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This article is part of the August 2012 Volume 14 issue of How CIOs can take control over data storage virtualization
What does a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) have to do with clinical care? Plenty, when clinicians at Seattle Children's Hospital have about 20 minutes to assess a new patient, and as much as 10 minutes of that time is spent interacting with technology. "That's a significant distraction to what we do as a business," said Jake Hughes, the hospital's chief technical architect. By using a combination of desktop virtualization technologies, however, the time doctors and nurses spend logging on and off workstations has been reduced by 45 minutes a day. The need for speed isn't always mentioned as a benefit of virtualized desktops (IT departments talk mostly about eliminating management headaches and costs). But that is what Hughes and Wes Wright, vice president and chief technology officer at the hospital, set out to accomplish when they swapped out an old blade platform for Cisco Systems Inc.'s Unified Computing System (UCS) and replaced existing desktop workstations and laptops with zero clients from Wyse Technology Inc. On top of the UCS platform, the VDI... Access >>>
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Virtualization capacity management: The right tools rule
by Karen Goulart, Features Writer
A strong capacity management plan for virtualized data centers comes down to the right mix of resource provisioning tools for both IT and employees.
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Virtualization capacity management: The right tools rule
by Karen Goulart, Features Writer
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A storage strategy built with virtualization in mind
by Christina Torode, Editorial Director
Virtualization calls for a shift in storage strategy. Here's a rundown of the pros and cons of three primary approaches for virtualized environments.
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A storage strategy built with virtualization in mind
by Christina Torode, Editorial Director
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News
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Tying a virtual desktop infrastructure to business needs
by Christina Torode, Editorial Director
A hospital's chief technology officer and chief architect talk about the relationship between desktop virtualization and patient care.
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Capacity management from the trenches
by Karen Goulart, Features Writer
Independent Bank Corp. CIO Pete Graves speaks in-depth about his capacity management plan and offers advice gleaned from years of experience.
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Is mobile device virtualization the answer to BYOD?
by Linda Tucci, Executive Editor
Mobile device virtualization promises work and personal personas on the same device -- but is it ready for prime time?
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Tying a virtual desktop infrastructure to business needs
by Christina Torode, Editorial Director
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CIOs must keep slow enterprise virtualization rolling along
by Niel Nickolaisen
Once a bleeding-edge technology, virtualization is finding its way slowly into all corners of modern organizations. CIOs must keep the drumbeat going.
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CIOs must keep slow enterprise virtualization rolling along
by Niel Nickolaisen
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