VDI What is it? Virtual Desktop Infrastructure in Plain Vanilla. Clifford Gabriel Data Center and Virtualization Trends and Technologies Inc.

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1 VDI What is it? Virtual Desktop Infrastructure in Plain Vanilla Clifford Gabriel Data Center and Virtualization Trends and Technologies Inc.

2 Trends and Technologies Inc. Gold Partner - Cisco Enterprise Partner - Vmware Gold Partner Hitachi Cisco Partner of the Year Cisco DC Partner of the Year 200 Technical Resource Strong 20 years in ICT Customers accross Telco, Banking, Enterprise

3 Explosion of User Devices The Post-PC Era Today 1Mil Daily Android Activations 6.5B Mobile* Subscribers 1.2B Mobile** Web Users 100+ Million Tablets * Portio Research Mobile Factbook 2012 ** The ITU (2011) 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 3

4 The Workspace Market Transition Is Accelerating The worldwide hosted virtual desktop (HVD) market will accelerate through 2014 to reach 70 million units = 15% of Enterprise desktops/laptops* In % of Enterprises have initiated Desktop Virtualization projects but only 3% desktop penetration* 7 Billion new wireless devices by 2015 * Gartner Group Gartner HVD Forecast in Millions +91% +78% Source: Gartner HVD Forecast , December 2010 Percent of Respondents w/ VDI Projects Planned January 2011 January 2010 January % 53% 63% Source: Morgan Stanley CIO Survey, Jan 2010 & 2011 Which are important IT initiatives for your organization for the next months? 23% Automating IT Server Virtualization Private Cloud Data Center Migration Data Center Consolidation Desktop Virtualization 24% 25% 31% Source: Enterprise Strategy Group, Dec., %

5 Desktop Virtualization Desktop-centric service that hosts users on remote Servers. Accessed over a network using a remote display protocol - connection brokering service Centralized Resources Centralized Management Access via LAN or WAN or Extreme WAN

6 Two Types fo VDI environments Hosted desktop virtualization A server located in a data center hosts virtual machines. Users connect to the server via connection brokers and receive their user interface via standard protocols, such as Remote Desktop Protocol : In Client virtualization hypervisor software installed on the client device allows one desktop to run multiple operating systems.

7 Common Concerns Traditional Desktop Deployment

8 Drivers for Desktop Virtualization Challenges of Traditional PC Environment Other Business Drivers Lost Agility & Productivity High TCO and Lifecycle Costs Data Security Compliance Secure Anywhere, Anytime, Any Device Enable desktop access regardless of network connection type Extend security and control Centrally control sensitive data Business Continuity Endpoint Independence Rapid Provisioning Heavy Administration User End point and Application Demands Microsoft Windows 7 Migration Reduce migration costs Reduce application incompatibility Extend life of existing desktop software Contractors and Employee-Owned IT Manage desktop image on employee-owned assets Provide separation between corporate and personal desktops Business Process Outsourcing Reduce costs by managing desktop applications and users centrally Centrally control sensitive data Streamline desktop/application mgmnt

9 Myths on VDI VDI is Difficult challenging both to deploy correctly and to keep working VDI is Costly requiring a large investment in servers, software, network upgrades, etc VDI is Disruptive demanding a new set of skills for your IT staff and retraining of users. VDI is Limited suffering from the same user experience limitations as terminal services. VDI ROI is Illusive demanding upfront capital expenses that make a positive ROI unlikely

10 VDI Benefits Security Management & Control Reduced Costs / TCO? Highly Available Desktop Environments Ability to provision PCs Centrally Agility BYOD

11 Going further with VDI benefits VDI improves productivity VDI is a good investment Recovery Point VDI need not require user retraining VDI can support most workloads VDI savings build quickly

12 How to get there Virtualization Server Storage Network Virtualized Desktop Application Thick, Thin, Zero Clients Mobile Appliances Purpose

13 How to get there Virtualization - Server

14 Data Center Unified Computing System Optimized Infrastructure for Desktop Virtualization Lower cost for compute + network infrastructure Greater virtual desktop density w/o performance impact Simple Operation start in minutes, scale in seconds Memory Massive Scalability scales easily to 1000 s of desktops per UCS system CPU Extended memory and I/O to avoid desktop virtualization bottlenecks Unified Fabric (FCoE)

15 VDI Density on UCS Server Blades 175 Desktops on B230M2* Knowledge Worker Profile 384 G memory, Dual E / 10 Core CPU * Principle Technologies Brief 160 Desktops on B230 M2** Citrix XenDesktop 5.5 on ESXi 5 Cisco VXI Knowledge Worker+ (ver2.5) 256 G memory, Dual E / 10 Core CPU ** Cisco Validated Designs Industry-leading Density on 2-socket servers***

16 How to get there Storage Maximize Storage Tiering Consider READ and WRITE IOPS Peak Average Workloads Bursts Loads Tune and Optimize Keep track of Capacity

17 How to get there Network

18 How to get there Virtualized Desktop Application

19 How to get there Thick, Thin, Zero Clients Traditional Clients Via IP With OS no apps NO OS NO apps

20 How to get there Mobile Appliances

21 CISCO HITACHI VMWARE UCP Select

22 Clifford Gabriel Products and Solutions Trends and Technologies Inc