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TCO: Savings through desktop virtualization with the
Cisco/Intel/Citrix VDI solution
Cisco/Intel/Citrix VDI solution
was $25,454.
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Most enterprises lose multiple laptops each year. The
Ponemon study calculates an average loss (from theft or other causes) of
2.28 percent of laptops per year for enterprises between 1,000 and 5,000
employees and 2.32 percent per year across all organizations based on their
study of 329 organizations. They include laptops lost to known theft, likely
theft, and those that are missing. They estimate that almost half of the lost
laptops contain sensitive or confidential data. We estimate that 400 of the
client systems for our enterprise are laptops and apply the 2.28 percent loss
rate to that count, resulting in a loss of nine laptops per year for both the
traditional and Cisco desktop virtualization solutions. The cost of the loss is
significantly lower for the Cisco desktop virtualization solution for two
reasons: (1) because sensitive data is stored in the data center, not on the
laptop, it is protected from theft; and (2) opportunity cost due to lost work
product is mitigated whether loss is from hardware failure, theft, or other
causes. We calculate the cost of laptop loss for the Cisco desktop
virtualization
2.28 percent of laptops per year for enterprises between 1,000 and 5,000
employees and 2.32 percent per year across all organizations based on their
study of 329 organizations. They include laptops lost to known theft, likely
theft, and those that are missing. They estimate that almost half of the lost
laptops contain sensitive or confidential data. We estimate that 400 of the
client systems for our enterprise are laptops and apply the 2.28 percent loss
rate to that count, resulting in a loss of nine laptops per year for both the
traditional and Cisco desktop virtualization solutions. The cost of the loss is
significantly lower for the Cisco desktop virtualization solution for two
reasons: (1) because sensitive data is stored in the data center, not on the
laptop, it is protected from theft; and (2) opportunity cost due to lost work
product is mitigated whether loss is from hardware failure, theft, or other
causes. We calculate the cost of laptop loss for the Cisco desktop
virtualization
solution using the Ponemon study estimate for the loss of a
laptop without confidential data and the loss for the traditional solution at
the study’s estimated average cost per lost laptop.
the study’s estimated average cost per lost laptop.
Added to the manageability savings in Figure 1, these savings reduce the
payback period to less than 17 months. Figure 2 shows these savings.
3-year savings of
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Figure 2: The Cisco desktop virtualization
solution can deliver payback in less than 17 months when you
add in savings in energy costs and laptop security.
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The Billion Dollar Lost Laptop Problem, Benchmark study of U.S. organizations, September 2010,