The Benefits of Deploying a HPE GreenLake VDI Strategy on dHCI Solutions with HPE ProLiant Gen 11 Servers and Omnissa Horizon
In an ever changing and evolving digital landscape, businesses are increasingly turning to Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) to empower their workforce with secure, flexible, and scalable computing environments. However, the growing demand for seamless and resilient VDI solutions has made it essential for organizations to adopt infrastructure strategies that can adapt to changing needs while maximizing performance and efficiency, both technologically and financially. This is where a hybrid cloud strategy shines, particularly when powered by Omnissa Horizon on HPE disaggregated hyper-converged infrastructure (dHCI) solution, underpinned by HPE GreenLake VDI as a Service.
HPE dHCI is an innovative infrastructure solution that combines the simplicity and agility of hyperconverged systems with the flexibility and performance of traditional converged infrastructure. Unlike traditional HCI, which tightly couples compute, storage, and networking into a single appliance, the dHCI solution disaggregates these components. This disaggregation allows organizations to independently scale compute and storage resources, providing greater flexibility and optimizing resource utilization.
HPE ProLiant Gen11 servers are engineered to deliver top-tier performance, which is a cornerstone of any successful VDI deployment. These servers are equipped with the latest AMD and Intel processors, providing the computational power necessary to support large-scale VDI environments. This ensures that employees experience minimal latency and fast load times, even when accessing resource-intensive applications remotely.
A hybrid cloud approach, leveraging the strengths of both on-premises and cloud environments, offers a compelling solution for organizations seeking to optimize their VDI deployments. By adopting Omnissa Horizon on HPE’s dHCI solution architecture, powered by the latest HPE ProLiant Gen 11 servers with HPE GreenLake, businesses can harness the power of hybrid cloud to deliver a superior virtual desktop experience. Let’s take a look at the benefits of this strategy and how it can transform your digital employee experience (DEX) through VDI enablement.
What is VDI and Why It Matters?
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure enables the hosting of desktop environments on a centralized server, allowing users to access their desktops remotely via devices such as PCs, tablets, or thin clients. This approach has gained traction as businesses strive to accommodate the diverse needs of a global hybrid workforce while maintaining security and control over their IT environments and providing a platform that can deliver against the challenge of addressing a goal of business continuity.
Why Choose HPE dHCI Solutions with HPE ProLiant Gen 11 for VDI?
HPE's disaggregated hyper-converged infrastructure (dHCI) solution, is designed to deliver high performance, scalability, and flexibility for modern IT needs. When combined with the cutting-edge capabilities of HPE ProLiant Gen 11 servers, businesses can unlock the full potential of their VDI strategy.
This combination not only enhances the digital employee experience but also offers numerous benefits that contribute to overall business success.
Key Benefits of Adopting a Hybrid Cloud Strategy for VDI with Omnissa Horizon and HPE dHCI Solutions
Scalability and Flexibility: One of the most significant advantages of a hybrid cloud strategy is its ability to scale resources up or down based on demand. VDI environments often experience fluctuating pressures, such as during peak business hours or during special projects. By deploying Omnissa Horizon on the HPE dHCI solution, businesses can seamlessly expand their on-premises infrastructure while leveraging HPE GreenLake’s cloud capabilities for additional capacity. This ensures that your VDI environment can handle any on request additional load, providing a consistent user experience even during periods of high demand.
Cost Optimization: Managing the costs associated with VDI deployments can be challenging, especially when trying to balance infrastructure investment with operational costs and efficiencies. A hybrid cloud approach allows organizations to optimize costs by keeping predictable, steady-state workloads on-premises while using the cloud for burst capacity, temporary projects or platform resilience. HPE GreenLake’s pay-as-you-go model further enhances cost efficiency by aligning expenses with actual usage, eliminating the need for overprovisioning and reducing capital expenditure.
Enhanced Security and Compliance: Security and compliance are top concerns in any IT deployment, and VDI is no exception. By adopting a hybrid cloud strategy with Omnissa Horizon on the HPE dHCI solution, organizations can maintain control over sensitive data by keeping it on-premises while leveraging the cloud for less critical workloads. This approach allows businesses to meet stringent compliance requirements while still benefiting from the scalability and flexibility of the cloud. Additionally, HPE’s robust security features, including built-in encryption and advanced threat detection, ensure that your VDI environment remains protected against evolving cyber threats.
