This guide is designed to help IT professionals understand and articulate the advantages of HCI and build a convincing business case for HCI versus both traditional and cloud infrastructure based on total cost of ownership (TCO) and/or return on investment (ROI).

This guide is divided into the following sections:

• What is Hyperconverged Infrastructure? Overview and high-level advantages.
• Making the Business Case for HCI vs. Traditional Infrastructure. How HCI compares to the infrastructure in your datacenters today; includes advantages and TCO worksheets.
• Making the Business Case for HCI vs. Public Cloud. How HCI compares to public cloud; includes TCO worksheet.
• Making the Business Case for VDI on HCI. Benefits of digital workspaces for successful organizations; VDI advantages versus physical desktops and laptops; HCI benefits for VDI; ROI worksheets.