Workspot is gearing up for Autodesk University 2019, taking place in Las Vegas November 19-21. Are you going? In previous years we’ve had such a great time at this show because our cloud workstation solution in Azure is literally changing power users’ lives and transforming industries. That’s undoubtedly a bold claim, but it’s substantiated by… Read more
Author: Deborah Thornton
Workspot Conversations with Customers: Cloud VDI Love at First Sight
During a recent conversation with a financial services company, one of the first things they said was “from the very beginning, we fell in love with Workspot.” That was my first clue that this conversation was going to go well! I want to share some of the ins and outs of this customer’s deployment experience… Read more
Does Cloud VDI Need a New Name?
A customer recently told us “With Workspot, I don’t have to worry about infrastructure, and my team doesn’t need any Azure skills. You handed me the keys to a Ferrari and said ‘have fun!’.” Soon we’ll tell you who said this and the details behind it, but today, let’s take a look at how we… Read more
Workspot Customers Showcase High-Performance Cloud VDI at Autodesk University London
Don’t miss Workspot Cloud VDI at Autodesk University London! At Workspot we’re not shy about sharing the powerful benefits of our turnkey cloud desktop service on Microsoft Azure. Just ask, and I’ll regale you with stories about our growing roster of customers across healthcare, financial services, legal, manufacturing, architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) and more. Because we… Read more
What GPU Cloud Workstations Taught Me About Change Management
by Israel Sumano We’re excited to feature guest blogger Israel Sumano, the visionary behind Southland Industries’ transition to Workspot GPU cloud workstations on Microsoft Azure. Southland is a CIO 100 award winner for the implementation, and change management was a important factor in their success. I’ve been with Southland Industries for more than 8 years,… Read more
Webinar Series: Workspot Cloud Conversations with CIOs & Microsoft
When you discover something great, you want to share it with your family, friends and colleagues, right? That’s exactly what we’re doing during our upcoming webinar series with Microsoft and two of our customers. Our webinar series reflects the cloud conversations we are having with CIOs around the world! We’re teaming up with our friends… Read more
Guest Blog: CIO Brian Nordmann on How IT Teams Can Create Competitive Advantages
Welcome Brian Nordmann! Our guest blogger this week is the CIO of engineering and environmental consulting firm Dudek, who is sharing his insights about how IT teams can create competitive advantages that attract new opportunities. ******************************** Working closely with our business partners, the Dudek IT team tackled a complicated technology challenge that when solved, became… Read more
The Top 3 Questions to Ask Cloud Desktop Service & DaaS Providers
We’re seeing the mass migration to cloud computing play out across industries, from law firms and healthcare organizations to financial services and engineering/construction firms. Although the differences between industries are significant, each having it’s unique computing requirements for different types of users, they all have one thing in common: They want to grow, and business… Read more
What’s Your Definition of “Turnkey” Desktop as a Service (DaaS)?
Everyone knows that public cloud adoption is mainstream these days, and one of the most strategic moves an IT department can make toward fulfilling a cloud-first gameplan is moving their desktop workloads to the cloud. However, there are a few “flavors” of Desktop as a Service (DaaS) solutions, and the differences between them have huge… Read more
Small Step to the Cloud Part 2: GPU Power Users Have Waited Long Enough
In last week’s blog I talked about how one small step to the cloud (instead of a giant leap!) can make a huge difference in your business. After all, the ultimate goal of great IT innovation is business agility; IT teams should be helping their companies grow. Last week’s small step is about solving the… Read more
VDI Experts: Take One Small Step to the Cloud Instead of a Giant Leap
Cloud-First or Cloud-Next? These days, many organizations have a cloud-first strategy – an actual mandate from the top down to de-invest in data center infrastructure and migrate IT assets to a public cloud. VDI workloads are one of the first things that get moved to the cloud because making the move not only alleviates complexity,… Read more
Tidy Up Your IT Infrastructure & Find Joy in Cloud Desktops!
