Techaisle White Paper Findings

Managing the Empowered User

Keys to Understanding the role of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and Desktop as a Service (DaaS):

• The management issues associated with support for mobility• The trend towards VDI and DaaS• The benefits of using hosted/virtual workspaces

Hosted Virtual Workspaces

• End user compute environment is becoming increasingly mobile• Users have multiple devices:

PCsSmartphonesTablet

• Users can connect to corporate systems and resources at any location

Managing Mobility Challenges

41%

36%

34%

26%24%

23%

Total Cost of ownership

Network Security

Protecting Corporate Data on

Devices

Managing Mobile Devices

Ensuring Compliance

Integration with desktop, IT &

Communications Infrastructure

Source: Techaisle SMB & Midmarket Mobility Adoption Survey

Challenges in Enabling the Mobile Workforce

The Response: Hosted Workspaces

What is DaaS?

DaaS is when a Client Environment that is hosted in the cloud

(eg, a Windows-based operating system) is provided to the

user’s device over the internet.

• Current purchase intentions indicate that DaaS penetration is

likely to increase by 183%

• 51% of midmarket firms use managed services

• 34% of managed services users report that they rely on

suppliers for management of mobile devices

• 56% of firms using managed services are currently relying on

suppliers for managed PC’s

Current Midmarket Trends

Source: Techaisle SMB & Midmarket Managed services Adoption Survey; SMB & Midmarket Virtualization adoption Survey

Reasons for using hosted VDI/DaaS

Source: Techaisle SMB & Midmarket Virtualization Adoption Survey

Total Cost of ownership, 41%

Network Security, 36%

Protecting Corporate data on

devices, 34%

Managing mobile devices, 26%

Ensuring Compliance, 24%

Integration with desktop, IT &

communications Infrastructure, 23%

There is a clear trend towards greater use of managed services

Clear business benefit to embracing a hybrid IT model

Hosted workspace is poised for strong growth in the US midmarket

Midmarket companies should be working with VDI, DaaS, and related technology services as they plot their own “agile-cloud” strategies

Business benefit to embracing a hybrid IT model

Conclusion

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