5 reasons to go cloud forward with Horizon
In today’s fast paced and increasingly digital world, organizations are constantly adapting to a new, hybrid way of life. With this transition comes the need to make strategic changes to stay competitive while continuously scaling. For the software industry, the concept of cloud technology has gone from a novel idea to mainstream solution, powering businesses of all sizes. Driven by the promise of increased accessibility, reduced costs and innovation, companies are quickly choosing to adopt cloud solutions to reach their business goals.
The cloud services landscape is dominated by several large players, each offering a variety of products and services designed to meet the needs of businesses, developers, and organizations looking to leverage cloud computing. The market has seen rapid growth and diversification in recent years, with providers focusing on different aspects of cloud infrastructure, platform services, and specialized solutions.
Leveraging Omnissa’s Horizon Cloud solution, organizations can modernize virtual desktop and application delivery with a next-generation hybrid desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) platform.
5 benefits of Horizon Cloud
- Remote work: With today’s modern remote workforce, Horizon supports any device, including BYO. Security and scale are critical, so the adoption of virtual desktops and applications are top of mind. With our SaaS services, you have an optimized management control plane hosted by Horizon in the cloud for remote work. This allows you to efficiently deploy, manage, and monitor virtual desktops and apps across Horizon pods and cloud environments using a single console. And you automatically receive innovative new services and updates as released. With the hybrid workforce, you have the choice to run workloads anywhere.
- Agility: Our DEX for Horizon solution includes Experience Management for Horizon, so you can quickly bring up desktops, have fast log on times, speedy network, and identify pain points. DEX for Horizon also helps identify performance bottlenecks, ensuring smooth and efficient operations. By leveraging features that pinpoint and resolve issues, organizations can maintain optimal performance and user satisfaction.
- HA/DR: Omnissa Horizon offers quick, secure access to virtual desktops and apps, allowing employees to work from anywhere. It ensures minimal downtime with fast desktop recovery options, helping businesses stay productive during disruptions. You can easily burst into the cloud to meet short term capacity demands. By leveraging cloud resources for high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR), Horizon provides a flexible, reliable solution to maintain operations. With Horizon Cloud Service, HA/DR, you have the ability to leverage a cloud provider, with datacenters located all over the world, to protect you from a single-site failure. Learn more about disaster recovery for Horizon.
- Business continuity: Horizon reduces operational costs through modern SaaS services. It automates routine desktop and app administration tasks, further lowering total cost of ownership (TCO) and improving operational efficiency. With Horizon, businesses can transition only the specified desktop and app workloads to the cloud, increasing flexibility and scalability without overwhelming their infrastructure.
- Hosted DaaS: Transform IT complexity or low into business value. With Horizon Accelerator you gain VDI expertise, streamline operations, achieve faster time to value, and obtain telemetry. You’ll have specialized guidance and best practices to enhance IT team capabilities. With comprehensive management, there will be day 0 to day 2 support with 24/7 assistance as well.
Summary
In conclusion, as businesses continue to adapt to the hybrid digital landscape, cloud solutions have become essential for staying competitive, improving efficiency, and fostering innovation.
Omnissa Horizon provides fast, secure access to virtual desktops and applications, enabling employees to work from anywhere. With robust desktop recovery options, it ensures minimal downtime, helping businesses maintain productivity even during disruptions. By leveraging cloud resources for high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR), Horizon provides a flexible, reliable solution to maintain operations. Horizon Cloud Service for HA/DR takes advantage of global cloud infrastructure, with datacenters located across the world, to protect you from a single-site failure. This global coverage ensures your business remains resilient in the face of any disruption. While the associated DR guide below primarily addresses original Horizon capabilities, the underlying business needs for high availability and disaster recovery are still highly relevant. Get more information at Providing Disaster Recovery with Horizon.
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Looking to join the conversation? Be sure to join Omnissa communities to engage with employees and customers alike in our Horizon Cloud forum. When you are ready to get started, you can experience Horizon Cloud Service firsthand. Test drive the future of seamless desktop virtualization with speed, flexibility, and productivity in mind. Contact us today. Stay tuned for our follow up blog where we go into more detail with cloud-based brokering, image management, and automated deployment.