Replacing aging computers with affordable virtualized desktops
When Thomas Hoover joined the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, he brought valuable IT leadership expertise including first-hand experience with successful desktop virtualization. The Associate Vice Chancellor and CIO of UTC came from Pepperdine University, where desktop virtualization had enabled the school to outfit labs, classrooms and the library with thin clients for a third of the cost of PCs.
Ecorys is a premier player in the provision of research, evaluation, consultancy and technical assistance services to the public, private and third sectors, working closely with national governments including the UK government, policymakers and the European Commission.
The challenge – provide more sustainable, secure and flexible computing for demanding knowledge workers
In the UK, Ecorys had a patchwork of older desktop PCs and servers that were increasingly unreliable, putting serious pressure on a small UK IT team who had to support end users in offices nationwide.