Desktop Virtualization (On-Premises)

Education

"In the past, a desktop update would have taken five or six people four days. Using Cisco UCS preconfigured service profiles in conjunction with VMware and NetApp rapid-cloning capabilities enabled us to complete the same process in six hours" - Mike Cooper, Technology Coordinator, Oak Hills Local School District

• University of Colorado-Boulder (VMware)
• Park Hill School District (Citrix)
• Oak Hill School District (VMware)
• Richland School District (Citrix)
• Indianapolis Public Schools (VMware)
• Oaks Christian School (Citrix)
• Seattle University (VMware)
• Volunteer State Community College (Citrix)

Government

"Previously, if one of our employees in the field needed to file a report at the end of the day, they would have to come into the office, involving up to an hour in travel time. Now they can go straight home and file it from there. The bandwidth is phenomenal. The Cisco VXI solution integrates really well with NetApp and VMware. To be honest, it would be hard to get it to work any better." - Mark Ferreday, Technical Architect, Tower Hamlets London Borough Council

• London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
• London Borough of Tower Hamlets (Citrix)
• City of Jacksonville (Citrix)

Financial Services

"The possibilities for our Vblock solution are endless. It will give us much more agility as we expand into new markets and offer new lines of business, since less physical infrastructure will be required." - Raul Hidalgo, Infrastructure Manager, Banco Azteca

• Banco Azteca (VCE/VMware)
• Sparda Bank Hamburg (Citrix)
• Arab Investment Bank

Service Provider

"We ran a proof of concept with a number of vendors, and Cisco UCS came out on top. In particular, UCS scored highly for ease of management and scalability, which were critical factors for our large and dynamic VDI environment. Also, because it comes pre-integrated, we knew it would work with all the other components from day one." - Luca Ferrandino, Data Center Application Manager, WIND

• O4IT (Citrix)
• Geometric (Citrix)
• Shanghai Telecom (Citrix)
• WIND (VMware)

Healthcare

"We're looking to take advantage of the next generation of virtualization. And [our Cisco] partnership will enable that with a private cloud solution that we can extend across our health system" - Bill Lewkowski, CIO and Executive Vice President, Metro Health

• Metro Health (VMware)
• Seattle Childrens Hospital (Citrix)
• Beaufort Memorial Hospital (VMware)
• Miami Childrens Hospital (Citrix)
• Group Mutuel (VMware)

Sports/Entertainment

"Since implementing Cisco UCS and Tegile, our IT staff is spending less time fixing system issues and more time addressing customers' needs. We're saving 43 percent on equipment and personnel support costs over previous years." - Jim Ibister, VP Facility Administration, Minnesota Wild

• Minnesota Wild (VMware)