The amount of people working remotely has skyrocketed. Whether people are out on the road or just working somewhere other than the office, they need to be able to access their applications and their data. Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) allows remote workers to canaccess their identical desktop — including GIS data and Esri software — on any device, from any place, at any time.
Virtual desktops are preconfigured images of operating systems and applications in which the desktop environment is separated from the physical device used to access it. Users can access their virtual desktops remotely from any endpoint device. A virtual desktop looks, feels and acts just like a physical workstation.
ROK will work with you to determine the right virtual desktop solution to power your GIS. Then our team of experts get to work deploying and managing your new virtual environment, ensures ensuring your remote workforce will have a scalable virtual desktop solution, now and in the future. Some of the benefits of virtual desktops include:
VDI powered by a GPU back end runs ArcGIS Pro like it was intended, no matter the end device used to access the virtual desktop. Whether you are on a Chromebook, iPad, or laptop, your performance will be second to none!
Virtual desktop users can connect to their virtual desktop from any location or device, making it easy for employees to access their files and applications and work remotely from anywhere.
Since processing is done on the server, the hardware requirements for end devices are much lower. This reduces the need for IT to purchase new and expensive hardware.
Virtual desktops, coupled with an enterprise deployment in the cloud, allow users not only best-in-class performance, but the ability to work, to collaborate in, and update centralized database(s) in real time. No more replication, no more confusion, All just employees working from a single point of truth.
In a virtual desktop environment, data lives on the server rather than the end client device. This protects data if an endpoint device is ever compromised.
One advantage to working in the cloud that may be underused — spinning up temporary resources for project specific tasks. For example, if your team has heavy-duty processing that needs to be done, the flexibility of the cloud environment makes it easy to spin up temporary, cost-effective resources to handle the crunch. The best part? ROK can design and manage these one-off solutions for you.
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Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) is a solution that involves running virtual desktops on virtual machines (VMs) hosted in the cloud. VDI provides an isolated environment for each user and offers the same user experience as a traditional physical desktop.
VDI allows access to a remote desktop on which users can work, VPN establishes a tunnel between the end-user and an organization’s private network. A VPN costs less, while being easy to implement and simple to use. However, due to the demands of data processing, complex workflows, and high performance and graphic processing, VDI is the better choice for GIS companies.
ROK typically will manage software installs and upgrades within your virtual desktop environment (Citrix, AWS Workspaces). However, if you prefer to handle the administration of the virtual desktop environment that is fine too. This is your environment, you are in charge here.
Users log into a virtual machine (VM) from any device and from anywhere through a secure network. A VDI-hosted environment provides an end-user experience through a virtualized backend that hosts VMs. Users utilize a replica of the master desktop and that master desktop stores all the required applications and distributes it via application virtualization.
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