Moving to Cloud Desktops and Managed Services Transforming the way users access their I.T. services by moving to cloud-based services and managed service contracts backed by "time to fix" Service Level Agreements.

The Challenge

	Customer references
	“Our aim was to bring all sites and employees under one centralised solution given the exponential growth of the company in recent years." "Through working with Centralis to implement Citrix coupled with the ability to manage the system remotely from headquarters, our IT infrastructure is now robust and flexible, allowing us to drive the company forward into the future with confidence.”	Dave Boulton, Infrastructure Manager, Speedy Hire
	Business & Technical Benefits
	Flexibility: provide a centralised computing “resource” which is cost-effective, flexible and delivered as a service Simplicity: Deliver desktops as a service on demand - as many as you need at a fixed monthly cost Cost: Rent rather than build - taking advantage of a service provider model and economies of scale Responsiveness: Remove I.T. as the bottleneck, responding to new business demands in hours rather than days Reporting: Keep track of your service in detail knowing which applications are being used and how well I.T. is doing against critical service metrics and KPIs
	Customer references
	“The approach taken provides a standard method for the delivery of access to all back office systems. "The Council’s ICT Services support team are now able to rapidly deploy access to any back office application, independent of the end client desktop version or location."	Ian Slee, CTO, Bracknell Forest Borough Council.”
	Selected Centralis Case Studies
	Moat Housing Group Best practice methodology delivers solid foundation for Moat Housing Group BUPA Securely delivering centralised applications as a service to non-managed PCs. Solihull Council Delivering virtual desktops to key workers across the region.

Increasingly I.T. departments are asked to respond quickly to organisational and operational change, whether this is deployment of a new application, moving to a new desktop or the introduction of flexible working.

Common issues:

• Resources should be made available when and where they are needed most – without the need to buy, upgrade or move hardware

• Users should be presented with a simple, easy to use workplace that is kept up to date with the latest applications and includes key services such as printing

• I.T. should be provided as a service, not built and managed in-house as an overhead

Centralisation and virtualisation of resources into an internal or external "cloud" service allows organisations to take their first steps towards cloud computing, where resources are aligned to requirements and provisioned to users "on demand".

How Centralis Can Help

Centralis can transform your application and desktop estate to make it more flexible, more cost-effective and more reliable - this is the essence of cloud computing.

Through its desktop transformation services Centralis strips out the complexity and inflexibility of traditional computing, freeing the users to connect from any device, at any location with LAN-like performance.  With the cloud-based desktop all of this can be delivered without the need for the customer to buy their own server hardware, storage or licenses.

If you prefer to host the environment in your own data center, Centralis offers a managed service which supports tens of thousands of users and devices.

Either way, the cost and complexity of providing desktops and applications to users is resolved for a fixed monthly cost.

Simplify - Remove the need to install software locally, allowing users to connect from any device including their smartphones, MACs and iPads

Standardise - Deliver applications and desktops as a reliable service, managed and maintained for you, with updates, patches and technology refresh all included if required

Centralise - Whether hosted at your site or that of our cloud providers, a centralised solution can be made resilient, high performance and highly efficient, saving you money and improving user satisfaction

Contact us, and we'll call you to discuss how we can help move your desktops towards the cloud

How Customers Benefit

• Reduce purchase, operating and support costs
• Improve end-user experience and support services
• Reduce time to deploy for new applications and services
• Improve reliability and resilience of key systems
• Take advantage of "time to fix" SLAs and KPI reports
• Create a fixed cost operating model

What to do next

• Consider how moving to a "cost per month" model could benefit your organisation
• Meet with a Centralis pre-sales consultant to discuss your options – no charge or obligation to proceed
• Find out how similar organisations have benefitted
• Discover how centralisation and virtualisation can lift the barriers to the cloud
   

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Centralis Desktop Transformation

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