There’s a best-selling book called “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing”. Have you heard of it? Now it’s a Netflix series featuring the author, Marie Kondo, and she’s creating lots of buzz taking on “collectors” who have unusual attachments to “stuff” and gently helping them let go. The… Read more
In 2018, VDI Changed Forever. Time to Think Big!
In any given year there will be ups and downs, both personally and professionally; that’s just life. I hope as you look back on your 2018, as we all do this time of year, that you were able to find joy in many things, big and small. At Workspot, we’re taking stock of our year… Read more
Conversations with Customers: You Can Retire! (Your Data Center that is…)
One of the meetings I had this week with a company inquiring about Workspot inspired this blog, because there must be plenty of IT leaders out there thinking in the same way as the folks I spoke with. Although this company knows they need to move to the cloud, they are in a situation where… Read more
VDI Discussions Are So 2010. Let’s Get Real About PC in the Cloud Performance!
What’s the formula for PC in the Cloud success? Well, if you’re pressed for time, you can skip right to the punchline in the last paragraph. If you have a few minutes though, we’re going to get real about virtual desktop performance, and there’s nothing more real than a customer’s experience. Performance is Hot! That’s… Read more
Thanks for the Desktop Cloud Kudos, Microsoft!
Author: Rod Hoffman Microsoft has given us a very special award! We believe awards come in many forms. They can be as simple as the personal gratification one gets from a job well done or a “thank you” from a customer when you’ve gone the extra mile to help them out. Then there are the… Read more
Simplicity + Enterprise- Ready: The Peanut Butter and Chocolate of Virtual Desktops
When it comes to enterprise software, you’ve always made tradeoffs and hard choices. In particular, simplicity and enterprise-class features just don’t seem to go together. And with VDI, while legacy solutions are enterprise-ready, the notion of simplicity didn’t even enter anyone’s mind. The analogy has been drawn many times: Two things that just don’t seem… Read more
Your Data Center is Dead, Long Live Azure!
As recently as a year or so ago, most tech industry pundits were still talking about a hybrid world in which data center growth was alive and well. The thinking was that many workloads just don’t belong in the cloud, and at that time there were still some lingering concerns about data security in public… Read more
The New “Gold Standard” of Virtual Desktop Performance
What does “great performance” mean to you? Those of us in the IT world (and particularly in the world of VDI) instantly think of the speed and response time of our applications. In this busy, pedal-as-fast-as-you-can environment we live in, it seems like nothing ever happens fast enough. Whether you think of performance the same… Read more
Got Cobwebs in Your Data Center? You Need a Cloud PC Service!
Spring cleaning is a time-honored tradition. It must be an evolutionary phenomenon that humans seem to be like-minded about this; right about this time of year we get the urge to purge – we need to clean out the old and SIMPLIFY! And doesn’t it feel good when it’s all done? Your house, your yard,… Read more
The 4 T’s of Cloud Desktop Success
Over the years we’ve often talked about the innovation Workspot has brought to the world of virtual desktops. We’ve come a really long way from the days of complex, expensive, on-premises virtual desktop and app solutions that take months to deploy, cost a fortune and disappoint users. There’s no doubt that Workspot has a “secret sauce”… Read more
What’s Your New Year’s Resolution? Workspot Desktop Cloud Can Help You Keep It!
Did you make any resolutions for 2018? The most common New Year’s resolutions don’t seem to change much year to year: “Eat healthy”, “exercise more” and “save more money” usually top the list. They’re all great choices, but many people just can’t stick to it – we get busy, and we get lazy, and sometimes… Read more
2017: The Year of Workspot Cloud Desktops
Happy New Year! On behalf of the entire Workspot team I want to wish you health, joy and dramatically simplified IT in 2018! Thanks to our wonderful customers and partners, Workspot has just ended a phenomenal year, and we are solidly positioned for growth in 2018 and beyond. What’s so exciting about our success is… Read more
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