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Empower artists to start working anytime, anywhere with Cloud-Enabled Studios VDIaaS low-latency, secure 4k/UHD 60fps desktop experience, along with streamlined, centralized and scalable resource management, boosting outsourcing productivity and security, eliminating hassles of shipping expensive hardware to remote talents.
The transformation to hybrid or remote work has been driven by technology, employee preference, and economics, and well adopted by game studios with distributed teams. Among many enabling technologies, VDI is one of the most important one. With the advent of VDI, the hardware can live at a central location, eitherin the cloud, or on-premise, and the creatives can work from anywhere with internet access.
For game artists, illustrators, and post-producers, that means the freedom to work wherever inspiration hits, whether that's at home or halfway around the world. For engineering teams, it means a more efficient allocation of processing power and the ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
VDI technology separates a desktop environment and its associated software applications from the physical client device used to access it. In a VDI, a hypervisor separates servers into virtual machines that host virtual desktops. In turn, users can access these virtual machines remotely from their devices, at any location. This means that computing and processing are done on the host server.
However, the main challenge for many studios is typically how to integrate VDI technology into their current environments. Attempting to do in-house set-ups with a managed solution is a highly complex process and it might limit flexibility to deliver VDI capabilities that meet their needs
To seamlessly adopt a VDI, in-house IT teams are required to continually deploy, maintain, and manage the VDI environment. This is a highly sophisticated task for most in-house IT teams to handle. Especially when they are handling other important tasks.
To reduce this burden on studios, Cloud-Enabled Studios offers VDI-as-a-Service (VDIaaS). With VDI as a Service, virtual desktops are offered on a subscription basis, with the VDI environment deployed in public clouds. Therefore, taking care of the IT tasks and processes at the backend.
For studios transitioning to hybrid or remote work, giving them access to a secure computer and letting them operate as seamlessly as possible is highly challenging. VDI solves this by providing access to secure, and remotely hosted virtualized desktops to all approved users.
However, to implement VDI capabilities, studios have to choose between a fully managed service (VDI-as-a-service) and building their own VDI farm from scratch (with the licenses and resources from a cloud provider).
While this can seem like a confusing choice, VDIaaS is the fastest and most hassle-free way to go about it. It is optimal for any quick onboarding and deployment. In addition, one doesn’t need very specific configurations beyond those offered by provider-provided tools.
Despite sharing similarities with other computing models, Cloud-Enabled Studios VDIaaS offers many compelling benefits for improving manageability, performance, and security. For example:
Game art development are graphics intensive workloads. Without state-of-the-art GPU , a VDI won't be able to support the workload sufficiently. VDI-as-a-service fully integrates high-performance GPU and enables artists to work efficiently just like using local graphics workstation.
Physical desktops may have parts that need to be replaced due to malfunction, or require even periodic upgrades. As a managed service solution, VDI-as-a-service avoids such instances by handling VDI deployment, upgrades, configuration, and troubleshooting.
Traditional PC hardware is usually vulnerable to surrounding threats like employee negligence, software viruses, and power surges. VDI-as-a-Service delivers complete data protection as all data resides on remote cloud servers. This means that even when a device is damaged or stolen, the data is still tightly secure at the backend.
With the VDI-as-a-service, teams can maintain availability even when out of the office, thereby reducing their work stress while maintaining productivity.
Onsite IT infrastructures typically involve multiple overhead costs. For example, the cost of the hardware and accessories, like air-conditioning, cables, and power cords. Furthermore, this hardware needs to be updated regularly, or even replaced at times. Employing VDI-as-a-Service can help eliminate such overheads.
In case of unfortunate events that can compromise the IT infrastructure of a business, VDI-as-a-Service offers mechanisms for disaster recovery. Furthermore, VDI-as-a-Service providers usually offer unlimited data storage or automated data backups on an hourly or daily basis.
As a best-in-class VDI-as-a-Service provider, Cloud-Enabled Studios offers businesses the simplicity, security, flexibility, and scalability required to flourish in remote working settings. As a result, enabling game developers to have maximum productivity from the comfort of their homes.
In summary, here are the main reasons to choose Cloud-Enabled Studios as your dedicated VDI-as-a-Service:
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Cloud-Enabled Studios VDI-as-a-Service enables many possibilities, including but not limited to:
It also reduces IT overhead by centralizing the desktops while minimizing the IT hassles studios typically face, therefore enabling them to reap the benefits of maximum productivity output from game developers from the comfort of their homes.
If you’re uncertain whether Cloud-Enabled Studios VDI-as-a-Service is right for your team, you can book a demo with Cloud-Enabled Studios and start a risk-free trial.
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