Swiss Government Centralizes Worldwide Desktop Infrastructure with Double-Take® Flex
July 13 2010 - 10:42AM
Business Wire
The Swiss Government has centralized the provisioning and
management of its desktop systems for Federal Departments worldwide
using Double-Take® Software’s (NASDAQ: DBTK) virtual desktop
solution, Double-Take® Flex. The government’s desktop environment
supports users in more than 200 worldwide locations, including
embassies, airports, border stations and police departments. The
project was developed and managed by IT service provider ISC in
collaboration with Siemens Switzerland Ltd.
Double-Take Flex provides a highly secure client system for
desktops across the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, the
Federal Office for Migration, the Federal Office of Police and the
Swiss Federal Customs Administration. It improves the level of
centralized control over the organization’s desktop infrastructure
while also reducing the time and expense of desktop provisioning
and management.
Double-Take Flex allows multiple workstations to boot from one
central operating system image, located on a central storage device
which can be either a server, iSCSI SAN or NAS. For the Swiss
Government, this may involve provisioning up to 20 workstations per
site, with over 1,000 desktop systems in total worldwide being
supported. The Double-Take Flex servers within the offices are then
managed centrally by ISC.
With Double-Take Flex, desktops can run Microsoft Windows 7, XP
Pro, or Vista without the need for a local hard drive. This
approach improves desktop security and management, while users
retain the same experience they had with their previous PC
environments.
Quotes:
Sanjin Goglia, project manager at Siemens Switzerland Ltd.:
“With Double-Take Flex we have designed and delivered a virtual
desktop platform that meets the needs of the Swiss Government
offices in a way that is simple to manage and extremely
cost-effective. The solution ensures a uniform and secure
configuration for all Swiss Government desktop systems worldwide.
We implement only one uniform image for all users, and therefore
know exactly what is running and what is not.”
Steve Marfisi, product manager at Double-Take Software:
“Organizations looking at desktop virtualization and centralized
management are really after three things: better control over
endpoints, reduced cost of ownership and ease of use for their
employees. With Double-Take Flex, each desktop session is based on
a single master image that can be managed centrally, providing the
required level of control and administration at a competitive price
point and without compromising the user experience.”
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About Double-Take® Software
Headquartered in Southborough, Massachusetts, Double-Take®
Software (Nasdaq: DBTK) is a leading provider of affordable
Workload Optimization products that are simple to use and enable IT
managers to easily move, protect, recover and more flexibly run
critical IT workloads in physical and virtual environments,
regardless of platform or location. With its unparalleled partner
programs, technical support, and professional services, Double-Take
Software is the solution of choice for more than 22,000 customers
worldwide, from SMEs to the Fortune 500. Information about
Double-Take Software’s products and services can be found at
www.doubletake.com.
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