Streamlining Remote Access Delivery for Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust
Explore how the NHS Trust optimized remote access with Citrix, Cisco, and VMware, enhancing efficiency, security, and user experience while addressing licensing challenges.
Streamlining Remote Access Delivery for Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust
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Heading (type here) Xendesktop – Case study James Rawlinson Associate Director IT Services
Heading (type here) • Medium Sized NHS Hospital • Population circa 600,000 • £400m turnover • 7000+ staff • 5500 desktops • Each day we: • 500 people in ED • 235 operations • 1850 outpatients • 18 births • 2700 meals The Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust
Heading (type here) • Remote working landscape • USB sprawl • MUST have a laptop • Directors • HMRC lost CD’s • New £350m PFI hospitals • ‘Improving Working lives’ agenda Challenges - 2009
Heading (type here) • More pilots than Virgin airlines • VMWARE – poor user experience • SunRay – too expensive • Leverage what we had • Citrix experience and skills • Vmware infrastructure • Cisco security VDI
Heading (type here) Architecture 40 Concurrent
Heading (type here) • Everyone who already had remote access • Clear and simple instructions • HR and ‘flexible working’ agenda • Clear re-charge model • 200 users. 10 concurrent.. • Oncall teams • Reduce number of laptops • Greater security • Staff working within other organisations • “Why can’t work be this quick” • Just works Deployment & Benefits
Heading (type here) • DoesCreates another management process • AV • Patches • Software updates • Reliability • Poor reporting • Software Supplier support Challenges LICENSING……………….
Heading (type here) • Community sites and ‘sneaker support’ • Back office functions • Cloud • But………. • LICENSING • Seamless OS management Future
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