Don’t Get Duped: 5 Hidden Costs of VDI

July 16, 2013
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#app virtualization #MokaFive #vdi #VECD #virtualization

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It’s been said before that implementing virtual desktop infrastructure isn’t about saving money. And while that’s true—generally VDI only saves money when you can have fewer total virtual desktops than users— we’d like to take this truth a step further. In fact, if you’re thinking about implementing VDI it’s likely going to cost you money.

So what makes VDI such a cost suck? The following are seven hidden costs associated with VDI:

  1. Unmet storage needs – VDI involves significant storage costs, and when storage needs are underestimated, it can make matters worse. As companies try to scale VDI, not having enough storage can lead to performance problems and additional costs.
  2. Windows Licensing (VECD) – Every VDI environment needs a VEDC license, which will cost upwards of $23 per device per year.
  3. Non-compatible apps – App virtualization products aren’t compatible with all apps, requiring these “non-compatible apps” to be dealt with in other ways.
  4. Fast changing vendor products – New VDI products mean more time learning and studying, which can lead to lost productivity. Frequent chances also mean frequent system changes and upgrades, which can add to VDI costs.
  5. Picking the wrong vendor – The VDI vendor landscape is ever-changing. Picking one vendor, and then having the space become dominated by another, could result in the huge expense of migrating to a more popular vendor or trying to support and ever-more obscure product.

 

If VDI doesn’t save your company money and add to your bottom line, why would you implement it? We’ve been asking ourselves the same question. For a solution that won’t suck your wallet dry, check out Moka5’s Enterprise AnyWare Solution for the Everywhere Enterprise.

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