In traditional server setups, an operating system is installed right on top of the hardware of a physical server. With virtualization, an additional layer is created between the hardware and an operating system, enabling the operating system to run inside each virtual machine.

VDI hosts desktops that allow users to securely access company data using their personal desktops, laptops, tablets and smartphones as access terminals while the entire applications and data securely reside in the enterprise public or private cloud infrastructure. Changes on a master desktop image can be quickly mirrored to virtual desktops in a desktop pool to create flexible workspaces at scale to make it easy to monitor and operate.

Though not impossible, it is difficult to provide secure, scalable, and productive remote workspaces without the right desktop virtualization service. Wipro’s virtuadesk™ answers the call.

VDI for remote access and mobile workforce

Wipro’s virtuadesk, a VDI solution for banking, enhances the remote working experience and makes it easier for CIOs, CTOs and CISOs to meet their business objectives across cost optimization, employee engagement, security, compliance and operational excellence.

Not all VDI solutions or workspaces are created equal

Some solutions fail to focus on subtle elements like personalization, configurability and user experience, which are critical in ensuring productivity. These elements also do not address the inherent network-related challenges, multi-location availability and security while employees work remotely.

Few other solutions cannot scale existing enterprise investments in virtualization or offer the commercial flexibility of a pay-as-you-go model.

What differentiates Wipro’s virtuadesk™ is its hybrid/multi-cloud capabilities that ensure any device, anywhere, anytime availability, plus the full benefits of VDI and desktop as a service:

Pre-engineered and proven reference architecture deployed at scale
End to end virtual desktop as a service including image engineering and application packaging
Sophisticated endpoint security measures
Quick and customizable deployment options for hybrid and multi cloud deployments
Self-service UI/UX management across multiple public and private cloud solutions
Software-deﬁned storage and networking for improved performance and security
Flexible commercial models with up to 30-40% savings

With Wipro’s virtuadesk, banks and other financial institutions can enable a simplified, secure, intelligent and high-performing workspace for a remote and mobile workforce today and in the future too.

If you want to increase collaboration, move at the speed of business in an uncertain environment and scale as your needs change, explore the benefits of adopting flexible workplaces.

Here are 3 simple steps to leverage the benefits of VDI and desktop as a service. These are the strategies we had used to help a top Swiss bank achieve business continuity and keep their employees engaged and productive. Similar steps will work for you too.

Have a clear objective

Secure, Scalable Workspaces for Finserv with VDI

What’s the purpose of your business? How does that translate to new ways of working?

Have a clear vision of what you want to accomplish with desktop virtualization. Asking these questions will help you gain a deeper understanding of what VDI is and how to create flexible workspaces.

The right infrastructure can prepare you for whatever lies ahead, enabling your enterprise to pivot quickly and keep things going during trying times.

Simplify and centralize workspace management

A CTO’s responsibilities include making sure that business does not face the drawbacks of traditional infrastructure while having systems in place to keep employees engaged and motivated. But with great power comes even greater responsibility. With valuable corporate data, sensitive customer information and game-changing marketing differentiators under CTOs’ the control, security is a top concern for everyone, not just the CISO’s.

Wipro's virtuadesk, a cloud-based desktop as a service platform, simplifies and streamlines the management of subscribed resources, including applications, desktops, and storage.

Virtuadesk has a user-friendly dashboard with ‘how it works’ and ‘catalog’ tabs to help users resolve issues, explore resources, and raise subscription requests through a modern, centralized multi-level approval workflow.

Once the approval is granted, resources can be allocated to users automatically in their dashboards.

If a user has an issue that they cannot solve with the VDI platform’s powerful desktop as a service feature, there is a ‘support’ tab that is integrated with customer service.

Wipro’s virtuadesk eliminates device dependence, giving users and administrators greater digital dexterity to pivot forward as things change quickly. The platform’s threat intelligence proactively monitors and manages issues and helps create secure flexible workplaces.

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*Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Managed Workplace Services, Europe, 25 February 2020, David Groombridge, Claudio Da Rold, Tobi Bet, Stephanie Stoudt-Hansen. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner’s research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.