{"id":80,"date":"2012-11-20T00:09:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-20T00:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/community\/cloud\/?p=80"},"modified":"2012-11-20T00:09:43","modified_gmt":"2012-11-20T00:09:43","slug":"microsoft-case-study-on-hosted-virtual-desktops-shows-50-savings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/community\/cloud\/2012\/11\/20\/microsoft-case-study-on-hosted-virtual-desktops-shows-50-savings\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Case Study on Hosted Virtual Desktops Shows 50% Savings"},"content":{"rendered":"

National Asset Direct:<\/strong>
\nAsset Management Firm Uses Hosted Desktop Solution to Reduce IT Budget by 50 Percent<\/p>\n

To trim costs and boost flexibility, National Asset Direct (NAD), Inc., which helps support investment fund acquisition and management, needed to improve the performance and manageability of its desktop environment. After adopting the dinCloud Hosted Virtual Desktop solution, NAD has slashed its operating costs by 50 percent.<\/em><\/p>\n

Business Needs:<\/strong>
\nExtreme volatility in the real-estate market has sparked heavy demand for the proprietary debt management services and tools that National Asset Direct, Inc. (NAD) provides. To shield against future turmoil in the real-estate and financial sectors, NAD executives are continuously searching for ways to trim operating costs. John Madrid, Chief Technology Officer at National Asset Direct, Inc., has applied this approach to the company\u2019s IT function. \u201cWe\u2019re always looking for ways to drive down infrastructure costs, and still provide our people with the tools they need to stay productive,\u201d says Madrid.<\/p>\n

Solution:<\/strong>
\nTo keep infrastructure costs low, increase internal management control of its IT systems, and support productivity from anywhere, leaders at NAD investigated the market for a new hosted desktop solution.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter moving to the hosted desktop solution from dinCloud, we\u2019ve realized a significant cost savings\u2014reducing our overall technology spend by 50 percent\u201d <\/em>
\nJohn Madrid<\/strong>
\nChief Technology Officer, National Asset Direct, Inc. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Executives considered several alternatives including solutions built on a variety of technologies, such as Amazon Web Services, Rackspace, and the IBM cloud platform and came across a Los Angeles based company \u201cdinCloud<\/em>\u201d, which is also a member of the Microsoft Partner Network that specializes in providing desktop and server virtualization services. \u201cIt didn\u2019t take us long to realize that the dinCloud Hosted Virtual Desktop (dinHVD) service was the turnkey solution we\u2019d been looking for,\u201d says Madrid. \u201cIt exceeded our requirements for performance, ease of management\u2014and best of all, price.\u201d<\/p>\n

Benefits:<\/strong>
\nWith the dinCloud Hosted Virtual Desktop solution, which delivers a high-fidelity Windows 7 desktop experience together with Microsoft communication and productivity tools, NAD has experienced the following benefits:<\/p>\n