For over a year now we have been talking about the merits of converged desktop (desktop virtualisation, application self subscription, SaaS and Unified Communications), the reason being is simple. Desktop virtualisaiton is just a set of efficient tools to drive cost and complexity out of the business and deliver the user a desktop over any device. But any device and a Windows desktop doesn’t equate to improved user productivity, to achieve that we need to be delivering business applications, data and increasingly voice and video to the desktop too.
Putting desktop virtualisation to the side, businesses have been seeking the converged desktop for many years some with success and some not so successful.
Equanet are seeing a new convergence taking place at the desktop. One that transforms the enterprise worker’s traditional desktop into a completely virtualised collaborative workspace by combining virtual desktops with the communications applications workers depend on.
We’re seeing the convergence of virtual desktop and media-rich communications as also being inevitable, given that a worker’s productivity is not solely defined by having ubiquitous access to apps, but also the media-rich collaborative tools they need to be productive, on the device they happen to be using at any given time. From a Cisco perspective this is called VXI (Virtualisation Experience Infrastructure). And from many conversations I have had with customers and partners it is also a well kept secret, yet massively simple to get your head around. In simplistic terms; a set of SKUS that have ben endorsed by Cisco and either Citrix or VMware to guarantee performance and scalability for a known number of users and is built upon Cisco UCS. If you need more horsepower you add an additional unit of power by selecting the right SKU.
VXI provides business with a roadmap to allow them to activate certain elements of the infrastructure as and when they need to, providing a simple roadmap and nearly commoditization of technology.
It is pretty clever technology and we think you should take a look at it. Interested to know more contact us.
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