Virtual Office Resource

Organizations are quickly realizing the need to create virtual infrastructure to enable the virtual office. Many IT departments are migrating to this platform and the ability to provide proof of concept with services like computer and server rental are at a significant advantage.

According to this Vernon Computer Source (News - Alert) article, reports show that data is doubling every 18 months with unstructured data, like e-mail, expanding at least 10 times that of structured data. International Data Corporation is just one of many research groups predicting the digital virtual machine’s growth into double digits. By 2013, two thirds of datacenters are expected to be virtualized, while virtual office locations also continue to expand.

No matter the size, companies are growing and virtualization is a fruitful option. Virtualization in IT gives users on a single operating system the capabilities to run on another system or a server-grade virtualization to give multi-users the benefit of running operations systematically under a hypervisor. Regardless of the system, every company can utilize virtualization and the virtual office.

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure is another advancement companies are shifting toward to support mobility. In this format, users simply log into a hosted server computer to gain access on an individual desktop to enable the virtual office. Because more companies are becoming more mobile, this VDI technology is common for devices like tables and smart phones. Employees can then access their desktops at any remote location.

Performance improvement, energy and cost efficiency are among the top priorities to moving to a virtualized environment. Organizations that implement virtualization are able to condense their hardware and simplify management while at the same time, controlling numerous operating systems using one interface.

While virtualization makes sense, many companies are hesitant to make the move. That’s where proof of concept vendors, like Vernon Computer Source (News - Alert), can help make those decisions. Vernon provides rentals of tables, desktops and servers. Vernon is able to offer users 8GB, 16GB and 32 GB of ram for virtualization training for both IT and Administration support teams with mobile workstations. This particular vendor offers companies to test drive the potential model before making the big investment of hardware and software.

Offerings like VDI, Citrix XenDesktop and Microsoft (News - Alert) Widows are often coupled with mobile workstations and desktops to give the most bang for your buck. This approach gives end users the added benefit of seeking an upgrade, trying it out and coming to a better informed decision on the virtual office.