rackers

100,000+ customers and growing

Listed NYSE 2008 (RAX)

A recognized “leader” by Gartner

2009 Hosting Revenue

ABOUT

RACKSPACE®

Rackspace $629 Million AT&T $433 Million

Savvis $266 Million Terremark $149 Million

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To be recognized as one of the

world’s great service companies.

THE

RACKSPACE VISION

“

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SOLUTIONS PORTFOLIO

Rackspace offers solutions that fit your custom enterprise needs, not ours.

Instant Scalability

& Raw Compute

Power

Hybrid Hosting: mix and match platforms to suit your

needs

Cloud

Hosting

Dedicated

Hosting /

Virtualization

Email &

Apps

Highest Performance

& Compliance

Microsoft

SharePoint,

Microsoft Exchange

&

Rackspace Email

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If you’re not integrating cloud

computing into your mission critical IT

strategy,

you’ll soon be lapped by your

competitors.

“By 2012,

20% of businesses

will own no IT assets.”-Gartner Key Predictions,

- Jan. 2010

“58% say cloud computing

will cause a radical shift in

IT.” - CIO Magazine (From IDC Report) Oct.

2008

THE RISE OF

THE ENTERPRISE

CLOUD

“47% say they are

already using it or

actively researching

it.”- CIO Magazine (From IDC Report) Oct.

2008

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• “Utility” billing (pay as you use)

• “Unlimited” processing and storage

• Elasticity to scale up or down

• On demand, self-service

• Highly automated

Maximize revenue

Reduce cost

Expedite time to market

Focus resources

Do more projects

AccessibilitySpeed

Cost

Dynamically scalable,

virtualized resources

provided as a service

WHY THE BIG SWITCH?

For a variety of reasons, cloud technologies are too compelling to ignore.

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Desktop VirtualizationOverview

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OS

Data

Apps

Settings

Preferences

Desktop Management Today

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Expensive

Support-heavy

Insecure

Tipping point for change is here...

Migration to Windows 7

New mobile access

Tighter IT budgets

Security

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The Promise of Virtual Desktops (VDI)

Cost reduction

IT consolidation

Easier to manage

Happy users

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OS

Data

Apps

Settings

Preferences

Virtual Desktops

Virtual desktops

Centrally managed

In IT data center

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… but major BARRIERS exist

Traditional VDI Reality

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Start upHuge up-front costs

Many moving partsComplex to design & build

Operationally IntensiveDifficult to maintain

Is it strategicDo you want to be building and

managing data centers

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Cloud-based Desktops

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IT-friendly

Device independence

Lower TCO

Low cash out = low risk

100% customer

satisfaction

Cloud-Based Desktops (DaaS)

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Desktop Cloud

From Any Location

FIXEDTELEWORKERSTEMPORARY OFFICES

PARTNERS &SUPPLIERS BRANCH OFFICES

From Any Device

Business Benefits

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DaaS

Benefit

Simplified desktop deployment

Centralized desktop management

Walk-off data security

Simplified issue resolution and recovery

Genuine, customizable Windows client environments

No upfront CAPEX

Pay as you go

Time to value in weeks, not months

Leverage carrier-class scale

Expand geographic coverage

Reduce complexity and risk

Data Center Scale

VDI vs. Cloud based Desktops

VDI

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Cloud Virtual Desktops vs. Traditional

Physical

• Takes 3-5 days for a new system

• Break/fix issues

• Endpoint data loss/ security

• Vulnerable to power outages

• Hardware & desktop are one and the same

• Up-front capital required

• Hardware warranty cost

Cloud Virtual Desktop

• New systems in 90 seconds

• Never breaks

• Data can not be lost or stolen

• Always on

• Desktop can be accessed from any connected device from anywhere

• No upfront capital

• No hardware warranty required

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The Cloud Computing Test

Other Vendors

Upfront HW & SW Costs ? $0

Multi-Tenant ? Yes

Service Grid Architecture ? Yes

Technology Agnostic ? Yes

Substantial Open Source Components

? Yes

Strict Role Separation ? Yes

Secure approach to network into shared hosting

? Yes

Flexibility (add desktops quickly for short periods)

? Yes

Democratic ? Small/Medium /Large Business

vs.

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Desktone’s Solution

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1. IT Friendly Solution

Easy to manage

On demand desktops: add,

remove, & modify at will

Centralized management from

any device anywhere

Visibility into user activity

No data on devices

Easy to try

Free trial in minutes:

(www.desktone.com)

Pilot ease – no infrastructure

required

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2. Device & Location Independence

Embrace next-generation of employees

Work and access corporate apps and data from

any device: Mac, Ipad, Droid, thin client, laptop,

PC (http://www.youtube.com/user/Desktone)

Work from anywhere: home, office, or Starbucks

Leverages “Bring Your Own PC”

(BYOPC) movement

“Instant on” experience

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3. Lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)

No complicated infrastructure

to configure and build

Centralized support and

management

No expensive management

resources required

No hidden costs

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4. Low Cash Out = Low Risk

No infrastructure investment

Pay for only what you need

OPEX budget consistency

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5. 100% Customer Satisfaction

Services – rapid deployments

Support – dedicated virtualization experts

Operational Excellence – 4 years of hosted

desktop delivery

Training – rich library of self-paced training

modules and live knowledge transfer sessions

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Top Use Cases

Use Case Description Solution

DistributedWorkers

Branch offices and work from home distanced from corporate. End users not near centralized IT resources

Securely deliver desktops to remote workers while avoiding the need to build local data centers

ContractWorkers

Outsourced, Contractors, Seasonal Workers, Project Based

Secure on-demand delivery of the required desktop environment when needed

Development In-house and outsourced testers and developers that require multiple desktop environments

Provide a cloud desktopenvironment in the cloud to enable testing and development on many different platforms and configs

MobileDevices

Executives, etc. Access Windows from mobile devices such as the iPad and Droid tablet

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Demonstration

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The Desktone

Cloud Consists of

two primary

interfaces

Desktone Enterprise Center

Used by desktop admins to manage the Desktone Cloud

Desktone Portal

Used by end-users for access to resources on the Desktone Cloud

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End Point Devices

1. Ipad - “DaaS Mobile

Client” available in the

iTunes Store

2. Thin clients - all leading

vendors are supported

3. Standard PCs – access

through their preferred

web browser or DaaS

Client.

End-User Access

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Summary

• Cloud computing is changing the world of IT

• The current Desktop management market is ripe for change

• Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) was supposed to solve the problems – it has introduced other issues

• Desktops are the next logical workload to move to the cloud

• Desktone and Rackspace have partnered to offer the industry’s only cloud-based desktops

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Resources

• Free Trial: www.desktone.com

• www.rackspace.com

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Questions??

Please feel free to contact us

with questions, comments or to schedule a live demo

866-691-5660 or info@desktone.com

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