Nutanix Solutions for
End-User Computing (EUC)
APRIL 2020
Why EUC and Specifically Why VDI/DaaS
Managing desktops and users are difficult for organizations
Centralized Security Enable BYOD
Management
Virtual Desktops Are in Nutanix DNA!
1,000s of customers, millions of users, world class support*
Nutanix HCI Platform for VDI Desktop as a Service (DaaS)
Industry’s best platform for VDI, particularly for Citrix The easiest way to deliver desktops and apps using a
environment. 1-click simple. Industry’s best ROI. managed service (broker). Spin up workloads quickly
Expands to 10,000s of users with linear scalability. in any cloud (public, private). Pay-as-you-go
infrastructure.
Managed service à maximum security.
* Weighted CSAT score of 9.7 and average NPS score of 90 for 5 years
Nutanix HCI Platform for VDI
IT’s Challenges with VDI
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Poor User Experience Unpredictable Availability and Security
VDI Projects Take a Long Time Complexity and Cost
1. “As Desktop and Application Virtualization Adoption Climbs, Focus Shifts to Overcoming Key Barriers,” Spiceworks [commissioned by Nutanix,] December 2015
How to Win
Solution: Nutanix HCI for VDI
Excellent End-User Experience at Scale Always On Availability & Security
Faster Time to Delivery Improved Efficiency
How to Win
HCI Stack for VDI
Files
Home Directory
Broker
(VDI/EUC Software)
Hypervisor
Virtualization
Choice of
AHV
Hyper-V ESXi
(Hypervisor)
AOS Prism Flow (AHV)
HCI
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VDI Solution Technology Overview
Prism
5 Additional Services on HCI
3
Site B
User Workloads Compute & Storage Controller
Hardware platform choice: covering user
1 density; GPU etc.
5 Node 1 Node 2 Node N
Linear scaling & no boot storm due to
2 web-scale & data locality
4 Hypervisor Hypervisor Hypervisor
1 3
Management with Prism: Consumer grade
Server Server Server UX & 1-click automation
2
4 Choice of hypervisors (incl. AHV)
Integrated files services, SD networking
5 etc.
Site A
Consistently Great User Experience
From 100s to 1,000s of end users
Relative Application Responsiveness – Consistent When Scaling
Word Doc/
PowerPoint Open
Responsiveness (time)
Outlook Open
Excel Open
Adobe PDF Open
300 600 1200 1500 3000
Number of Virtual Desktops
Enabling Advanced Workstyles
Customers like Hokuhoku and American Red Cross maintain
their end-user experience with responsive desktops and
applications even as they scale to 1,000s users and beyond
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Customers
Linearly Scaling VDI Capacity
4X
VMs (# of End Users)
3X
2X
Number of Nodes
Customers like Fairway Mortgage and UW Health scale their EUC environments
without forklift upgrades for 100’s to 1000’s of end users – paying only as they grow
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Keep End-Users Always Connected
97% fewer instances of unplanned downtime vs. before1
Primary Site
• Self-healing platform with integrated 1-Click DR and multi-cloud
support
• Secure access to desktops and apps, integrated network security
DR site/Cloud
“Nutanix is providing near 100% uptime, enabling us to more easily meet our SLAs. With
Nutanix, our attorneys can be more efficient with their caseloads, providing better service
to all of our global clients.2”
1: IDC Business Value Assessment of Nutanix Enterprise Cloud, 2017
2: https://www.nutanix.com/company/customers/sheppard-mullin
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Excellent Time to Value
Nutanix HCI for Citrix with AHV Nutanix HCI for Citrix with ESXi
Moving Quickly During a Merger Enabling Advanced Workstyles
Support the new users much faster, with fewer IT End-to-end setup and deployment time reduced
resources, and at much lower cost by 92%
More details: https://www.nutanix.com/company/customers/cardinal-innovations More details: https://www.nutanix.com/company/customers/nomura-research-institute
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Greater Efficiency Reduces OPEX Costs
Invest more resources and funds in EUC adoption and growth
Five-Year Cost of Operations
• Up to 60% five-year cost reduction of
supporting workloads (including EUC)
on Nutanix
• Up to 61% savings less IT staff time to
deploy, manage, and support than
their legacy infrastructures
Source: IDC White Paper, Nutanix Delivering Strong Value as a Cost-Effective, Efficient, Scalable
Platform for Enterprise Applications, August 2017
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Frame Desktop as a Service (DaaS)
How to Win
Nutanix Xi Frame: Desktop as a Service
Instant Start Unlimited Scale in Multi-cloud
Top-notch Security CapEx to OpEx
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Industry’s Best DaaS Solution
Cloud-hosted
DaaS Layer Xi Frame
DaaS platform
On-prem or Hosted Private Cloud
Infrastructure
Home Directories Shared drives SMB Files
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Xi Frame Solution Overview
2. Authorize users
(Plug in to your domain)
AD/ADFS
Custom
3. Bring your apps
(.exe, packages, licenses...)
1. Pick infrastructure
(Compute, Graphics, Network)
Xi Frame 4. Connect files (Storage)
Files
Shared drives SMB
5. Deliver to users
(Any location, any device)
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Instant Start: Zero to Production in <3 days
Before With Frame
On-prem >3 months Cloud <3 days:
• Accounting convince IT to provision • Entire software stack
Oracle DB provisioned/configured
• Client software install • Accountants invited by email; access via
browser from anywhere
Multiview Customers
More details: https://www.nutanix.com/company/customers/multiview
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Customers
Unlimited Scale in Multiple Clouds
Market research for major consumer brands
• Project-based deployments scale from 0 to 15,000 sessions/day
• Customers dictate which cloud to use
Sessions per Day
More details: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hygY_G6lBRoGuCvPHcGPXRL_LYhg8CKrK8OAfhPG-ts
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Top Security: Government-Grade Clouds
Frame Control Plane in AWS Government Cloud
• Public Sector use cases: agencies handle controlled information
• Frame's security features built for government, benefit commercial
customers too
More details: check your tax return!
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Pay for What You Use: CapEx to OpEx
Perfect for Education:
• ~500 high schools for yearbook design
• Student access: part-time
• Usage: seasonal
Weekly Usage Pattern Annual Usage Pattern
More details: https://www.nutanix.com/company/customers/jostens
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Large Scale Nutanix EUC Deployments
Nutanix Customers with 10s of Thousands of Users
Deployed
Many other Enterprises
Global 500 financial
and Public sector
services companies
customers
Tools and Resources
Tools & Resources
Nutanix EUC site
• www.nutanix.com/euc
Email
• EUC/VDI specialist: vdi@nutanix.com
• Frame specialists: frame-sales@nutanix.com
Other resources:
• ROI/TCO Calculator: https://www.nutanix.com/vdiroi
For Reference Architectures, Solutions Notes, Best Practice Guides, visit the Support Portal: https://portal.nutanix.com/#/page/solutions and filter by “VDI”.
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