By Kirk Drake | January 3, 2013

Why should a Credit Union use Hosted Virtual Desktops?

If you are responsible for IT, Information Technology, in your Credit Union and you think PCs are the future of workplace computing – virtual desktops and this post are probably not for you. If, however, you are looking at ways to provide better work tools (especially remote) for your employees, Hosted Virtual Desktops could be the answer.

The six most common reasons for people to look at virtual desktops are:

1. Cost Reduction
2. IT Consolidation and Control
3. Security and Data Protection
4. Easier to setup, manage and troubleshoot
5. Flexible costs based on your needs
6. Focus staff in more valuable areas

Security

Virtual Desktops offer much improved security over PCs and accomplish it in the following ways:

• Centralized Data and Backups
• Antivirus, Firewalls, Application Firewalls, Intrusion Prevention and Patching are all easily bundled in the service
• Standard configuration across application settings and desktop rules
• Integrated, Unified Authentication controls

Productivity

The productivity gains that come out of virtual desktop environment are plentiful and include:

• Flexible & Variable user infrastructure
• Large variety of end point access devices (BYOD)
• Reduced time spent on upgrades, maintenance and helpdesk
• IT, Information Technology, can focus on core business needs

Credit Union Applications that already work with VDI:

• Symitar
• Summit
• Users
• OSI
• FedComp
• CheckAlt
• Neighborbench
• Document Imaging
• Consumer Lending Systems
• Other

Pretty much any application can be made to work in Hosted Virtual Desktops. It can be challenging but Ongoing Operations uses a robust onboarding and application certification process to make sure we can deliver on your performance expectations.

Are you concerned about if your applications will perform in a virtual desktop environment? Are you curious about how Virtual Desktops can be delivered via the cloud? If you have these or other questions please contact us at info@ongoingoperations.com or by filling out the short form below: