Desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) can be best defined as a sub suite of
desktop virtualization, where a desktop is offered to a user the moment they connect to it, than having the same installed on a physical device. The as a service component means that the user has access to a desktop configured for them by an eternal or internal provider and is on a fixed-price basis.
DaaS can be referred to as a dedicated device where the end user has total control or as elementarily as a session over a common server. The essential point here is that it is managed and stored centrally, and is delivered on-demand to the customers. In the recent past, there has been an increase in cloud computing platforms, which along with the economic upswing witnessed huge shipments of virtualized servers.
At the same time, gradually as the pay-per-use concept became famous, services such as
Desktop as a service are gaining prominence. Despite that, leading service providers encounter the following three challenges:-
1. Efficient management
2. Profitability
3. Fast implantation of DaaS
It is owing to the lack of a well-organized distribution/deployment technology environment that the deployment charges have been placing brakes on initiatives taken by Mobile/ISPs operators to increase the domain of their value added services.
Top companies dealing in Desktop as a service ensures elastic desktop delivery without hindering Windows application suite ranging from business productivity, finance and game tools. DaaS over a 3G network on demand is going to be an apt extension for delivering complementary revenue producing services. With the availability of broadband networks, DaaS service providers offers customized desktop along with the software as per the users choice. Furthermore, these services have an inbuilt Synching and Caching technology that enables Mobile Operators/ ISPs to guarantee delivery of desktops even under unwarranted network conditions. Users and clients are able to browse through the file/video share, chat and other high-end applications, where the 3G broadband network is utilized well.
The idea of fixed-cost desktop based on DaaS is gathering great interest amongst firms that are aiming for a cost reduction and simplify operations simultaneously catering to the service demands with minimized resources.
