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, […]
CISOs and security professionals often refer to Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) (made popular by VMWare & Citrix) and other “remote application” solutions as security barriers that hackers have a hard time bypassing. That’s a myth, and here’s why. 1. Thin client scenarios are precarious. These virtualization efforts pose only a minor hurdle to determined cyber-criminals. […]
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 […]