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TCO: Savings through desktop virtualization with the
Cisco/Intel/Citrix VDI solution
Cisco/Intel/Citrix VDI solution
User productivity savings
By reducing the amount of time users spend on desktop administration
tasks such as backup and self support, and reducing overall user downtime, the
Cisco desktop virtualization
solution should deliver productivity gains for
workers. Workers need the flexibility to work from anywhere and at any time
using their favorite devices with little downtime. IT can customize desktops on a
per-user or group basis, matching desktops to user requirements. Users can then
access their desktop and corporate applications from their desktop, their
laptops, their personal computers, and other mobile devices as IT policies allow.
Their virtual desktop is available to them at the office, at home, and throughout
their travels. This flexibility inherent in the Cisco desktop virtualization solution
can dramatically aid productivity. We estimate that the Cisco solution can save at
least 10 minutes a day or almost 40 hours per year in worker productivity in
these areas, amounting to an extra week of productivity per worker per year.
Added to the savings in Figure 2, these savings shorten the payback
period to less than 4 months. Figure 3 shows these savings.
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Figure 3: The Cisco desktop virtualization
solution can deliver payback in less than 4 months when you
add in savings from increased productivity.