Lab Virtualization for Education Lower TCO, Increase

Lab Virtualization for Education Lower TCO, Increase Scalability and Access

Dave Podwojski

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Market Opinion…

Seventy-six percent of 200 higher education IT professionals indicated an interest in adding virtual desktop delivery to their institution’s virtualization profile.

Why is there such a high level of interest?


Traditional desktop technologies don’t address lab managers’ top desktop concerns

Security

Management Day-to-day support and maintenance of laband student machines

Assuring data, application, and machine security independent of location

Semesterprovisioning

Ensuring that machines are quickly updated withnew semester’s applications and data

AccessProviding students and professors “anytime, anywhere” access to data and applications

Availability Ensuring availability of the lab environment inevent of over-capacity and machine loss

CostDecreasing budgets combined with old equipment that does not live up to expectations


Solution = Virtual Desktop Delivery


Traditional management tools & processes

Hardware

Tightly coupled & locally installed

User

• Install apps – patch & upgrade

• Back-up data – encrypt & secure

• Refresh hardware every 3 years

Traditional Desktop DeploymentWell-known processes – but labor intensive, with significant challenges


Desktop = Device + OS + AppsDesktop = Device + OS + Apps

Re-thinking the desktop as a construct of componentsRe-thinking the desktop as a construct of components


Gen 1 VDI: New Cost Challenges for IT Infrastructure

• Virtual desktop sprawl• Still have many unique images to manage

• Desktop workloads on servers• Unpredictability of user and application behavior

• Cost per GB: PC vs. enterprise network storage• 50 unique user images can easily consume 1TB immediately


Personalize

Update

Monitor

Image

Deliver

2

1

3

4

5

Simplified Lifecycle Management, Single Desktop Image

Separating Apps Minimizes Desktop Image Sprawl

• Many users can share one base image

• Only need to store, update, rollback and refresh one desktop image

• Reduce storage requirements up to 90%


Desktop as a

Service

Desktop as a

Service


Hardware

User

Virtualized & isolated end-point components

On-demand assembly & delivery

Centralized single instance images

Citrix Desktop Delivery


Separate Apps from DesktopsReduce costs through simpler app and desktop management

Desktop appliances Virtual Desktop Hosted& Streamed Apps,

Delivered to Virtual Desktops


• One image of apps & desktops

• One password & identity

• One instance of data

• One user experience – anywhere

Power of ONE


• Compelling business case:• TCO savings

• Strong Return on Investment (ROI)

• Compelling Net Present Value

• Indirect business benefits:• Security

• User productivity

• Lower desktop refresh costs

Citrix XenDesktop Enables Tangible Benefits


Source: Gartner, IDC, Citrix and Wyse Estimates

Traditional vs. Server-style Desktop Model

$0

$1,000

$2,000

$3,000

$4,000

$5,000

Traditional Server-style

HW + SWOperationsAdministrationEnd-user ITDowntime


reduction

IT operational costs

reduction

HW & SW costs

reduction

Worker downtime

increase

IT staff productivity

Traditional vs. Server-style Desktop Model

Source: Gartner, IDC, Citrix and Wyse Estimates


Traditional PCs

1100 physical

desktops

1100

Hosted Virtual

Desktops

Desktop Infrastructure $891,000 $295,200

Desktop Administration $6,219,000 $2,200,000

Application Administration $582,000 $135,000

Power and Cooling $216,000 $27,000

Cost per Device per Year $7,028 $3,799

Traditional vs. Hosted VM’s


Virtual Desktop Delivery addresses lab managers’ top desktop concerns

Hosted app and desktop virtualization enable user with an Internet connection to access institution resources on their own devices

Security

Management Decreases ongoing maintenance by offering centralized updates

Hosted app and desktop virtualization provides secureaccess to all course apps and data from any location

Semesterprovisioning

Application virtualization enables IT to easily provisionnew applications to all users in a fraction of the time

Access

Availability Hosted desktop virtualization enables users (both in the lab and not) access to identical “desktop’ machines

CostHosted app and desktop virtualization does not rely onthe lab machine – PC refresh cycles can be increased


Your Peers Agree…


DeVry University

• Main University campus is located outside Chicago, Illinois, and there are more than 60 other locations across the U.S. and Canada serving about 40,000 students.

• Please send me a request for the case study at Dave Podwojski @ citrix.com


Technology

Lab Virtualization for Education Lower TCO, Increase