Some exciting things are happening from the mile high city.  The Bring your Own Device (BYOD) phenomenon has seen a rapid growth of adoption and is fundamentally changing the way enterprises handle computing.   The folks over at Dizzion are offering a solution that delivers across the spectrum of devices, environments, and most importantly in user experience.    Put together as a complete service, the results are astounding, and provides unparalleled access, security, and productivity from any device, anywhere.

It was maybe a couple of years ago that these new, powerful and dynamic personal devices such as smartphones and tablets started to seep into environments everywhere.  For many organizations, the initial response was not favorable – there were many questions about data, support, experience, security, and reliability that needed answering.  Fast forward a couple of years and we see the number of organizations embracing the BYOD movement is on the rise.

As described in a recent article – there are a number of enterprise-centric concerns and approaches in approaching BYOD adoption.  Many organizations are on the path to app development, infrastructure upgrades, and all of the ancillary systems and processes that are required to create a healthy and appropriate mobile ecosystem.  Security raises probably the highest concern, but as mentioned,  there are a number of other equally important considerations such as performance, user experience, and support .

Dizzion’s Win-Win

Dizzion’s “cloud-delivered desktop” solution can be summarized as simply as unleashing users to access company data and applications from any device, from any location.  Through its managed desktop service Dizzion’s solution gives organizations the opportunity to bring a best-in-class enterprise grade virtual computing environment to the user base and in doing so, satisfying enterprise concerns along the way.   Users get their jobs done, and the enterprise and the users win.

During a recent discussion with Dizzion co-founder Manny Ladis , I was lucky enough to witness with the service on an actual Ipad device.  Everything I launched was lightning fast, including spreadsheets, email, video – as fast or faster than if it was actually running locally.  It essentially is a presented Windows 7 desktop environment, complete with applications, browser, drive space, personalizations – all of this is an individual desktop workspace that is personal and customizable.  Another interesting fact is that the desktop is also portable, meaning if initially logged in from a Ipad for instance, then reconnected from a desktop, everything is still there, whether you had a spreadsheet open, Outlook in mid-email composition, and a number of web pages, the session is consistent.

So how does this all happen?  Dizzion has put together a proprietary blend of technologies in order to create this service.  Utilizing virtualization products from VMware for instance has created a cutting-edge base for their unique product.  A number of class leading computing platform elements have been implemented throughout the development.  Highly powerful server systems, solid state storage, high end system memory, and performance processor configurations are some of these components.   All of this done with enterprise datacenter-class architecture, which means high availability, and resiliency built throughout the product from the ground up.  The company’s cloud base is rooted in significant high-speed network centers.  Configurations are typically multitenant, but dedicated deployments are available.  In fact, Dizzion’s customer approach is markedly consultative, meaning they have the capacity and attention to detail to work with any size and type of customer.

ROI in days

With Dizzion’s service, a customer could onboard a whole enterprise in days, cutting a number of processes down, cutting that capex investment, and benefit from the service quickly.  The process for any organization starts with a discovery of how many mobile devices are actually in the environment, allowing for planning and forecasting.  Many organizations have security and compliance concerns and these are safeguarded by Dizzion’s system configuration and architecture across the board.  The centralized desktop model can be configured as a hybrid or pure cloud configuration as the organization’s requirements will dictate.  All applications, data, and system configuration can be configured for complete access from the service environment.  No VPNs required, and additional accounts and passwords  can be eliminated with the right configuration.

The customer is given the ability to develop the ‘gold images’ on the system and manage them accordingly.  Dizzion’s services aid in the creation and development of these images.  Windows XP or Windows 7 desktops can be configured with their complete application sets and customized per organization policies.  This centralized model is much like the benefits that a full VDI solution offers, in that management, updating, and deployment are now configurable from one place, and can be deployed out as best allowed.    The Dizzion client also offers  a local mode- meaning network issues on the host device does not necessarily mean a loss of the guest, and guest functionality continues to persist.

Pay for what you need

For now the service is designed for and utilized on tablet devices, laptops and desktops.  Smartphones are not a part of the immediate service base, however a thin or “streaming” app offering is on the roadmap.  Dizzion’s service is localized to the Rocky Mountain region as their data center presence is in Denver.  Future points of presence are on the radar throughout the country as the service grows.  The service is a utility-based model, meaning you pay for what you need, that is all.

So put that all together, a performing product that works on anything – Android, Apple, Windows, Unix, tablet, laptop, and desktop systems.  Add the satisfaction of security and compliance measures, knowledge that the offering is based on enterprise grade architecture, rapid deployment, and easy management and you have a winning combination for most any company.

As BYOD adoption continues to grow, the enterprise will continue to liberate users from desktop and traditional client access methods by employing the best available technologies for their given needs.  With options such as Dizzion at large, those needs can be satisfied, customized, and managed in such a way that business needs on infrastructure can be met.   With device flexibility and increased productivity in hand, the future of BYOD and Dizzion’s position in creating a very potent and flexible solution to users in a variety of computing environments, this is poised to be a very popular service option for many organizations.