Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

A Hosted VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) solution from InfoQuest is an end-to-end solution for server-based virtual desktop computing that improves control and manageability while providing end users with a familiar desktop experience.

VDI gives you the proven power of VMware Infrastructure 3, along with VMware Virtual Desktop Manager (VDM), an enterprise-class connection broker that manages user access to centralized virtual desktop environments.

How Does VDI Work and What will it Provide?

VDI lets you consolidate client PCs as virtual desktops that run on servers in the InfoQuest data center.  Using Virtual Center you manage your virtual infrastructure while Virtual Manager allows you to manage user access to centralized virtual desktops from a wide range of devices, including Windows®, Linux®, and Mac® computers, as well as thin clients.

Benefits

• Control and Manageability in a Single Product
  Administrators can more easily provision, manage, and maintain desktops because they are running in the data center.

• Familiar End-User Experience
  End users get flexible access to a personalized virtual desktop that behaves just like their normal PC.

• VMware Infrastructure 3 Integration
  VMware VDI lets you extend virtual infrastructure capabilities to the desktop to leverage backup fail-over and disaster recovery capabilities.

• Lower TCO
  VMware VDI can help you lower the cost of operating corporate desktops by streamlining administration, reducing energy costs and extending the useful life of PCs.

How is VDI Used?

• Centralized Desktop Management
  Organizations use Virtual Desktop Infrastructure to replace traditional PCs with virtual desktops that run on servers in the data center.  Administrators can provision new desktops in minutes, giving users their own personalized desktop environments while eliminating the need for retraining and application sharing.  This approach helps to reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO) for your desktop infrastructure, extends the life cycle of your hardware and helps you respond more quickly to business needs.

• Transactional User Management
  VDI is ideal for delivering cost-effective desktop services to fixed-function workers at branch offices, call centers and other locations.  Controlling access to confidential data is easier because all virtual desktops reside in a central location.  Integration with RSA SecureIID® enables support for two-factor authentication, while strong network encryption protects data in transit.  These features can help reduce the risk of data leakage and malicious code intrusion while also helping to ease regulatory compliance burdens.

• Desktop Backup & Disaster Recovery
  VDI extends the benefits of virtualization to the desktop, so customers can benefit from reliability, data protection and disaster recover capabilities that have traditionally been available only for server applications.  You can leverage shared storage to back up your desktop data.  Automated fail-over helps to ensure high availability for virtual desktops, while site-wide recovery mechanisms ensure rapid restoration of service after an unplanned outage.