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Make VDI Personal (VDI for Everyone)

Virtualization Deep Dive Day 2011

The Promise of Hosted Virtual Desktops  Simplify desktop management  More efficient, centralized monitoring, provisioning, patching, repair  Improve business agility  Workers access desktops from any office, home PC, or pad  Deliver new apps faster  Reduce capital costs  Thin clients use less power than PCs (5W vs. 80W) and last 3-6 years longer

VDI Reality: Limited to Narrow Use Cases Call Centers Labs Offshore Development

Why? Non-Persistent VDI Works Great!  Desktop customizations thrown out after each use  Desktop reverts to pristine state  The few required apps can be delivered easily  Storage can be reduced through block-based cloning  Single shared image provides “patch-once” simplicity But they’re a relatively small % of total desktops 100% 50% 0% Non-Persistent Persistent Desktop Types

Persistence Adds Cost & Complexity

Profile Mgmt App Mgmt Storage Footprint Client Mgmt Image/OS Mgmt

What’s Needed: SIMPLICITY!

User/Machine Personalization

Local profile utilized ALL settings retained Data and Apps stored separately User installed apps supported

Application Management

Any application Versioning Rollback

Storage

Footprint reduction Storage Tiering TCP based Replication

OS / Image Management

Desktop Layering Innovation

Persistent: custom for each user Stateless: managed by IT

Understanding Layering  Three types of layers  Personalization  Application  OS – Gold Image  Layers are assembled in priority order  Application layer priorities can be changed  Each layer stored in a different location

Unidesk Topology Administrator Unidesk Management Appliance Virtual appliance serves GUI, maintains policy & configuration Unidesk Master CachePoint Virtual appliance stores common layers and installation machines Connection Broker End Users Copyright © 2010 Unidesk Corporation. All Rights Reserved. www.unidesk.com

Unidesk Virtual Desktops Unidesk-composited desktops hosted on existing virtual infrastructure Unidesk CachePoint Virtual appliance stores only the layers need by desktops it supports Personalization Layer Backups Regular backups of desktop personalization layers for recovery purposes.

Market Validation from Trade Press … “Unidesk's ability to solve the major problems associated with VDI, while improving management capabilities, the end-user experience and protecting applications from corruption, makes it a useful product for administrators dealing with balky VDI implementations or looking to regain control of personalized virtual desktops.“

Unidesk Brings VDI Success, eWEEK

“The first wave of desktop virtualization adopters treated it the same way they did server virtualization. However, the desktop is a totally different beast. They are very personal, very customized and with an infinite number of applications ... hence Unidesk.”

Unidesk: A Companion to VDI, InformationWeek

“Unidesk’s true beauty is in its primary management benefits, including flexibility that gives both end users and IT organizations the freedom and control they seek -- along with 100% personalization, streamlined management and cost-efficient storage."

10 Cool Virtualization Vendors for 2011, Virtualization Review

… Industry Leaders … “Dynamic desktop composition represents an advance in client management technology and can help accelerate growth for virtual desktops where the ability to personalize the user experience is needed. Unidesk’s layering technology is an innovative example and we look forward to collaborating to enhance the virtual desktop experience for VMware View and VMware vSphere™ customers.” -

Scott Davis, CTO, Desktop Virtualization, VMware

“Solutions like Unidesk help drive growth for virtual desktops across the enterprise by giving users the ability to personalize their desktops to have the same or better experience than they had with a traditional PC. We look forward to continued collaboration with Unidesk to provide a powerful virtual desktop experience for our customers.”

- Harry Labana, CTO, Citrix Desktop Division

… but, Most Importantly, Customers

VDI’s Missing Management Piece

Access Management Infrastructure View XenDesktop User (Persona) Applications Operating System

vSphere

Storage Reduction

Take the Next Step…  If you have VDI, go to www.unidesk.com

Unidesk and try it for yourself to download  If you’re new to VDI, start with Unidesk – all you need is:  Microsoft RDS/RDP (free with Win XP and Win 7) to access your desktops  VMware vSphere with vCenter to host your desktops  100GB storage (local or SAN) to store your desktops  Unidesk to provision and manage your desktops  Unidesk has a table. Stop by to see the demo!

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