Brazil carries out world’s largest desktop virtualisation project
More than 350,000 virtualised desktops will be introduced to Brazilian schools in what is claimed to be the world’s largest-ever implementation of the technology. Virtual desktops are to be used in all Brazil’s 5,560 municipalities, with software and hardware costing less than $50 (£35) per seat.
The project is an initiative from the Brazilian Ministry of Education and will see every computer converted into up to 10 independent workstations running the Linux operating system, which will be used in the education of millions of schoolchildren.
It is claimed that the low-cost set-up is equal to savings of 60 per cent in up-front costs, 80 per cent in annual power savings and further cost efficiency in ongoing administration and support costs, in comparison to a traditional PC.
