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Dell flexiLabscomputer classrooms made flexible!
DELL speakers:
Antonio Apollonio
Matteo Mazzari
Genaro Escudero
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Is the traditional approach still the right solution for your University?
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1. PC costs: computer-classrooms needs to be equipped with updated technology.
2. Management costs: managing
hundreds of physical PC is cumbersome: HW breaks, SW updates & refresh, move&changes, security concerns,….
3. Facilities costs: computer-classrooms are single-purposed and can very rarely be leveraged for others needs
4. Un-Flexibility : a physical
environment is ether fully busy….or fully un-used.
key pain points of
traditional classrooms
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1. Initial investment: big-bang transformation are not always easy in complex organization; would need an incremental approach…..
2. Technology: virtualization technology is mature; what about my skillset?
3. Management: will the virtual environment really be easy to manage?
Key road-blockers to
future-readyclass-rooms
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Social MediaSocial communication is becoming a natural means of interaction for Students and Teachers.
Broadband CommunicationsStudents have their own connections, flat rates and high-speed access from anywhere
OnLine Cloud Storage Students have at their disposal more powerful services than traditionally the University can offer...
Devices86%* of students bring their own computer or personal device every day to class.
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*Source: educase.edu
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The Power to Do More
The Dell Vision
Provide students with access to their applications, from anywhere, anytime and any device.
Let University access best in class technology, enabling easy scalability and simplifying management.
Zero set-up costs, pay as you grow all-inclusive competitive price-model
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flexiLabs
What :
Fully managed solution to deliver
apps & desktop to student’s owned
devices.
Seamless experience, as if student
were using traditional class-rooms
PC.
No need for infrastructure, Hw or Sw.
Internet connection and University
owned application are only
prerequisites.
No initial investments; monthly fee
per student includes management
and maintenance
How:
1. Initial ConsultingDell experts work with University to establish
criteria, models, network capabilities, processes,
flows and class-rooms virtualization road-map .
2. IntegrationFlexilabs is connected to University to allow
directory accounts and permissions to
synchronize.
3. DeploymentflexiLabs is deployed, along with
University applications and desktops
4. Management & MaintenanceOngoing management & maintenance
is performed by Dell so that students
can work from anywhere and anytime. Accurate
service reporting is provided realtime.
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Only Dell does all of this!
Dell flexiLabs: end to end enabled solutions
ServicesConsulting, Management, Maintenance
Networking
Storage
Servers
Cloud
Management
Security
Tablets
Thin/Zero clients
Personal computers
Infrastructure Software End points
>> several use cases already running
>> 4 years of experience, thousands of students
>> 300 applications tested and ready to go
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Less than 3 € x month x Student
any time any where any device
Dell-flexiLabs
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The Power to Do More
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQFw3eqB-pk
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The Power to Do More
demo
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FlexiLabs, much more than VDI
Infrastructure Monitoring
VDI infrastructure
Cloud Provider
flexiLabsFlexiLabs is a complete service stack and avilable today.
A Lot of Solutions offers virtual seats (also on Cloud) but administration, Integration and Management efforts are in charge to University IT department
+300 Apps.Virt. OnCatalog
Access from Any Device
Orchestration and Automation
Deployment Control
Utilization Statistics and Reports
4 Year on Production
Value Proposition
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flexiLabs Automation & Orchestration
flexiLabs
APP1APP2
APP3
data
info
University repository with Student and Staff accounts are used for provisioning
Flexilabs platform, delivery and integration software
Apps delivered dynamically according to University rules.
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Analytics Approach
• Dell executed extensive validation tests for the main application used in the education world for functional aspect as soon as licensing constraint.
– Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, PremierePro CS3)
– AutoDesk – AutoCAD 2DLT
– Wolfram – Mathematica 7
– MathWorks – MATLAB
– SAS
– IBM – SPSS
Some common scenarioson licensing:
• Free Software: no change
• Individual applicationlicenses: no change
• Volume Licensing, Contracts, Terminal access: change required
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Application “Flexibility” level categorization
1 2 3 4 5+CPU, RAM,
GPUApplications
Good Candidate to FlexiLab
-CPU, RAM, GPU
Testrequired
BadCandidate
DELL proven Profiling methodology to evaluate application flexibility level.
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Starting Point– As Is, To Be assessment
Current state of computers rooms• How PC are spread across
rooms? (space, power, usage time, etc.)
• What is the refresh cycle of HW? It can be reused?
• Which are the applications and which are the criteria for associations with students?
• Wich security constrain are there?
• What is per application licensing model?
Future scenarios and adoptionroadmap• Application Flexibility Rancking• Bandwith, compute and
bandwidth needs• Profile definition and use cases• Define integration models to
reflect existing application associations criteria.
• Definition of Application distribution models.
• Flexilab adoption roadmap.• Business Case
As Is To Be
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Is your University
ready for the Future?
Contatti:[email protected]
Account executive – higher education
Dell Services, Principal Consultant
Dell Services, flexiLab Product Group
Dell Services, Country Manager
flexiLabs
