VDI wasn’t meant to be so complicated During its inception in the early days, desktop virtualisation or virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) to give it its proper name, was seen as a magic bullet to give IT departments huge operational … Read More
5 occasions when you need to roll out VDI like a SWAT team [Infographic]
In IT you sometimes need to roll things out fast – like jumping out of a helicopter, down a zip wire, through a window, fast! We thought we’d share this infographic we created to show a few occasions when you … Read More
Hyper Converged Infrastructure and the pursuit of simplicity.
Go to any IT conference and the resounding message from the people at the coalface is always ‘We want IT systems that are complicated to deploy, expensive and don’t deliver what they promise”. Did we get that wrong? Yes, … Read More
End of the road for Dell vWorkspace? Here are some alternatives.
In this article Rory Monaghan looks at the options for those forced to move away from Dell vWorkspace, now that it’s no longer going to be supported.
Getting VDI for ROBO back on the agenda.
VDI for ROBO (Remote Office/Branch Office) is a fantastic idea but it takes an immense amount of time and money to even get it close to being useful. In this article, we’ll look at the issues and also point … Read More
The evolution of the Digital Workspace
In this article, we look at why solutions such as VDI and MDM are failing to satisfy end users, and the businesses need for access to any application on any device. We also look at the ideal architecture required to deliver the solution that will – Workspace as a Service.
Infographic: Comparing the cost of VDI
When you need to get a simple but dramatic point across about the cost of VDI, you can always rely on that IT industry favourite – the iceberg infographic! We’ve worked with our partners Workspot to show you how ridiculously different the cost of older VDI 1.0 solutions from the likes of VMware and Citrix are, compared to Workspot’s next generation VDI 2.0.
Algiz partners with Workspot to serve up VDI 2.0 in an hour
We’ve just partnered with Workspot, the leading provider of VDI 2.0, to accelerate app virtualization and deploy virtualized desktops to users in as little as 60 minutes. Headed up by a team that includes a former GM at Citrix … Read More