High Availability and Business Continuity: In today’s always-on business environment, ensuring high availability and business continuity is not only crucial, but in many instances, a legal requirement. A hybrid cloud strategy enhances the resilience of the VDI environment by enabling data redundancy and failover capabilities across both on-premises and cloud infrastructures. With Omnissa Horizon on the HPE dHCI solution, organizations can achieve near-instant recovery from disruptions, ensuring that employees can access their virtual desktops with minimal downtime. HPE GreenLake further supports business continuity by providing scalable cloud resources that can be quickly activated in the event of an on-premises failure.
Simplified Management and Operations: Managing a complex VDI environment can not only be time-consuming but can additionally be resource intensive. However, with Omnissa Horizon on the dHCI solution and HPE GreenLake, businesses can simplify management and streamline or offload operations. The HPE dHCI solution provides a unified platform that integrates compute, storage, and networking, reducing the complexity of managing multiple components. HPE GreenLake’s centralized management console offers visibility and control over both on-premises and cloud resources, allowing IT teams to monitor performance, optimize resource allocation, and automate routine tasks with ease.
Future-Proofing Your IT Investments: The pace of organizational and technological change, means that businesses need to invest in infrastructure that can evolve with their needs. A hybrid cloud strategy, powered by Omnissa Horizon and the HPE dHCI solution, ensures that your VDI environment is future-proofed, capable of adapting to new workloads, applications, and user demands. HPE GreenLake’s flexible consumption model also allows organizations to adopt new technologies as they emerge, without the need for significant upfront investments.
How Omnissa Horizon, HPE dHCI and GreenLake Work Together
The combination of Omnissa Horizon, the HPE dHCI solution and HPE GreenLake provides a powerful, integrated solution for enabling hybrid cloud VDI. Omnissa Horizon delivers a robust VDI platform that supports a wide range of use cases, from remote work to high-performance computing such as trader workloads in FSI, ensuring a consistent and responsive user experience across devices.
HPE disaggregated hyper-converged infrastructure (dHCI) solutions for VDI are tailored to specific business needs, combining on-premises infrastructure with the scalability and flexibility of cloud services. These solutions are designed to address specialized workloads or use cases, offering enterprises the ability to seamlessly integrate cloud capabilities with their existing IT environments. HPE ensures that these solutions are optimized for performance, security, and manageability, enabling businesses to innovate faster while maintaining control over their data and applications in hybrid or multi-cloud settings.
HPE GreenLake provides cloud-like consumption and management, enabling businesses to leverage the cloud’s flexibility while maintaining control over their on-premises environments. With HPE GreenLake, businesses can scale capacity as needed, pay only for what they consume and simplify IT management and operations with a single, unified platform.
Let’s look at the real-world use cases and the industry verticals in which VDI can be deemed the solution to several organizational strategies or challenges.
Many organizations have already realized the benefits of adopting a hybrid cloud strategy for VDI using Omnissa Horizon, HPE VDI as a Service and HPE GreenLake.
Healthcare Providers: Hospitals and clinics have leveraged this solution to provide secure, remote access to patient records and clinical applications, ensuring that healthcare professionals can deliver quality care from any location while maintaining compliance with strict data protection regulations.
Financial Services: Banks and financial institutions have used hybrid cloud VDI to support remote workforces, ensuring that employees have secure access to trading platforms, customer data, and financial applications, even during market surges or crises.
Educational Institutions: Universities and schools have adopted this approach to deliver virtual labs and remote learning environments, providing students and faculty with the resources they need to continue education without interruption.
In conclusion, VDI empowers the future direction of an enterprise strategy for digital employee experience.
As businesses continue to navigate the challenges of a rapidly changing world, adopting a hybrid cloud strategy for VDI is becoming increasingly essential. By leveraging Omnissa Horizon on the HPE dHCI infrastructure solution with HPE GreenLake, organizations can deliver a flexible, scalable, and secure VDI environment that meets the diverse needs of its workforce.
This integrated solution not only optimizes costs and simplifies management but also ensures that your VDI deployment is resilient, future-proof, and capable of supporting your business’s long-term goals. In an era where agility and adaptability are key to success, adopting a hybrid cloud strategy for VDI enablement is not just a smart choice, it’s a strategic imperative.
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[Any personal opinions expressed are mine, and not official statements on behalf of Hewlett Packard Enterprise]
