Computer Software And Hardware

During our company’s strategic planning, the IT manager recommended that a Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) should be considered by top management. Not really understanding what it is, I searched the internet about it and according to wikipedia, many enterprise-level implements this technology because it allows one to store the “virtualized” desktop on a remote central server, instead of on the local storage of a remote client. The result is that when the users work from their local machine, all of the programs, applications, processes, and data used are kept on the server and run centrally. After reading, I realized that it made sense. So I listened more to my colleagues’ presentation and according to her VDI has 3 modes of operation namely Hosted Virtual Desktop, Centralized virtual desktops and Remote virtual desktops. Among the three, she believes that Hosted Virtual Desktop is the most feasible to implement in our company for a number of reasons that she enumerated. Being in the Finance department, what struck me was her justification that transferring information technology infrastructure to an outsourced model, in this case a Hosted Virtual Desktop Company, can shift accounting for the associated costs from capital expenses to operating expenses. I may not be an IT enthusiast but I think this is one of those recommendation of IT department that I agree with not just for financial reason but more for security and efficiency issues.