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Lab Virtualization for Education Lower TCO, Increase Scalability and Access
Dave Podwojski
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Market Opinion…
Seventy-six percent of 200 higher education IT professionals indicated an interest in adding virtual desktop delivery to their institution’s virtualization profile.
Why is there such a high level of interest?
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Traditional desktop technologies don’t address lab managers’ top desktop concerns
Security
Management Day-to-day support and maintenance of laband student machines
Assuring data, application, and machine security independent of location
Semesterprovisioning
Ensuring that machines are quickly updated withnew semester’s applications and data
AccessProviding students and professors “anytime, anywhere” access to data and applications
Availability Ensuring availability of the lab environment inevent of over-capacity and machine loss
CostDecreasing budgets combined with old equipment that does not live up to expectations
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Solution = Virtual Desktop Delivery
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Traditional management tools & processes
Hardware
Tightly coupled & locally installed
User
• Install apps – patch & upgrade
• Back-up data – encrypt & secure
• Refresh hardware every 3 years
Traditional Desktop DeploymentWell-known processes – but labor intensive, with significant challenges
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Desktop = Device + OS + AppsDesktop = Device + OS + Apps
Re-thinking the desktop as a construct of componentsRe-thinking the desktop as a construct of components
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Gen 1 VDI: New Cost Challenges for IT Infrastructure
• Virtual desktop sprawl• Still have many unique images to manage
• Desktop workloads on servers• Unpredictability of user and application behavior
• Cost per GB: PC vs. enterprise network storage• 50 unique user images can easily consume 1TB immediately
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Personalize
Update
Monitor
Image
Deliver
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Simplified Lifecycle Management, Single Desktop Image
Separating Apps Minimizes Desktop Image Sprawl
• Many users can share one base image
• Only need to store, update, rollback and refresh one desktop image
• Reduce storage requirements up to 90%
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Desktop as a
Service
Desktop as a
Service
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Hardware
User
Virtualized & isolated end-point components
On-demand assembly & delivery
Centralized single instance images
Citrix Desktop Delivery
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Separate Apps from DesktopsReduce costs through simpler app and desktop management
Desktop appliances Virtual Desktop Hosted& Streamed Apps,
Delivered to Virtual Desktops
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• One image of apps & desktops
• One password & identity
• One instance of data
• One user experience – anywhere
Power of ONE
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• Compelling business case:• TCO savings
• Strong Return on Investment (ROI)
• Compelling Net Present Value
• Indirect business benefits:• Security
• User productivity
• Lower desktop refresh costs
Citrix XenDesktop Enables Tangible Benefits
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Source: Gartner, IDC, Citrix and Wyse Estimates
Traditional vs. Server-style Desktop Model
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$1,000
$2,000
$3,000
$4,000
$5,000
Traditional Server-style
HW + SWOperationsAdministrationEnd-user ITDowntime
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reduction
IT operational costs
reduction
HW & SW costs
reduction
Worker downtime
increase
IT staff productivity
Traditional vs. Server-style Desktop Model
Source: Gartner, IDC, Citrix and Wyse Estimates
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Traditional PCs
1100 physical
desktops
1100
Hosted Virtual
Desktops
Desktop Infrastructure $891,000 $295,200
Desktop Administration $6,219,000 $2,200,000
Application Administration $582,000 $135,000
Power and Cooling $216,000 $27,000
Cost per Device per Year $7,028 $3,799
Traditional vs. Hosted VM’s
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Virtual Desktop Delivery addresses lab managers’ top desktop concerns
Hosted app and desktop virtualization enable user with an Internet connection to access institution resources on their own devices
Security
Management Decreases ongoing maintenance by offering centralized updates
Hosted app and desktop virtualization provides secureaccess to all course apps and data from any location
Semesterprovisioning
Application virtualization enables IT to easily provisionnew applications to all users in a fraction of the time
Access
Availability Hosted desktop virtualization enables users (both in the lab and not) access to identical “desktop’ machines
CostHosted app and desktop virtualization does not rely onthe lab machine – PC refresh cycles can be increased
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Your Peers Agree…
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DeVry University
• Main University campus is located outside Chicago, Illinois, and there are more than 60 other locations across the U.S. and Canada serving about 40,000 students.
• Please send me a request for the case study at Dave Podwojski @ citrix.com
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