As 2021 begins and remote work has gone from a growing trend to a necessity for many enterprise companies around the globe, administrators and management are re-evaluating their enterprise VDI solutions. “From a cyber and data security perspective, as well as a technological perspective, there are many challenges with the current environment,” says Steven Estep, director […]
What is VMware Horizon? Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) products like VMware Horizon enable IT departments to run desktop applications and virtual machines in the data center or cloud, and deliver these desktop and remote applications to employees as managed services. For administrators, this means simplified and automated desktop and application security management. Administrators can quickly […]
Before the pandemic, the trend of remote work had been slowly increasing. Most companies assumed employees would be working from the office most of the time. Similarly, some companies allowed employees limited remote access to the corporate systems from their personal devices (BYODs). Following the COVID-19 outbreak though – offices around the globe were forced […]
Let’s stipulate up front that there are certain situations where Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) are viable and even a wise choice. That said, if you make the move to VDI with an expectation that the technology will save you money, it’s not going to end well. VDI costs can be significant and […]
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure has been making waves since it hit the market way back in 2006. That’s when VMware coined the term VDI. The idea was to run a desktop operating system in a virtual machine located in a remote data center. End-users would connect to desktop images via thin clients or fat desktops. Applications […]
Anyone who’s been in enterprise IT long enough has already heard of, tested or deployed virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solutions (like VMware and Citrix). And why not? The promises made by VDI vendors have been compelling, if not always accurate: cost savings, enabling bring your own device (BYOD), improving the user experience and business continuity, […]
The short answer is simply no. Read more to find out why and to get some tips on how to fix things and get real security while keeping VDI in place (if you have to). In this post, when we use the term VDI, we refer to many different variants of remote desktops/apps, of any […]