Enterprise IT from Wanova

A typical organization spends approximately three dollars in operational expense for every dollar spent on PC hardware acquisition. This ongoing operation and cost is not strategic to organizations, as it does not provide any type of competitive edge like business intelligence or analytics.

The centralization of desktop images combined with single image management enables organizations to provide a Desktop-as-a-Service offering, that has the capability to improve the business’ agility, reduce costs and enable that organization to focus on projects that are strategic to their business, instead of individually managing each end point.

While centralization enables IT to reduce operational expenses and operate as an internal service provider, this benefit cannot come at the expense of the users.

Users want to take advantage of the native performance capabilities of a PC, such as using multimedia applications, installing personal applications, and personalizing their overall computer experience. End users also need to be able to operate over a slow Internet connection, as well as when they are disconnected from the network completely.

Wanova Mirage provides centralized, single-image management through a unique layering technology so that IT only has to manage, patch and ensure compliance of a single copy of Windows and a single copy of each application – instead of trying to manage thousands of diverse end points. Mirage also allows the image to run locally on a PC, allowing users to take advantage of native PC performance.

Centralized images vastly improve desktop backup and recovery, as well. The entire end point is backed up, not just the data, so users access an exact image of their desktop – including personal applications, files, and personalization – in the event of a system failure. Additionally, image centralization improves help desk break-fix support such as, malware repair, application repair and registry issues. Other benefits include asset management reporting capabilities and image storage for compliance enforcement and support.