Enable students to learn wherever they are with a Virtual...
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Enable students to learn wherever they are with a Virtual Lab solution from Dell and VMware.®
Make your labs more efficient and accessible to students.In higher education, access to specialty applications is often critical to successful study. For many students,
that means hours spent on university-provided PCs in an on-campus location. PCs you’re responsible for
managing and supporting can be a burden that takes time and money away from other more strategic
activities. And while many students rely on these labs to make the grade, for other students, being bound
to a physical learning location is viewed as an inconvenience in today’s typically mobile world. With a Virtual
Lab solution you can improve the process for everyone.
Take control over your labs and give students a new level of freedom.• Make any application accessible from any lab computer with Virtualized Lab Desktops.
Making your job easier, it also lets you centralize image management at the data center so your management
and support time are reduced—freeing you to re-deploy personnel for more strategic activities.
• Let students access all of their specialized apps from a virtual machine with Mobile Virtual Lab.
Going beyond simple desktop virtualization to a mobile solution adds a level of functionality that lab users
will see as a clear benefit. This solution lets students access schoolwork, data, research, etc., via their own
personal laptop or tablet computer. Because the actual computing happens in the data center, it doesn’t
matter whether a student’s notebook is several years old or the latest high-end technology. And as students
can access lab work from their dorm rooms while working in a virtual “bubble,” your network won’t be
exposed to viruses and you can consolidate your lab space, reducing hardware costs.
Simplify your path to desktop modernization with the Dell Virtual Labs VMware Ready Desktop Solution for
Education. This solution is validated by Dell and VMware and delivered by Dell so you can achieve:
•Acceleratedtimetovaluefromyourdesktopmodernizationefforts
•Secure,validatedsolutionsthatworkforprimary,secondaryandhighereducationalinstitutions
•Reducedriskandimprovedusersatisfactionandmobilityforstudents,facultyandstaff
With the design and deployment done by Dell, you get enhanced IT manageability and security, risk
compliance and business continuity while providing students and educators with anytime, anywhere access to
their desktops from any compatible device.
From lab to dorm room, library to cafeteria.
Putting the pieces together.
Dell Virtual Labs with VMware removes complexity and uncertainty:
•Guidesimplementationfromfeasibilitythroughongoingoperations
•BasedonDell’sEnterpriseDesktopVirtualizationSolutions
•Leveragespre-packaged,configuredandtestedhardware,
software and services
•Includesvirtualizationofselectedcommon
Education specialty applications
•Providespeaceofmindbasedon50Ktesthours
Our designed and validated solution stacks include:
•DesktopVirtualizationtechnologyfromDellandVMwareView™
•DellPowerEdgeTM servers, EqualLogic storage,
and PowerConnect switches
•DellOptiplexTM thin-client and zero-client desktops, Latitude
notebooks and tablets, 3rd party clients with VMware View Client
factory pre-installed for ease of customer deployment
•ValidationandVirtualizationsupportofkeyspecialty
applications critical to education computer labs,
such as MATLAB, Mathematica, SAS, etc.
•Licensingbestpracticesguide
•Consulting&ImplementationServices
•DellProSupportforSolutions
Here’s how it works.“With a virtualized
environment from Dell,
Intel and VMware, my staff
can now spend more time
helping the mission of the
school. Which means
helping faculty, helping
students—building better
business process—and
spending less time on
fixing day-to-day
hardware problems.”
Michael Vertefeuille, Assistant Dean, University of Connecticut School of Business
Service and support:
Get there quickly.
•Up-frontservicesensurefasttimetoproductivityandbuildaroadmapforfuturescale-outs
•Ouropen,capableandaffordablesolutionsleverageinvestmentsyouhaveinplace
•Proofofconceptandpilotoptionsavailable
EnsureyourVirtualLabsolutionisalwaysreadytogo.DellProSupportofferscompletecare,including:
•Pre-salessupport
•Singlepoint-of-contactandresolutionforspecificsolutioncomponents
(hardware, software, third-party hardware, and peripherals)
•Issuesareresolvedatthesolutionlevelversustheindividualcomponent(assettag)level
•AccesstoDellGlobalCommandCentersforissuemanagementandmonitoring
To Learn More or to Purchase, Visit Dell.Com/VirtualLab or Call Your Dedicated Dell Sales Representative at 1.800.274.7799.
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