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Crossing the Desktop Divide

Crossing the Desktop Divide. Six statements and four questions to start discussions. Ewen Anderson, CEO, Centralis. Drivers for Desktop Change. Disruption & expectation have never been greater. Reduced cost, pay as you use service. Simplified service that enables & supports change.

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Crossing the Desktop Divide

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  1. Crossing the Desktop Divide Six statements and four questions to start discussions Ewen Anderson, CEO, Centralis

  2. Drivers for Desktop Change

  3. Disruption & expectation have never been greater Reduced cost,pay as you use service Simplified service that enables & supports change Pro-active, performant, secure, resilient& compliant Business Demands “Apple” like service at work Managed mobility, apps, multi-media, & touch User Expectations Technology Change IT Service Provision Device, location, apps & working pattern of choice Virtual by default, consumed as a commodity

  4. Business innovation and productivity requirements Commercial in Confidence – Not for Distribution

  5. User experience is critical & and highly complex Provisioning & Management Storage Servers Hypervisor Cloud Services Cache Datacentre Networking Broker & Personalisation Backup, DR & BC Hi-DefinitionGraphics Desktop & Applications Performance, Cost & Capacity Analytics& Measurement

  6. Desktop Virtualisation Has Crossed the Chasm Commercial in Confidence – Not for Distribution

  7. The desktop journey is not a technology roadmap CommunicationPlan Expected Benefits Strategy Current Issues Success Criteria Project Plan Business Requirements Change Programme ExistingInvestments Justification Design User Engagement Operational Readiness Discovery TechnicalStrategy Sizing Application Consolidation User Acceptance Technology Selection Load Test ApplicationRemediation Platform Costs Pro-Actively Manage ActualBenefits Roll-Out Operational Costs

  8. The role of the IT department is changing…. DIY to Manage Bespoke to Commodity 1:300 admin/serverto1:24,000

  9. Discussion

  10. Discussion • Is Desktop Virtualisation now @ Version 2 / SP1? • Is End User Experience is the key service metric? • To what extent will our future role be managing & renting, rather than buying & building services? • Should you plan for a future without Windows?

  11. Conclusion

  12. And finally . . . Please complete your feedback forms Progress your interest with a Desktop Strategy Workshop focusing on: VDI options and implications Desktop/user experience analytics How to deliver desktop transformation

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