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Scalar works with PNE to deploy VMware Horizon
- 1. VMware Horizon Project at
the PNE
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- 2. } About Scalar
INTRODUCTION
} Core Infrastructure
} Security
} Performance
} Control
PORTFOLIO
} Our Strategic Partners
} PNE
PARTNERS & CUSTOMERS
WHY SCALAR?
} Experience
} Innovation
} Execution
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- 3. Founded in 2004
$105M in FY13
Revenues
Nationwide Presence
120 Employees
Nationwide
25% Growth YoY
Toronto | Vancouver
Ottawa | Calgary | London
Greater than 1:1
technical:sales ratio
Background in architecting mission-critical
data centre infrastructure
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- 4. } The country’s most
skilled IT infrastructure
specialists, focused on
security, performance
and control tools
} Delivering
infrastructure services
which support core
applications
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- 6. } Top technical talent in Canada
– Engineers average 15 years’ experience
} We train the trainers
– Only Authorized Training Centre in Canada
for F5, Palo Alto Networks, and Infoblox
} Our partners recognize we’re
the best
– Brocade Partner of the Year – Innovation
– Cisco Partner of the Year – Data Centre &
Virtualization
– VMware Global Emerging Products Partner
of the Year
– F5 VAR Partner of the Year – North America
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- 8. } 100 years in operation
} 60 acres of parkland
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Historical buildings
Playland amusement park
Pacific Coliseum
Concert and exhibition venues
} 2010 Olympics – Short Track / Figure Skating Venue
} Empire Stadium BC Lions/Vancouver Whitecaps 2010-2012
} Fair at the PNE every summer
} 170+ full-time year-round staff / 3500+ part time seasonal
staff
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- 11. } First virtual desktop deployment - 2010
} Today – 40 Windows 7 virtual desktops
} Increasing to 170 deployed at peak time
} Cloud hosted lottery call centre
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- 12. } Hardware:
– Servers: 4 x SGI Altix 270e Dual Quad core 2.53mhz,
144Gb ram
– Storage: NetApp 2040 & 2020 SAS/SATA mix, ISCSI attached
– Network: Cisco
– Thin Client hardware: Teradici PCoIP – EVGA / Dell FX-10
– APEX 2800 Hardware Accelerator
} Software:
– VMware ESXi 5.1.0
– VMware Horizon Suite 5.2
– VMware View Composer 5.2
– Microsoft Windows 7 64bit, Office 2010
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- 13. } Deploy 170 desktops for short periods of time
– Maintain updates and deal with hardware issues prior to
deployment
} Store 130 desktops for 7 months
– Physical space, hands-on move twice per year
} Migrate from Windows 2003 Terminal Server
environment
– Upgrade 250 TS CALs to Server 2008 – costly
} Provide personalized, better
performing desktops
– User complaints about TS desktops
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- 14. } Started small – 10 user license POC
} Deployed more as physical PC ‘died’
– EVGA device $292.00
– MS Windows license part of our existing EA
– VMware host hardware/software available
– Virtual refresh cycle more than
double PC
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- 15. } Ease of deployment – Linked Clones
– 30-45 minutes for initial image
– 5-10 minutes for subsequent desktops
} Ease of updating/maintaining software versions
– Single parent image ‘replicated’ to all desktops
} Users move from one office to another on site
– Not required to create new profiles on 2nd desktop
– Disconnect and reconnect without logoff / logon
process
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- 16. } Access from Anywhere
– From any PNE office with EVGA device
– Access to desktop while travelling
– Access via multiple device platforms
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iPad, iPhone
Teradici device
Windows Clients
Mac Clients
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- 17. } Horizon Workspace
– Domain users access to shared
files/folders - eliminated need
for previous FTP site
– Access to specific files via email message
– Data stored securely on site
– Grant and revoke permissions
easily
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- 18. } Before Horizon Workspace
– Financial details and ongoing project information
outdated as soon as printed.
– Costly deliveries of binders filled with documents
– Green initiatives out of step with paper shuffle
– Up to date information not always available
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- 19. } Benefits today
– Access permissions can be granted to external groups
– Vancouver City Council & PNE Board members
– Up-to-date file sharing and collaboration
– Access to latest documents via iPad while in chambers
– End user flexibility
– Login via PNE domain account
– Board members can
access documents on
multiple mobile devices
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- 20. } Experience
} POCs
} Architecture/Design
} Implementation
} Migration/Upgrade
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- 22. THANK YOU.
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