The OST difference:

• OST is has extensive experience with architecting, benchmarking, and implementing Virtual Desktop solutions including VMware, Citrix, and PC Blades
• OST has the highest levels of technical certification for VMware and is current on third party connection brokers, thin client options, server provisioning software, and workload balancing software
• OST has multiple Master SAN Architects to assist with SAN design and I/O performance as it relates to Virtual Desktops
• OST’s approach lends itself to helping our customers determine the lowest cost, lowest risk and most robust solution for their environments (Our goal is not to perpetuate consulting engagements by increasing complexity)
• OST has a wealth of technical resources that have been on both sides of the desk which affords our customers the opportunity to receive an objective approach to any solution
• OST will soon be releasing a book on blades entitled, “The Case for Blade Servers – Maximize Efficiencies in the Data Center”. This book will also include discussions around virtual desktop
• OST is the largest small company you’ll ever have the pleasure of working with, our cost structure provides us with the advantage of being able to offer very competitive rates for world class services

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We are one of only a few solution providers in North America with in-depth experience in architecting and implementing Virtual Desktops. And when we say in-depth, we mean it. We have the highest level of certification for VMware and multiple Master SAN architects. We give you superior security. Quick client deployment. Ease of scale. Improved desktop standardization. Superior back-ups and disaster recovery. Simple manageability. Remote user support. Virtual desktop benchmarking. And lower costs, to boot. We’re not interested in over-complicating things. We can help you determine the lowest cost, lowest risk, best solution for you. We often find ourselves competing with IT Service giants. The difference is our near 100% customer satisfaction.

We have implemented a broad range of Virtual Desktop solutions including VMware Blade (VDI — Virtual Desktop Infrastructure), Citrix Desktop Broker, and PC Blade solutions (such as HP’s CCI — Consolidated Client Infrastructure).

Using Virtual Desktop, companies host and centrally manage desktop virtual servers in their data center while offering end users a full desktop experience that can be accessed anytime and anywhere. The benefits of Virtual Desktop implementations are numerous and include superior security, rapid client deployment, ease of scale, improved desktop standardization, superior back-ups and disaster recovery, simplified manageability, uncomplicated remote user support, and significantly lower costs.

So, if there are so many benefits, why isn’t everyone implementing Virtual Desktops? First, even though the technology has been around for the past five years, it is only in the past year or so that Virtual Desktops have become a mainstream technology. Second, most potential customers are not up-to-speed on the latest software developments that have made Virtual Desktops more appealing such as software offered by Altiris, Check Point, HP Opsware, BladeLogic, Leostream, PlateSpin and Vizioncore.

OST offers a Virtual Desktop Assessment to determine if Virtual Desktops are a sound fit for your corporation. The assessment takes into consideration your current desktop administrative processes, application mix, performance characteristics, antivirus and application update practices, end user mobility needs, and storage requirements. The next step, if Virtual Desktop is a viable solution for your organization, is to determine the Virtual Desktop technology that best addresses your unique requirements. Once the specific technology has been determined, OST will architect the entire solution for you in the form of a quotation.

OST also offers a Virtual Desktop Benchmarking Service that tests the assumptions made in the planning process in a live environment. This service is provided at your site and includes loaner hardware and software exclusively for Virtual Desktop benchmarking. The results of the benchmark tests are used in refining your final Virtual Desktop solution.