Alternative Desktop ROI Comparison
February 6, 2010Environmental factors increasing pressure for new solutions
Audit/Control requirements such as Sarbanes Oxley, etc.
New legislation; i.e., eDiscovery
Desire for ‘Green’ solutions
Security and Identity theft grow
Disasters
Technology Improvements bringing forth new solutions today
Server blades & virtualization (VMWare: ESX, GSX, VDI)
Software virtualization (MS Softricity, Altiris SVS, LANDesk Thinstall)
Network bandwidth
Video Compression
Emerging Technologies will improve over current offerings
Redirect native windows requests to virtual devices [Hypervisor]
Effective boot over network [iSCSI]
Alternative Desktop ROI Comparison
Current Cost Structure per seat |
HW CostBase lined via
|
SW CostBase lined via
|
3 yr TCO Cost |
Facilities Cost |
ROI |
Thin Client |
52% |
82% |
$ 1200 |
$ 1,700 |
104 % |
Desktop Virtualization |
195% |
336% |
$ 1800 |
$ 6,500 |
– 19 % |
SMC |
95% |
100%(+SA) |
$ 2100 |
$ 580 |
288 % |
Desktop Blade |
172% to 213% |
110% |
$ 2100 |
$ 8,700 |
– 23 % |
Traditional Desktop |
Baseline |
Baseline |
$ 7200 |
Minimal |
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