Hosted Virtual Desktop (DAAS)
- Hosted Virtual Desktop (DAAS)
- How does it Works ?
- Scenarios for business
- Typical specification
- software applications
- Migrating & integrating
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Hosted desktops is a new form of desktop computing. It really removes the need for "traditional" physical desktop PCs in the office environment, and reduces the cost of providing the application and computing services that you need. A hosted desktop looks and behaves like a regular desktop PC, but the software and data you use are hosted in our data centres and streamed securely to whereever you are. You access your hosted desktop securely over an internet connection from via an existing PC or laptop, IPAD or thin client.
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| Our solution gives you the freedom and cost efficiency of a true hosted desktop without any hassle, all delivered securely at lightning speed over the network. Cloud computing lets you decide which parts of your IT infrastructure you want to manage directly or change. Powerful workgroup features are also available to get your team working together quickly and efficiently. | |||
| Customisation | |||
| Global Technologies Company's virtual desktop platform, because its virtualised allows for true user customisation within an environment. So you can install any line of business applications you wish, configure look at feel and all manner of things to suit your customer's need. | |||
| Integrate with your Existing environment | |||
| Allow for VPN and other ways to connect a tactical or full scale hosted virtual desktop solution into your existing servers, voice and other IT elements, there are many ways it can be successfully achieved - this gives you the opportunity to phase deployments and also take things slowly in a cloud migration. | |||
| Migration, Assistance and Consultation | |||
| it is our vision that businesses need help on the journey to understand which pieces of their IT are suitable, which are not, and how to integrate and use it to its full potential. That's why Global Technologies Company works with partners all around the world who can provide local support, on-site assistance, consultancy and migration expertise to help you leverage the cloud. | |||
| Get going quickly and change | |||
| Each hosted virtual desktop is activated within hours, so you can start work almost immediately! Additional power, software and features can be easily added, meaning you only have to pay for what you need, when you need it. | |||
| Save over 50% per user | |||
| Savings can be made almost immediately through reductions in capital costs, power, management and other associated soft costs, which can add up to thousands of pounds - even for a small business. Click here to find out. | |||
| Solutions for larger businesses | |||
| Global Technologies Company offers a basic, powerful hosted desktop model which you can easily customise and extend. Whether you are a small business with 5 users or a larger business with 500, you can benefit from options such as active directory domains, VPN connectivity, LAN extension, file and resource sharing, collaboration and productivity tools - everything that you would normally have access to on your office network. | |||
| How does a hosted virtual desktop work? | |||
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| A non-disruptive alternative to desktop PCs | |||
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| This is an entirely seamless process and the end user’s Windows experience is identical to that offered by a traditional desktop PC, allowing interaction with the exact same applications in the exact same way. You‘d never notice the difference! | |||
| All the functionality you’d expect is available and the environment is personalised, meaning you can install applications, store your data, print on your home or office printer and so on. The virtue of a hosted desktop is that Global Technologies Company manages, backs up and looks after the environment for you; plus it’s running on highly available grid technology, offering you almost infinite power and resources at the touch of a button. | |||
| Connecting to your hosted desktop | |||
| You can connect to your hosted desktop from any location you choose, as long as you have an internet or network connection. Simply browse to our login portal from your laptop, desktop or thin client and the hosted desktop appears as if it was running locally on your machine. You can print documents and use your applications just as if the machine was under your desk. | |||
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| For those wanting to further reduce costs and remove management of PCs in their office, switching to thin clients is a great way to do so and can be easily added on to the service. You can also prolong the life of your existing equipment because you are now only using it as a way to access Global Technologies Company's portal. |
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| What problems does this service solve? | |||
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Your business benefits from and depends on round the clock access to desktop applications, internet services and shared IT resources. Right now, your business also deals with the costs and risks of installing and maintaining the hardware and software needed to provide these services. Hosted desktops give you all the benefits of sophisticated and responsive IT at a fraction of the cost of a traditional infrastructure. From day one of your relationship with us you will benefit from ready-to-use solutions and a reduction in costs, especially as your business grows and changes.
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| What scenarios can Hosted Virtual desktops aid? | |||
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One problem faced by all businesses, now more than ever, is budget constraints. Whilst demand for the latest IT services continues to increase, it's becoming ever more difficult to get CapEx sign off for IT projects.
Solution
No capital expenditure - all hosted desktops are provided on a simple, per user monthly subscription. This means no capital expenditure is required, all costs are transparent and predictable, and you only pay for what you use. |
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Many mid-sized organisations utilise Citrix presentation services and XenApp to provide some access to services outside of the working environment. However, the cost is prohibitive and means your IT organisation is managing this as well as the desktop environments.
