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Long View Systems presentation to VMware Knowledge Series on End User Computing. What are we seeing in the field in EUC, what are some approaches for success that can be applied to make projects and adoption more successful.
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End User Computing
Notes from the field
James Charter, VCDX Practice Director, Virtualization Solutions
Thursday, April 25, 2013
AGENDA
•About Long View •What are We Seeing? •Approaches for Success •How Can We Help?
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About Long View
Best People. Best Practices.
Best Value.
One of the most powerful IT Solutions and Services Company
Offices across North America
Industry leading expertise in key technology innovations and best practices
Innovative, flexible, cost-effective, and business focused
A people-focused corporate culture dedicated to “Being the Best”
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Key Statistics:
• Calgary (CDN HQ), Vancouver, Victoria, Edmonton, Toronto, Denver (USA HQ), Houston, Dallas,
Phoenix
• Largest and Fastest Growing IT Solutions Company 10 to 1000 employees, $2M to $270M+ in 13 years • 750+ employees are technical today • 2013 total headcount trending to
1100+
• Privately owned and debt free, focused organic growth in leading technology areas
Quick Stats
What we do
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Strategic Partners
• VMware Premier Solution Provider (Canada/US)
• VMware Enterprise Service Provider
• Cisco Gold Partner
• EMC Velocity Solution Provider Partner
• VCE Solution Provider (Canada/US)
• HP Converged Infrastructure Elite Partner
• NetApp Star Partner
• FlexPod Premium Partner (only Canadian Partner)
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What we do
Virtualization
ASSESSMENTS: • Environment Health Checks • Full Technology Assessments • Operational Readiness
Assessments • Business cases and ROI analysis
PLANNING AND DESIGN: • Architect and Design Solutions • Proof of Concepts and Pilots • Disaster Recovery Planning • Solution Strategies and
Roadmaps
SOLUTIONS: • Converged Infrastructure • Private Cloud / Infrastructure as-a-
Service • Public Cloud • Virtual Desktop Infrastructure • Application Virtualization
Infrastructure and Packaging
MANAGEMENT AND OPTIMIZATION: • Backup and Recovery • Performance and Capacity
Management • Availability, Monitoring and
Alerting solutions • Systems Automation,
Provisioning and Capacity Allocation
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What are We Seeing?
Infrastructure
Infrastructure Technology Changes
• Flash Storage/Caching Technologies
• Converged Infrastructure
• Bigger CPU’s removing barriers for workloads
• Better faster data coverage for remote users
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What are We Seeing?
End Points
New Devices
• Tablets getting more use in the office
• More infrastructure required to support additional devices, security landscape is changing
• BYOD/SYOM getting even more realistic for some businesses
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What are We Seeing?
End Points
Windows
• Still a Windows World… for now
• Windows XP still running in lots of businesses
• Windows 7 still getting adopted
• Windows 8 coming in on tablets first
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What are We Seeing?
EUC Infrastructure Today
What are people doing now?
• Starting to look at the new opportunities
• Application Virtualization still in silos
• Thick applications on desktops
• Traditional application presentation
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What are We Seeing?
Infrastructure
Interests on the Rise
• Renewed interest in 3D for VDI
• New interest in ROBO use cases
• More interest in distributed services, workload and application mobility
• BYOD
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Approaches for Success
What is this all about?
Two simple things to keep in mind, and start with them…
It’s about applications!
It’s about your users!
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Approaches for Success
Applications
Determine what your business needs
• Where are your users? What do they need? How do they use applications? How is this changing?
• Plan an application delivery strategy
• Align your application delivery to be agile, virtualize as much as possible whenever possible
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Approaches for Success
Applications
Determine what you have, Rationalize what you need
• Survey your application base, audit your endpoints
• Understand the inter-dependencies
• Application Rationalization, simplify your install base
• Application Life Cycle, simplify your versions
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Approaches for Success
Users
Know your users
• What is their experience now? Make sure it is better to get buy in
• Know their use case and what applications matter
• Ensure success, have pilot user groups
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Approaches for Success
Users
Live like a user
• Try the use cases yourself, live it to know it
• Consider white glove or enhanced service teams for better user transition and support
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Questions?? Questions
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How can we help?
Interested in moving forward with your own integrations?
• Drop by the Long View table, tell us your story, and talk with one of our experts
• Ask to have one of our Account team book a meeting to discuss your requirements
Contact us
Email: [email protected]
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Contact Us
Let’s get connected.
Facebook Facebook.com/ longviewsystems
Twitter Twitter.com/ longviewsystems
Linkedin Linkedin.com/ company/17908
YouTube Youtube.com/ longviewsystems
James Charter Practice Director, Virtualization Solutions Main: 403.515.6900 Email: [email protected]
Thank You
