ROI and Economic Value of Data Virtualization

Containers have become the preferred application development and deployment platform for new applications in both enterprises and service providers. In addition, companies are also looking to repackage and deploy existing applications within container environments. However, one of the most common concerns brought up by CIOs, CSOs and infrastructure technologists alike, is that of potentially reduced security – especially when compared to VM platforms. The reality is quite different. Containers can be a vehicle for improving data center and application security, but it does take putting in the right processes and laying the right foundation.

On Tuesday, January 22, 2019, I hosted Gil Vidals from VMRacks to talk about their HIPAA Compliant Cloud. VMRacks isn’t a vendor offering MSPs a place to host but rather a MSP themselves.Gil gave some great insight into how they got started as well as how they’ve setup security for their hosting business. Some of their security measures a secret but you still get a good idea of why it’s important to have multiple layers in your cloud deployments. VMRacks is able offer a great value because they use a lot of open source software.

Are you using Remote Desktop Services or Citrix? If so, you need to be looking at Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD). Additionally, if you offer traditional VPN remote access, Azure Virtual Desktop can be a more secure alternative that you should consider. In this on-demand webinar, Interlink, one of the first Microsoft Partners in the country to achieve the Azure Virtual Desktop Advanced Specialization, walk you through common Azure Virtual Desktop use cases, key design principles, and management and security benefits. Powered by the Azure Platform, AVD is a powerful new technology that enables organizations to provide desktop-as-a-service to end-users. Microsoft has streamlined the deployment and management of Azure Virtual Desktop in ways that make it a cost-effective and secure solution for your end-users and applications.

Balancing needed testing against the spiraling costs of the required infrastructure and challenges with the deployment of your code can be a real obstacle to even the best development and quality management teams. But with a little strategy and the right tools, it’s fairly easy to overcome these obstacles to delivering better software faster.