Solution
True hosted virtual desktops provide users with their same environment wherever they connect from, and for the IT organisation it means one simple service to manage, not two. The cost of hosted desktops is also considerably cheaper, with no capital investment required. |
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Most businesses need regular desktop refreshes in order to keep their PCs up to date and able to run the latest applications at workable speeds. However, this is a very inefficient, cumbersome and CapEx-intensive process.
Solution
Phased move to hosted desktops - instead of refreshing redundant PCs, moving to hosted desktops can extend the life of existing hardware or, for added efficiency, offer the chance to move to a thin client model. Also, because it's not an 'all or nothing' model, any move to hosted desktops can be phased to tie in with your existing refresh timeframes. |
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Businesses of all sizes are increasingly looking to enable remote workers, both those on the road and those wanting to work from home for some or all of their working week. This can present serious challenges to IT teams, who have to provide the platform to make this possible.
Solution
Anywhere access - hosted desktops can be accessed from anywhere with an internet connection, be it the office, at home, an internet cafe or even abroad. No matter where users log on from, they're presented with their own individual desktop, meaning that, from an IT standpoint, it's irrelevant where they choose to work from. And, as no data ever actually leaves our data centres, they can do so with complete security. |
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Many enterprise businesses have multiple offices/sites and need to maintain a consistent IT infrastructure between them. With the difficulties of mass managing desktop PCs across multiple locations, this consumes a large amount of time and resources.
Solution
Unified hosted infrastructure - among the key benefits of hosted desktops is the ease of mass management because all desktops reside centrally and yet can be accessed from anywhere. What's more, hosted desktops can integrate with your existing network to act as a seamless extension to your infrastructure, allowing you to pull together disparate locations. |
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Outside of IT-specific businesses, most start-ups will have little or no IT expertise and probably equally little desire to acquire it. With the myriad other issues that need attending to in order to get a business up and running, IT headaches are the last thing most entrepreneurs want to deal with.
Solution
None needed - Global Technologies Company's model is based on taking the IT pain away. All you need to know to use your hosted desktop is your log-in and password, and the user experience is exactly the same as a normal PC. There's no complex set-up and no worries about patching, managing and maintaining - we do all of that for you, and our UK-based support teams are on hand to help 24/7. |
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Approximately 80% of businesses that suffer a severe IT failure close within 18 months and, even without such a catastrophe, any unplanned downtime can have a huge financial impact. However, whilst this creates an obvious need for business continuity provisions, building truly resilient, n+1 IT solutions is often prohibitively expensive.
Solution
Complete security and availability - we take advantage of the economies of scale we enjoy to deliver desktops that are completely secure, backed-up and disaster-proof, with guaranteed availability and 24/7 support from exclusively UK-based teams. Because your data is no longer tied to local hardware, even in the event of, say, an office burglary, all your data is completely safe and your desktops are still immediately accessible. |
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With so many things to focus on, it's difficult for IT teams to find the time to implement new projects. Given that new solutions require rigorous research, finding reliable partners, lengthy sign-off and procurement processes, learning new technologies, then finally installing, configuring and deploying the solution, it's hardly surprising that this can be painfully cumbersome.
Solution
Instant, agile IT - hosted desktops can be deployed immediately, on any scale - they don't require hardware investment or CapEx, nor is it necessary to worry about choosing from multiple vendors or learning any new technologies. A standard hosted desktop can be delivered in minutes. All users need to know is their log-in and password and the experience is exactly the same as with a normal PC. |
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Most IT teams have to spend a disparate proportion of their time dealing with the day-to-day headaches of managing, maintaining and supporting their users' desktops, leaving them too little time to concentrate on their true function of actively adding value to the business.
Solution
Let Global Technologies Company do the work - with hosted desktops from Global Technologies Company, you can let us take as much or as little of the day-to-day management off your hands as you like. We take care of all patching, maintenance and upgrades, and all desktops are supported by exclusively UK-based teams, 24/7. |
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Despite not having the reach of a large enterprise, many small and medium businesses have multiple offices/sites and need to maintain a consistent IT infrastructure between them. With the difficulties of mass-managing desktop PCs, particularly across multiple locations, this is a time and resource-consuming business.
