Case Study: Major Global Financial Institution achieves successful VDI planning and cost savings with Lakeside Software

A major global financial institution deployed Lakeside’s Digital Experience Cloud to realize significant cost savings and a successful VDI implementation

Major Global Financial Institution, a global banking organization in New York City, wanted to reduce desktop TCO, improve security, and cut energy costs by virtualizing its desktops. After an initial VDI attempt caused downtime and end-user performance complaints, the project stalled due to a lack of planning metrics and visibility. Lakeside Software’s Digital Experience Cloud, powered by SysTrack, was brought in to help identify what was going wrong and guide the next steps.

Lakeside Software implemented power management and VDI planning and optimization capabilities to analyze user behavior, application demands, and system workloads. Within 30 days, the institution had clearer migration plans, reduced project risk, and improved ROI visibility, with power savings of nearly $10 per desktop per month and additional savings identified through virtualization planning and better workload modeling.