Application delivery transforms desktop management

Every business wants ways to save time and money. When it comes to desktop management, there is a way to achieve both. The answer lies with desktop virtualisation.

Recent advances in desktop virtualisation technologies – or application delivery – mean that IT can deliver every type of virtual desktop to every type of worker within the organisation, all from a single solutions bundle.

It’s a significant step in application delivery. IT can now cater for the needs of the finance department, the travelling sales team, remote workers, call centre staff and more – who demand different things from their desktop – all from the data centre.

Solutions providers like Citrix are leading the way in on-demand virtualisation and application delivery. The Citrix XenDesktop, for example, enables you to assign different types of virtual desktops to different user groups.

So, administration staff might use a hosted shared desktop that supports up to 500 users on a single server; while your sales staff might use virtual applications (application streaming) to access the applications they need, when they need them.

It’s a mix and match approach that delivers greater flexibility to IT, plus these benefits:

• Reduced hardware costs – on virtual desktops, unlike physical versions, OS and application updates and revisions rarely require new hardware
• Compliance and data security – PCs running virtual desktops contain no data, so information remains secure even when hardware is lost or stolen
• IT productivity – virtualisation lets IT solve client problems by the hundreds at the data centre, not one at a time under desks
• Growth – new desktops are available instantly to new employees or partners anywhere in the world, for agility and performance at scale
• Resilience – central management and helps to withstand disasters and recover quickly when they occur.

“Any company looking to improve the way they manage multiple desktops should be considering application delivery and the next generation of solutions like the Citrix XenDesktop. It knocks so many issues on the head for desktop managers that it simply cannot be ignored,” said Naveen Shettar, Consulting Systems Engineer, Frontline Systems.

Breakfast seminars on Application Delivery

Frontline is hosting a series of breakfast seminars on application delivery, where you will hear about the benefits of changing the way you manage desktops.

We’ll talk you through the different options available, showing you how each option can be tailored to meet the needs of different workers in your organisation.

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Want to learn more about Application Delivery?

Watch a video about Application Delivery
Read “Going virtual: the benefits of centralised desktop management”
Read “Desktop Virtualisation: one size does not fit all”