Innovations from VMware have helped lower the cost of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) every year since 2012. VMware business case data1 shows that the average annual cost of VDI per user for a typical 2,500-seat deployment in 2012—hardware, software, and labor—was approximately $595. With the introduction of VMware Horizon 6® Enterprise Edition, the average annual cost for the same deployment was reduced to $470. Most of these savings are a result of reductions in the cost and capacity of the hardware required. And VMware continues to drive innovation to bring down these costs even further.
VMware Virtual SAN and VMware Horizon 6: Cost Leadership Through Storage Savings
