# Five Benefits of VDI for AEC Firms

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Virtual Desktop 11 March 2025

The digital landscape of the AEC sector is changing rapidly. With AI-assisted tools, flexible working and distributed project teams, many firms are finding their old IT solutions no longer fit for purpose.

The digital landscape of the AEC sector is changing rapidly. With new AI-assisted tools revolutionising design processes, continuing demand for flexible working and the reality of project teams spread across different sites and offices around the world, many firms are finding that their old IT solutions are no longer fit for purpose.

To keep pace in a fast-moving market, many AEC firms are switching to Virtual Desktop Infrastructures (VDIs).

A VDI enables your team to access their full desktop environment, including GPU-intensive design software, from anywhere, on any device. It’s all the power of a high-end workstation, delivered through the cloud.

Here at WIT, we’re proud that WIT’s founders were co-founders of the Inevidesk virtual desktop platform, a VDI that is tailor-made with the high-performance requirements of the AEC industry in mind.

Read on to learn more about how a VDI can benefit your firm.

## Solutions for a modern workplace

Flexible work is becoming more and more crucial to the AEC industry, across all industries, employees consistently rank it among their most important workplace benefits.

It benefits employers too: a hybrid work environment not only means greater engagement and productivity, but also reduced office costs.

A VDI enables your team to work from anywhere on the most challenging of GPU workloads. Your team can access their specialised tools on any device, whilst you maintain complete control of your IT infrastructure.

## Superior power at a lower price

Traditionally, big-tech VDIs have been seen as overpriced, underperforming and too complex for AEC firms and their high GPU workloads.

Inevidesk has been engineered specifically to meet the needs of the AEC industry, providing a GPU-accelerated platform that is accessible for firms of all sizes and significantly more cost-effective than comparable big-cloud alternatives.

## Scalable

Need to bring a team online for a time-sensitive project? Struggling to incorporate freelancers or contractors into your IT systems?

With the Inevidesk platform, you can create and deploy high-performance, remote-access vdesks in a matter of minutes.

You can scale up for big projects and down again after they are completed, paying only for what you use.

## Security

With a VDI, you don’t have to choose between flexibility and security.

The Inevidesk platform stores all of your sensitive, proprietary data and workstation resources within a single secure network, eliminating the need for VPNs and vulnerable remote endpoints.

This centralised system not only improves your firm’s security, but also makes it easier and more efficient to manage your IT estate.

## Outsourced support

As WIT’s founders were co-founders of the Inevidesk virtual desktop platform, our team can offer expert assistance in implementation, deployment and management of a part or fully virtualised IT estate.

We guide you through every step, from initial setup to staff training, ensuring a smooth transition that keeps your projects moving without disruption.

If you would like to learn more about how the Inevidesk platform can help make your firm more agile, more secure and more sustainable, get in touch with our team.

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