Solution
Unified hosted infrastructure - among the key benefits of hosted desktops is the ease of mass-management they afford, because all desktops reside centrally and yet can be accessed from anywhere. What's more, hosted desktops can integrate with your existing network to act as a seamless extension to your infrastructure, allowing you to pull together disparate locations. |
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Many businesses, particularly the professions, are subject to increasingly stringent IT regulations. With employees having their own PCs and laptops across a disparate infrastructure, it's very difficult for IT teams to control all desktops and ensure compliance.
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Central management, controlled access - all hosted desktops, no matter where they're accessed from, can be centrally managed by IT teams, with permissions and controls easily applied and monitored as needed. |
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Many businesses have significant seasonal changes in their workforce, taking on a number of additional staff for short, peak periods. Traditionally, providing desktop resources for these workers meant investing in PCs that were otherwise redundant for most of the time.
Solution
IT on demand - all hosted desktops are provided on demand, which means they're only a click away. Desktops can be provisioned and up and running within a matter of minutes, all with a full set of Office applications and ready to use. Users can be added or removed as needed, meaning that if you need 10 extra desktops for two months, you simply turn them on and pay for them for that period, then turn them off and no longer have to pay for them. |
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With a traditional desktop PC infrastructure, moving offices is a huge headache, for obvious reasons. As well as the physical effort involved, desktops will be unavailable during the move.
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Centrally-housed desktops - with hosted desktops, on the other hand, all desktops exist virtually and reside centrally, and are always available and not tied to individual hardware, making them completely mobile. |
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| One of the biggest benefits of a hosted desktop is not having to worry about technology, i.e. what specification is it, how much RAM do i need, will this application work, etc. Global Technologies Company provides abstraction from that, so you know your desktop will always be the latest specification, and can run all of your applications. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Below are some additional details/features included in our cloud-based desktops, any of which can be altered at the touch of a button. All desktops are built on top of our grid infrastructure for maximum resilience, and have a 99.99% uptime guarantee. Your partner will be able to tailor specifications and applications to suit you.
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| Delivering software as a service for hosted desktops | |||
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With our software on demand model, we can provide you with the latest software, streamed directly or hosted, without the need to buy, install or maintain. Becuase Global Technologies Company desktops are virtualised and isolated you can also treat the desktop as your own - install any apps you wish, change icons, change anything!
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| Available Applications from our Turnkey-Catalogue | |||
Below are a list of applications you can add to your hosted desktop any time you wish, for a low monthly fee. You also have the ability to install your own software and applications to your desktop - just the same as a regular PC.
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| A great feature of Global Technologies Company's platform is that you can install which ever application you wish on to the Hosted Desktops, whether it be SAGE, Quickbooks, Iris or millions of other vertical based applications. So you can customise and replicate the environment to suit your customer's specific needs. You can also if supported use your own licensing or existing licensing in some scenarios to lower the migration cost. |
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| Advice on how to phase in hosted desktop deployments | |
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Cloud computing offers a non-disruptive alternative to traditional business IT, and is very easily introduced into your business, with immediate benefits.
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| Moving over to cloud computing sounds difficult but is in fact quite a simple process. The idea behind cloud computing and certainly hosted desktops is that they provide the same features, tools and ways of working, but with a different method of accessing them. Familiarity between environments means your partner or IT team will easily be able to help you move using a phased approach, service by service. | |
| Phased approach | |
| Cloud computing offers users the ability to phase in services without needing a blanket implementation - it's not a case of 'all or nothing'. Choose individuals or problem cases to solve in small chunks to ensure acceptance. You can also move portions of network resources and/or connect hosted desktops to your existing network resources to ensure collaboration continues without cutting anyone out. | |
| Choosing the right candidates | |
| Not every user will be perfect for hosted desktops, and choosing the right users - especially in the initial stages - will be critical. Ideal users for this solution are those using line of business applications, Microsoft Office and account applications. Users that do not suit the model at this stage are graphic designers and workers who are unable to connect to the internet. | |
| If you need help | |
| We are here every step of the way, but if you are looking for someone to help with a more detailed migration plan, Global Technologies Company has a large certified partner network. These expert companies can help to advise and cost-effectively phase cloud computing into your business at your own pace, allowing you to reap the benefits. Use our partner locator to find a suitable partner. | |
| It's almost the same, really! | |
| Users sometimes create the biggest challenge for IT organisations when looking to deploy a new technology or idea. Fortunately, hosted desktops work in almost exactly the same way as traditional PCs. If things on the surface do not change, then this means less user push back, less training and preparation and a quick roll out process. Global Technologies Company has worked hard to ensure the usability is as good as a normal desktop in every sense - the look, the speed and the customisation capabilities. |
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