MARKET REPORT MSP
“You probably never found anyone who’s gone to AWS and said, ‘I’ve saved money’.”
based method of sell, supply
and maintain to the OPEX
based consumption solution.
It’s been the same issue for
a whole bunch of resellers –
that transitions delayed the
widespread uptake of hosted
telephony for example.
e second issue is equally
obvious and to illustrate this
point what follows is a direct
lift from a comments page of a
DaaS supplier:
Concerned user? I love
the proposition of a cloud
desktop but I’d be very nervous
committing my whole desktop
to the cloud because of concerns
with connectivity. e UK is
PEOPLE ASK…
What is the difference between VDI and DaaS?
VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) and DaaS (Desktop as a Service)
are both cloud-hosted desktops and even serve similar functions. ... VDI
environments are usually located in an on-site data centre managed
by IT administrators and staff. DaaS is a fully outsourced solution that
provides virtual desktops to businesses.
full of connectivity black spots
whether you’re talking about
broadband or mobile internet.
Do these solutions provide some
sort of oine work mode where
it keeps a local synced version of
your desktop so you can work
Neil Lathwood, UKFast - CTO
oine? If not, this solution
is not going to be good for
companies whose sta are often
on the move.
Sadly the supplier
committed the cardinal sin of
not replying.
ED SAYS…
DaaS seems a bit of a natural for MSPs looking to expand their services portfolio.
DaaS creates a more centralised interface to manage customers’ desktops,
business-related software updates, and troubleshooting. It strengthens security
infrastructure to protect corporate data from malicious users and reduces IT support
time for desktop management tasks.
With a virtual
desktop, you can
access your complete
personal PC
desktop experience
from anywhere,
using any device,
including iPads,
Macbooks,tablets
and other mobile
devices, as well
as your existing
desktops, laptops
and thin clients.
You can access both
Microsoft Windows
and Linux-based
operating systems on
your device.
• Flexibility:
Virtual desktops
are implemented
and scaled quickly.
Deployment of
new software,
applications, and
updates takes minutes
instead of days.
Virtual desktop
service can remove
application compatibility
issues with all applications
running on all systems.
Desktop scalability without
additional CAPEX.
Moreover, ‘Desktop as
a Service’ (DaaS) provides
companies with a readymade
disaster recovery (DR)
strategy to get their desktops
up and running quickly after
any disaster. us, with a
virtual desktop, you are not
only reducing the costs of
managing IT, but you are
expanding the reach of your
organisation by making your
employees more mobile and
responsive.
Issues
If all this sounds like a pitch for
DaaS it is easy to understand
why. So what’s the problem?
A couple of issues stand
out. e channel have
understandably had a problem
with the cloud model. More
specically, in this market ,
making the transition away
from the traditional transaction
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