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VMware Horizon Project at the PNE
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INTRODUCTION
} About Scalar
PORTFOLIO
PARTNERS & CUSTOMERS
WHY SCALAR?
} Core Infrastructure } Security
} Performance } Control
} Experience } Innovation } Execution
} Our Strategic Partners } PNE
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Background in architecting mission-critical data centre infrastructure
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
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} 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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} 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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Lloyd Dean Director, Information Systems
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} 100 years in operation
} 60 acres of parkland – 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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} 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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} 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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} 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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} 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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} 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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} Access from Anywhere – From any PNE office with EVGA device – Access to desktop while travelling – Access via multiple device platforms ﹘ iPad, iPhone ﹘ Teradici device ﹘ Windows Clients ﹘ Mac Clients
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} Horizon Workspace – Domain users access to shared
files/folders - eliminated need for previous FTP site
– Access to specific files via e-mail message
– Data stored securely on site – Grant and revoke permissions
easily
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} 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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} 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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} Experience
} POCs
} Architecture/Design
} Implementation
} Migration/Upgrade
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QUESTIONS?
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THANK YOU.
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