The cost-savings measure of running virtual desktops involves consolidating operations on central servers and taking advantage of virtualization technology to create many end-user desktops on a single server. As the cost of OS management increases over time, businesses are seeking new methods of delivering and managing applications to their work force. As a hosting service provider, you are poised to capture a significant share of the virtual desktop market.

Security, speed, and end-user adoption are all issues surrounding wide-spread acceptance of virtual desktops. Parallels leverages container-based technologies to overcome many of the limitations found in virtual machine approaches and also allows for broad user adoption. This approach, for virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) combines the flexibility of server virtualization with the power and personalization of traditional desktop computing.

Virtual desktop benefits:

• Performance — end users get more powerful resources on a server than via a desktop or laptop
• Cost savings — centralized IT administration is more easily performed with a quicker response time
• Data security — instances on servers are more easily backed up then on desktops
• Storage — one server supporting multiple desktops provides greater storage capacity and more efficient use of disk space
• Maintenance — easier creation of operating systems and applications and patch management.