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28 Next-Generation Hyperconverged Infrastructure For Dummies, Nutanix Special Edition These materials are © 2020 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Any dissemination, distribution, or unauthorized use is strictly prohibited. infrastructure deployed because that's all that was reasonably available. Of course, three-tier environments have challenges. These issues are multiplied when you deploy infrastructure into remote environments without full IT support. Next-generation HCI has emerged as a viable solution for these locations. Now, rather than a bulky, expensive deployment, companies can deploy smaller hyperconverged clusters that pro- vide exponentially higher levels of availability and better central management capabilities. When you're dealing with thousands of locations, the savings can be enormous. Additionally, solu- tions such as AHV, the native Nutanix hypervisor, help companies eliminate additional software license costs. Making VDI a Reality Early in its evolution, HCI was the go-to technology to support virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) deployments. However, VDI was getting a bad rap because of the poor storage choices that were available at the time. As HCI solutions evolved and flash storage was added, many of these VDI performance challenges were handily solved. However, VDI also had a reputation for being overly complex, with all kinds of components to deploy just to get a few desktops running. Now, with next-generation HCI solutions, these infrastructure challenges have been simplified and VDI has once again emerged as a viable enterprise desktop solution. Next-generation HCI solutions enable a new paradigm for enter- prise desktop computing delivered in the cloud: desktop as a ser- vice (DaaS). DaaS provides a complete turnkey solution for virtual desktops, greatly simplifying desktop administration within the enterprise. Nutanix Frame is a next-generation HCI DaaS solution that delivers the benefits of a virtual desktop environment running on intelligent software and scalable performance-centric hard- ware. Nutanix Frame is available as a cloud offering or as an on- premises solution.