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Is Desktop-as-a-Service a Good
Choice for Midsize Enterprises?
Nathan Hill
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Are You Ready for Cloud Desktops?
Are They Ready for You?
Added on
Mac's Tablets Think
Thin
Clients Cable-TV
Device
Neutrality
On/Off-prem.
Options
Smartphones
Desktops Laptops
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Polling Question #1: What Percentage of
Your Users Will Be Using DaaS in 2017?
Tablets
PCs
Desktop
Recovery Any Device
BYOD
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"Trust Nothing" Is a Real Choice
Centralized Remote, Online
Business Data, Apps Access
High Portability
Excellent Protection
Online Only
Remote Windows
Desktops/Apps
17
Key Issues
Next 90 Days:
- Get details on existing BYOD projects and BYOD implementation
requirements.
- Assess which use cases would initially benefit from using an externally
hosted DaaS solution; especially when provisioning third-parties and
contractors.
- Don't treat all users the same way segment your base based on
geography, platform, data needs, security, and costs.
Next 12 Months:
- Consider deploying DaaS as a means to provision Windows desktops to
BYOD environments or as a replacement to traditional PCs for specific
high-value use cases where internal investment in desktop virtualization
technologies would prove challenging.
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