Do you know the four advantages of desktop virtualization?

Since Google proposed the concept of cloud computing, cloud computing has set off a "Cloud" revolution in China. Virtualization technology is one of the core components of cloud computing systems. desktop virtualization is also an important component of virtualization technology, and has become a hot topic for large and small enterprises.

What are the key benefits of desktop virtualization for enterprises and what are the misunderstandings?

1. Reduce costs

Desktop virtualization will reduce costs for customers, which is the first response to the benefits of many people. In fact, desktop virtualization integrates many resources. for the long-term development of enterprises, it does reduce costs, but in terms of initial costs, whether or not desktop virtualization reduces costs requires a detailed analysis of specific issues.

If you want to transform the virtual desktop architecture on the existing basis, you must first virtualize the background system and then deliver virtual applications or desktops to the existing PC terminal, however, although the operating system only keeps one copy of the image in the background, the authorization permission still depends on the number of desktops, which is no different from the physical desktop, however, you need to pay additional fees for software and licenses related to desktop virtualization. Therefore, in the initial stage, desktop virtualization is not equal to reducing costs, and its cost advantages must gradually become apparent.

Many people think that the initial investment in desktop virtualization has obvious advantages in building a new IT architecture, because you don't need to buy more expensive PCs, instead of using thin terminals. In fact, there are many ways to carry desktop virtualization. Thin clients are only one of them. For mobile office staff in the company, computers are what they hope to carry virtual desktops or applications. This mainly reminds users not to equate desktop virtualization with thin clients and simplify terminals.

2. facilitate enterprise IT's centralized control over terminal desktops

IT departments of enterprises, especially large enterprises, have a headache in managing IT equipment, especially those with tens of thousands of employees. With the help of virtual desktops, the IT department receives all the Desktop Management Information from the back-end data centers, and can manage and maintain desktop images and related applications without leaving home.

Therefore, the virtual desktop provides an excellent management means for enterprise IT, and this kind of centralized management is incomparable to physical desktops in the past. Moreover, this will also indirectly affect the enterprise's operating costs. For example, if the enterprise's IT department goes to the branch to maintain the desktop, do you need the cost?

However, not many people will worry that there will be no personal desktop after desktop virtualization. Only thin clients are used, so there is indeed no local desktop, but in fact the virtual desktop can coexist with the local personal desktop, which reflects the advantage of a full-featured computer.

3. Data Security

Desktop virtualization is indispensable to application virtualization, and application execution is in the background data center, so the data generated by the application is also in the data center, rather than on the storage devices of the user terminal, therefore, even if the terminal is damaged or lost, the enterprise's application data will not be lost, which greatly improves the security of Enterprise sensitive data.

On the other hand, because enterprise IT can perform centralized maintenance on desktops and applications in the background, the cost of virus prevention will be reduced.

4. Improve cooperation efficiency with partners

For large enterprises, collaboration with other business partners is very common. Because the IT architecture and system of each company are not necessarily the same, IT brings a lot of difficulties for such collaboration. With desktop virtualization, enterprises can generate virtual machines for these services and deploy corresponding desktops and applications. However, data can be transparently centralized to the backend, you only need to shut down the corresponding virtual machine, and you do not need to purchase IT terminals separately for IT. This will undoubtedly increase productivity.