Cisco Cisco UCS B440 M2 High-Performance Blade Server White Paper
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TCO: Savings through desktop virtualization with the
Cisco/Intel/Citrix VDI solution
Cisco/Intel/Citrix VDI solution
SIMPLIFIED DESKTOP ADMINISTRATION AND APPLICATION
MANAGEMENT DELIVER SAVINGS IN LESS THAN 2 YEARS
MANAGEMENT DELIVER SAVINGS IN LESS THAN 2 YEARS
The Cisco desktop virtualization
solution brings simplicity and consistency
to desktop management. Many of the management tasks traditionally required
on a per-user basis are now performed across all client devices simultaneously,
take minutes rather than hours, and can be done remotely.
The Cisco UCS Manager is an embedded, model-based management
approach, which allows IT organizations to define server configuration policies
that cover every detail from firmware revisions and BIOS settings to network and
storage connectivity. Once IT defines configuration policies, it can deploy
individual servers against these predefined policies in less time and with fewer
steps than traditional methodologies. This automation increases speed to
production for adding additional virtual desktops, which can dramatically
improve worker productivity as well as lower IT cost to deploy.
We estimate that the Cisco desktop virtualization
solution can deliver
significant desktop, OS, and application management operating costs savings
compared to traditional, partially managed desktops. In less than 2 years, these
savings alone can pay back the modest investment costs and data center
operating costs of the solution. A 2009 TCO report estimates total per-user
savings for desktop virtualization of $360 over partially managed desktop PCs.
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For the savings here, we use that report’s estimates for desktop management
and application administration costs per user, increasing those costs 3 percent
each year to allow for rising labor costs. Figure 1 summarizes savings for desktop
and administration for the Cisco desktop virtualization solution compared to
traditional/partially managed desktops, showing the cost savings of efficient and
simplified desktop and application administration.
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