Sorry this event has now closed, you can download presentations from the day and view a write up of the event here.

Are You Considering Deploying A Virtual Desktop Infrastructure?

Did you know that up to 40% of the cost in deploying VDI is storage related?

Data storage is the single biggest cost barrier to VDI adoption. Microsoft Windows and common applications such as Microsoft Office are often the biggest consumers of desktop disk space. When you have to move hundreds or thousands of copies of these images from physical PCs to data center storage, it's hard to cost-justify your VDI project.

One of the most complex aspects of desktop virtualisation is working out what to do with all the users' data. Sizing and planning storage networking infrastructure to support hundreds or thousands of remotely-hosted desktops is a daunting prospect, especially to those who have relied heavily on local PC hard drives in the past.

Attend this seminar to understand how to size your storage and networking infrastructure to support VDI’s requirement for performance and capacity.

What is the best approach?

S3 will explore different methodologies for delivering the performance and capacity required to support VDI at the right price point. These include using solid-state disk and virtual I/O to boost performance for virtual machine images whist utilizing lower-cost hard drives to store end user file data.

Why Attend This Workshop?

Attend this exclusive free of charge technology seminar to learn how S3 and its partners; VMware, EMC, Xsigo and VEEAM overcome complex storage and networking issues related to virtualised server and desktop environments.

By attending this workshop S3 will help you develop the right data storage and networking strategy needed to support I/O to hundreds or thousands of virtual desktops.

Seating for this ½ day seminar is free for qualified IT professionals, but limited to 20 places.

The seminar is followed by complementary champagne in the world famous Vertigo Bar situated 42 floors above the City of London.

• EMC provides the systems, software and services to leverage one of your most strategic assets – your business data. EMC’s goal is to optimize your information infrastructure to meet growing demands for enterprise content management, security, archiving, storage, and virtualization.
• Vmware Virtualization Software for Desktops, Servers & Virtual Machines for Public and Private Cloud Solutions.
• An Elite VMware Technology Alliance partner, develops innovative products for virtual infrastructure management and data protection.
• Xsigo addresses the needs of next-generation data centers with dynamic connectivity. Connect any server to any network or storage device in seconds, and manage connectivity on the fly to meet changing application requirements.