Comment Re:Easy to say. Not so easy to do. (Score 1) 606
The advantage of a centralised VDI infrastructure is stabilisation of the desktop environment by using server grade hardware and better utilisation of resources (who ever uses that 320Gb HDD in their workstation or all their processor. However, of course, if you then roll out 100,000 desktops you save little except the Windows licenses (that you now have on the VDI platform). The main advantage is hardware reuse - you can use any old PCs and laptops with a VD I platform (or people's home computers as disater recovery, given the right VPN infrastructure) and provide the latest OS builds and software. Also, patching is easier as you d not need the desktops to come online and update, it is done centrally.
It is all about the support costs at the end of the day. The capital costs for a project come out of a different fund to the support costs, which are ongoing and variable. If you need to send an engineer to a desk (and, shudder, one that has the skills to replace a component) that is a big big cost.
Don't focus on the hardware savings (though, for a refresh, it can be significant).