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No doubt you've at least heard the hype about Desktop Virtualization/Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI). Some of you a may be somewhat skeptical. Vendors and analysts typically over inflate cost savings in order to boost the viability of what they are selling. The downturn in the economy and resulting tightening of corporate budgets has companies taking a hard look at budgets and asking, “Is this really what we should be spending our limited funds on?” You will struggle to find a technology that offers more avenues for savings than Desktop Virtualization. In fact, leading analyst firms including Gartner and Forrester agree about the market opportunity and savings of VDI.

It's likely that you have embarked on a server virtualization project, which is a wonderful way to decrease server spend and better utilize computing resources in the datacenter. BUT... Desktop Virtualization offers equally significant savings in the areas of hardware, power consumption, desktop downtime, and a plethora of additional benefits in the areas of security, disaster recovery/ business continuity, and remote, work-from-home (Telework) opportunities.

The goal of this paper is to clearly outline where the major savings and expenses are for a VDI deployment, while quantifying in easy-to-understand terms.