Organizations are constantly in the process of evolving their operations and bringing efficiencies. However, most such initiatives revolve around small, incremental changes to the existing systems without “rocking the boat” too much.
While this approach may have paid off until a few years back, it won’t suffice any longer. We are in the age of rapid digitalization, where nearly every organizational process either revolves around it or depends heavily on digital technologies.
The Technology First Approach
So, the times of making small tweaks is gone for good. To remain ahead of the competition in the present times, you will need a major technology overhaul and what’s the best platform to do this than digitalization.
Now, organizational processes will have to be built around rapid and agile digital technologies. This is now less a matter of choice and more of a compulsion, given the rapid pace of digital innovation all around us.
What is Digital Transformation?
In the simplest words, we can define digital transformation as the process of incorporating the latest technologies into organizational processes. However, all this has to be done in a manner that fits with the overall strategic goals and business model of each enterprise.
So, the question arises whether there are such technologies that can truly make this happen. When we talk of digital transformation, Desktop as a Service (DaaS) and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) figure among the top picks.
However, you will ultimately have to choose between one of these two Desktop Virtualization technologies. To make this decision all that much easier for you, let’s pitch them against one another and try to pick a winner.
Management
When it comes to management related matters, DaaS emerges as a clear winner because all the underlying hardware that powers the Virtual Desktops is outsourced from a Cloud Service Provider (CSP) like dinCloud.
Costs
This is yet another area where DaaS outperforms VDI in most use cases. In DaaS, you pay as per an OpEx model, with no upfront or fixed costs to contend with. DaaS gives the deploying entities the freedom to pay only for the resources they actually consume.
Security
VDI allows you more say when it comes to how you’ll secure the solution from internal vulnerabilities and external threats. However, this by no means implies DaaS is less secure as compared to VDI on any given day.
DaaS providers like dinCloud offer multi layer security that’s built into the service itself. You can even augment that with endpoint security solutions such as Sophos Intercept X for endpoints and servers. In VDI, more security means more resources and complexity too.
Flexibility
This is one area where both VDI and DaaS are almost neck to neck. DaaS is inherently a flexible Desktop Virtualization platform, while VDI can be configured that way with the right amount of resources and IT related expertise in house.
Scalability
DaaS yet again shines in the domain of instant scalability. With a quality DaaS provider like dinCloud behind you, scaling up or down is almost instantaneous. In case of VDI, you have to assess the adequacy of your existing IT resources and may need to enhance capacity too.
Conclusion
When we pitch DaaS v/s VDI, we find that the former is a much better fit for most organizations out there. DaaS outperforms VDI on many counts and emerges as the front runner in this head to head comparison.
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