REFRESH CYCLES

It was not uncommon only a few years ago to replace every computer or laptop every 3 years.

This normally happened because organisations would often amortise or "write-off" the cost of computer equipment over 3 years.

Once the 3 years were up, and new computer or laptop could be bought and the process started again.

In the current financial climate these desktop refresh cycles are often extended to 4 or 5 year interval in order to keep costs down.

Server Based Computing and Virtual Desktops can extend this cycle even further and offer another 5 to 10 years of useful working life to the equipment you already own.

This could save most organisations between £400 and £600 per PC, just in purchase costs alone.

CONFIGURATION

Once this equipment has been purchased, most organisations will then spend additional time and money customising and configuring each new PC before it can be deployed.

All of this takes time and resources and in some cases involve the physical transportation of the device from one location to another.

DEPLOYMENT

In larger organisations some IT departments completely erase and overwrite the existing operating system and applications on the computer and replace it with a corporate "image" that is tested and tweaked by the IT department to try and standardise all of the computers in an organisation.

Server Based Computing and Virtual Desktops can eliminate the need to pre-configure or pre-image devices at one location before transportation the end users desk.

It can also deliver a standard, consistent desktop experience across each device without having to repeat each process manually on each device the end user will work on.