ShareIT - Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

Cybera has signed agreements with ESTI Consulting Services and Insight Canada for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure.

ESTI Consulting Services

Agreement

Signed in April 2022, Cybera has a three-year contract with ESTI for virtual desktop infrastructure. This contract is open to all ShareIT members.

Available Services

ESTI provides options for members to provision Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) for their staff and students.

There are three main types of VDI under this agreement:

1. On-Prem VDI: ESTI provides the hardware, software and (if required) the services to provision and support VDI in a data centre or co-location facility used by the ShareIT member. This may include integration with existing infrastructure, including network, backup, Active Directory and related technologies.

2. Cloud VDI: ESTI offers VDI infrastructure for members, delivered using a cloud model. In particular, ESTI provides all hosting, services and support of this service and charges ShareIT members based on actual usage.

3. Hybrid VDI: A combination of On-Prem and Cloud VDI, Hybrid allows ShareIT members to have a base of on-prem hardware and expand to the cloud as needed for any reason including capability (e.g. GPU) or capacity.

Additionally, ESTI offers high-level IT Infrastructure architectural assessments to Share-IT members to begin their VDI journey.

About

Founded in 1989, ESTI has been building on the same management group for over 30 years. ESTI began with offering professional services and software development, but now offers industry specific professional services, custom application and database development, integration services, data migration services a full complement of infrastructure services including physical, virtual and cloud based.

(ShareIT members only)

Insight Canada

Agreement

Signed in June 2022, Cybera has a three-year contract with Insight for virtual desktop infrastructure. This contract is open to all ShareIT members.

Available Services

Insight Canada can provide the following VDI solutions to ShareIT Members based on their IT infrastructure preference:

  • On Prem Solution โ€“VDI Hypervisor Software/Solutions (VMware Horizon or Citrix DaaS) and Hyperconverged Infrastructure (Dell VxRail)
  • Hybrid Solution - VDI Hypervisor Software/Solutions (VMware Horizon or Citrix DaaS) and Cloud Infrastructure (Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop)
  • Cloud Solution - Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)*
    *Ability to enhance Microsoft AVD in the Cloud with VDI Hypervisor Software/Solutions (VMware Horizon or Citrix DaaS)

Insight can also provide these Professional Services to assist with the implementation of these VDI Solutions:

  • assessments
  • design and roadmaps
  • workshops
  • deployment
  • managed services

About

At Insight we accelerate transformation by unlocking the power of people and technology.

As a leading solutions integrator, we drive speed, scale, resilience and innovation to our clients across the globe โ€” combining our technical expertise, broad solutions portfolio and supply chain capabilities to help businesses achieve their ambitious goals.

(ShareIT members only)

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