Swiss Government Centralises Worldwide Desktop Infrastructure with Double-Take® Flex
July 23 2010 - 3:00AM
Business Wire
Double-Take® Software (NASDAQ: DBTK) announced today that the
Swiss Government has centralised the provisioning and management of
its desktop systems for Federal Departments worldwide using 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
centralised control over the organisation’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.
“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,”
said Sanjin Goglia, project manager at Siemens Switzerland Ltd. “We
implement only one uniform image for all users, and therefore know
exactly what is running and what is not.”
Olivier Cohen, EMEA sales director at Double-Take Software
commented, “Organisations looking at desktop virtualisation and
centralised 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.”
About Double-Take® SoftwareHeadquartered 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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