Whether you run a small startup, a flourishing mid-sized enterprise, or a large corporation, our VDI platform empowers you to create virtual desktops, servers, and applications, enhancing productivity while significantly reducing IT costs.
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) face common challenges, such as limited IT resources, managing remote teams, and staying secure on a budget. Balancing business growth with efficient technology can feel overwhelming.
With more employees working remotely, ensuring data security, collaboration, and ease of access becomes difficult. Additionally, maintaining hardware and software updates can strain limited IT staff.
V2 Cloud’s Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) offers an affordable, secure, and easy-to-manage solution. Our cloud-based desktops allow SMBs to scale operations effortlessly, protect sensitive data, and minimize IT maintenance.
Discover how our VDI solution can help your business stay competitive, streamline workflows, and reduce IT costs without sacrificing performance.
Reduce expenses on hardware and IT maintenance. With VDI, you don’t need to invest in costly servers or regularly upgrade employee workstations.
Keep sensitive business data safe with built-in encryption and regular backups. VDI centralizes data in the cloud, reducing the risk of breaches on individual devices.
Easily scale your IT infrastructure as your business grows. Whether you’re adding new employees or expanding to remote teams, VDI offers flexible resources on demand.
Free up your IT team by eliminating the need for constant hardware maintenance and software updates. VDI allows you to manage everything from a central cloud-based system.
When choosing between local desktops and virtual desktops for your SMB, it’s essential to consider the factors that impact your business operations.
From upfront costs to security and remote access, each solution has its strengths and weaknesses.
Below is a comparison of the six most important aspects to evaluate when deciding between traditional local desktops and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) for your SMB, helping you make the best choice for improving productivity, reducing IT strain, and supporting business growth.
| Features | Local Desktops | Virtual Desktops (VDI) |
|---|---|---|
| Initial Costs |
High upfront investment in hardware and software licenses. |
Lower initial costs with no need for expensive hardware. Pay-as-you-go cloud services. |
| Scalability |
Limited and expensive to scale; requires purchasing new hardware. |
Easily scalable based on business needs, allowing you to add or remove users quickly. |
| Data Security |
Data stored on individual devices, increasing risk of breaches. |
Centralized data storage with cloud security measures like encryption and regular backups. |
| IT Management |
Requires a dedicated IT team for maintenance, updates, and troubleshooting. |
Simplified management with centralized control. IT maintenance and updates handled in the cloud. |
| Remote Access |
Limited to on-site workstations, restricting remote work flexibility. |
Accessible from any device with an internet connection, enabling seamless remote work. |
| Business Continuity |
Prone to downtime and data loss from hardware failure. |
High reliability with built-in redundancy and cloud backups, ensuring minimal downtime. |
We offer tailored plans through which our customer success team can guide you.
Just as when buying a laptop, choose how much memory and processing power you need.
Download the V2 Cloud Client software on your local computer to remotely connect with your cloud desktop.
Log into your V2 Cloud portal and use your application as if you had it installed on your desktop.
See the full list of features for each plan.
“I’ve been using V2 Cloud for over 2 years now, and it has been fantastic. Our productivity has increased as we can all work off the same server. I recommend V2 Cloud to any business in search of a secure, reliable, and cost-effective cloud desktop solution.”
Perm Persaud
Owner of Ark Accounting & Tax PC
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General Manager at MGA International Logistics
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I’ve been using V2 Cloud for over 2 years now, and it has been fantastic. Our productivity has increased as we can all work off the same server. I recommend V2 Cloud to any business in search of a secure, reliable and cost-effective cloud desktop solution…
Perm Persaud
Owner of Ark Accounting & Tax PC
As a small business with very few employees all the alternatives required minimum order commitment and exceeded our budget. V2 Cloud help us setup the machine we needed and also install our accounting software.
Virtualization is the process of creating a software-based virtual version of things whether that be computing, storage, networking, servers, or applications that behave just like their physical functionality. In other words, virtualization technology is the method of creating multiple virtual environments within a single physical system, and these virtual environments are all using the hardware of the single physical environment.
This virtualization technology is achieved by using a thin layer of software called a hypervisor. Hypervisor is a software that creates the actual virtualization effect. It allows us to divide a physical system into many different and separated virtual environments, known as virtual machines. The hypervisor allocates RAM, storage, and CPU power to each virtual machine as needed for more efficient hardware utilization. Virtualization solutions enable the company to run multiple operating systems and applications on a single server to boost work efficiency, agility, and security.
Businesses opt for VM (virtual machine) solutions to enhance efficiency and reduce costs. Traditional hardware typically supports only one operating system, leading to underutilization. VM solutions allow multiple systems and applications to run on a single server, streamlining operations and maintenance expenses. This approach also frees businesses from the constraints of physical infrastructure, facilitating scalability and workload management.
Virtual machine (VM) software facilitates the creation and management of VMs on physical servers, enabling server and desktop virtualization among others. Prominent providers include Citrix, Amazon, VMware Horizon, and V2 Cloud. Selecting the right VM software is crucial for operational effectiveness. V2 Cloud offers VM software designed for speed and simplicity, with transparent pricing and a multi-user cloud computing option, ensuring reliable and secure service for businesses.
The cost of a virtualization solution is determined per user, based on selected configurations, including CPU, RAM, and storage capacity. Customized pricing may be available for bulk license agreements. or more details, please visit our packages page or contact us directly.
The first step to setting up a virtual machine is understanding what you need like how many virtual systems you will run. Hard drive space limits the number of virtual machines you can set up, and each virtual machine will need RAM and CPU. Next, once you have determined physical hardware with appropriate resources, you are able to use our V2 Cloud virtualization solution and follow its instructions to set up a virtual machine. Now you have set up a virtual machine, how to configure your virtual machine? You can easily find the configuration setting from the “manage computer” interface, and you can configure your virtual machine such as adding users/applications, upgrading plans, setting storage, etc. If you have more questions or problems about setting up or configuring a virtual machine server, please contact our support team.
Advantages of Virtualization
Disadvantages of Virtualization
Selecting the best virtualization solution depends on your specific business needs. Desktop virtualization, for example, involves moving from physical desktops to virtual ones managed remotely, which can reduce IT expenses and enhance productivity. Providers like V2 Cloud offer services that enable the quick setup of virtual environments, without extensive training, tailoring solutions such as virtual desktops, applications, and servers to your requirements.
