Spring Statement 2025: What it means for your business
Learn about the announcements made by the government in the 2025 Spring Statement and what businesses need to do now.
Let's take a brief look at what DaaS is, as well as its advantages and disadvantages.
Desktop as a Service (DaaS) is a service where virtual applications/virtual desktops, via a third-party public or private cloud service, are made accessible (streamed) to users over the Internet via an HTML-based web browser or a secure application downloaded to the user’s device(s). DaaS is usually licensed with a per-user subscription.
VDI refers to the backend ‘virtual desktop infrastructure’ of DaaS, including the ‘virtual machines’ (VM) that run desktop operating systems and are hosted by the third-party cloud provider.
A virtual machine (VM) is a virtual environment which operates just like a ‘computer within a computer’. It runs on its own isolated part of its host computer and has its own resources that enable it to let end-users operate it (run apps on it) as they would a physical workstation.
The advantages of DaaS:
Some disadvantages include:
Examples of DaaS providers/services include Microsoft's Azure Virtual Desktop (previously Windows Virtual Desktop WVD), Amazon WorkSpaces, VMware Horizon Cloud, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, Cloudalize, V2 Cloud, and dinCloud (dinWorkSpace).
Many businesses have made the move to the cloud anyway and are also now used to the subscription economy and the ‘as-a-service’ model of delivery e.g., Windows 10. The DaaS model clearly offers many benefits, to businesses e.g., cost and resource savings, centralisation, security, flexibility, and simplification, as well as being particularly useful at a time when remote working and now the move to hybrid working have become important. DaaS also enables companies to improve the agility of data workloads, get important business insights more quickly, offer a better work access solution to employees as well as free the business from many of the traditional IT management and admin challenges.
Learn about the announcements made by the government in the 2025 Spring Statement and what businesses need to do now.
In today's digital age, securing your work systems is crucial, but it's equally important to protect your personal email accounts. One of the most effective ways to enhance your email security is by enabling two-factor authentication (2FA).
SIM swap fraud is becoming increasingly prevalent, allowing scammers to intercept calls and texts, including one-time security passcodes used for two-factor authentication.