That saves $100 a year per device multiply that out, and 'all of a sudden I've saved half a million a year in power.' When you have a zero-client device that is simply serving up a virtual desktop, that is no more manpower than I had before I deployed that device.'Īlso, the zero-client device uses around seven watts of power to run, he says, while a PC takes around 70. If he'd had to deploy 'another 5,500 PCs,' says Wright, 'then I'd have to bring on another one, maybe two desktop personnel, just to keep those PCs running. Also, they're super cheap – maybe half the cost of a PC – so I could afford to deploy many, many more of those devices.' 'I don't have to worry about data being on there and the theft of that data. 'Because I'm deploying zero-client devices out there, I can put them anywhere I want,' he says.

The 'ubiquity,' of VDI was another selling point, says Wright. With VDI, he says, 'I took that two-and-a-half minutes down to 43 seconds for their initial log-on for the day, and then as they move around from device to device to device, we've got it down to 12 seconds from one device to another.' That can be an eternity when you're a provider walking into a room and dealing with a patient.' 'From log-on to application, times on a PC roughly averaged out to two-and-a-half minutes to be in the patient record and get working. 'Providers needed to get to the EMR a lot faster than I was able to provide for them with a PC,' says Wright. It also offers quicker access for clinicians. It offers a more centralized computing strategy that makes it much easier for IT admins to manage, compared with legions of PCs, each with its own unique issues. VDI enables users to access desktop environments, hosted on remote servers, via the network. Wes Wright, chief information officer of Seattle Children's Hospital, had a couple big reasons for embracing a virtual desktop infrastructure strategy for the 323-bed tertiary care facility.

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