Pinnacle Group (Consolidation Solutions Case Study)
Pinnacle group is an executive search agency who faced challenge of needing expanding servers due to database upgrade, we offered a Microsoft Hypervisor solution. The resulting outcome was we consolidated 4 server roles onto 1 Microsoft hypervisor server, client noticed of increased speed of applications once running on hypervisor.
Second challenge was with aging desktops, new applications were not compatable with Windows 7 upgrade, so we converted existing pcs to dumb terminals. Installed windows 7 in hypervisor server and used the convert pc to dumb terminals to use citrix xendesktop client to access the windows 7 desktops.
Transtar Insurance (Remote User Solutions Case Study)
Transtar is an Insurance agency for trucking industry with employees located throughout United States, they faced challenge of needing a remote access solution where users could securely access internal applications and data which not requiring any data back-up locally.
We installed Citrix Zen desktop solution which delivered a full desktop session to remote users who have expressed that the sensation seems as if they are working in same office due speed and agility of the application performance.
To complement solution client uses Vocalocity phone service so that all users can communicate internally, transfer, answer calls without any complicated set-up or expense.
Plotter Doctors (Mobility – iPad/iPhone Solutions Case Study)
Plotter Doctors provides a full service and supply of commercial printing systems, they needed solution where service techs could access service manuals and create invoices at clients office electronically.
We set-up a Citrix Zen desktop solution using apple iPads to access virtual desktops of windows7 which had access to network shared folders with service manuals. While accessing the virtual desktops with QuickBooks, services tech can create invoices and email out using iPad.
Fulcrum Company (Automation – Consolidation Solutions Case Study)
Fulcrum is a leading consulting firm in the construction industry for lenders and investors with employees located in remote offices throughout United States.
They faced a major challenge of needing to consolidate their IT operations costs, they had users accessing databases of large graphic files on local servers at remote offices. The annual maintenance cost of equipment and maintenance of all the servers was staggering.
We recommended the Citrix VDI for a variety of reasons, one was so that the databases of all their offices were consolidated to the main office on one server, eliminating the need for local servers at remote offices. The Citrix robust fresh rate over WAN allowed users to access the same data as before but with no lag even though data was hundreds and sometimes thousands of miles away.
Second benefit to implementing the VDI solution was drastically removing maintenance costs at remote offices of various workstations, as their roles were less critical and now acted as dumb terminals.