Education

Improve Value for Your Students with the Cloud

The emergence of cloud computing in recent years, for everything from off-site backups to temporary classroom resources, speaks to a level of Internet penetration and infrastructure maturity that did not exist just a few years ago. Analysts expect cloud computing to see mainstream adoption in 2–5 years, and some higher education IT leaders believe that cloud computing programs on campus will increase considerably in the coming years.

If your college is looking to increase value while decreasing costs, you cannot continue to run your IT infrastructure the same way you have for the past 20 years. Colleges and universities are struggling to control costs without affecting the quality of learning. And if you are looking to become more cost conscious, cutting edge and flexible, it only makes sense to incorporate the cloud.

Does this sound familiar?

• CapEx is being scrutinized by the Board
• You want to increase online learning vs. increasing class sizes
• You need state of the art equipment to keep up with the increase in online learning

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)

Building and maintaining VDI requires a well trained staff, which is why Virtacore has partnered with VMware to offer to offer VMware View as a managed service from our datacenters. By utilizing VDI through Virtacore you can run a more flexible IT department, so you can respond to your changing business and end-user/student needs.

• Easily control and manage desktops
• Cloud infrastructure is always on, always responsive
• Deliver business agility
• Costs are predictable and manageable
• End user freedom – will not hinder their productivity

VDI allows you to deliver a personalized high fidelity experience for end-users across sessions and devices. Enable higher availability and agility of desktop services unmatched by traditional PCs while reducing the total cost of desktop ownership up to 50%. End-users can enjoy new levels of productivity and the freedom to access desktops from more devices and locations while giving IT greater policy control.