Audit, Optimisation and Upgrade Services Whether you are looking to check the status of an environment, get the most from your investment or undertake a platform change, Centralis has a unique approach to ensuring you get the best value.  By combining market-leading expertise with an in-house developed software toolset, Centralis can rapidly analyse, optimise and upgrade environments - delivering exceptional results often within tight timescales and as fixed-cost projects.

Audit, Optimisation and Upgrade Services

	Selected Centralis Case Studies
	Mid-Sussex District Council deploy a virtualised Citrix Access solution Upgrading to a virtualised Citrix Presentation Server 4.0 with Citrix Secure Gateway and Web Interface. Permal upgrade to a virtualised  development environment Permal approached Centralis to build a virtualised development environment within Sungard's hosting centre.
	Business Issues
	Unhappy End Users: Inconsistent and incorrect settings mean that users experience can vary depending on which server they connect to, leading to unhappy users and increased support calls Increasing Flexibility: Combining an upgrade with virtualisation can deliver applications and working environments that are separate from the physical hardware devices, meaning faster deployment, reduced complexity and reduced cost Reduced Risk: An environment configured to best practice offers significant benefits from a risk perspective, including compliance, data security and business continuity solutions

Drawing on 12 years expertise as infrastructure consultants working for many of the UK's leading organisations, Centralis has an unrivalled reputation for quality and value for money.  Combining extensive knowledge of best practise with in-house developed software tools Centralis can deliver comprehensive reports, establish changes required or deploy new standard builds quickly and reliably.

Packaged consultancy services from Centralis fall into the following categories:

Audit (Analysis and Health-checks)

Optimisation (Performance Management, Tuning and Best Practice)

Upgrade (Infrastructure Refresh)

These are summarised below:

Infrastructure Audit

For organisations who need to get an objective assessment of their Citrix environment and supporting infrastructure, Centralis can provide a range of structured reports including:

• Comparison of all key settings by server against best practise
• Analysis of printer drivers, service packs, hot-fixes, drivers etc.
• Application load testing and evaluation
• Farm usage reports by application, user and client version
• Server load evaluation
• Recommended changes for optimisation, resilience, security and best practice

To find out more about our Audit services, get in contact via the link below.  You may also wish to request a sample report in PDF format.

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Infrastructure Optimisation

Performance, reliability and security all depend on keeping an infrastructure optimised and in-line with best practice.  Based on the detailed information gathered in the audit, Centralis can quickly determine the changes needed and apply them across the infrastructure.  This can typically be carried out as a fixed-cost project, including scheduled changes and acceptance testing to minimise the chance of impacting end users.

In addition Centralis can advise on specific technologies which can help overcome performance and stability issues, including:

Virtualisation - helping to reduce infrastructure costs and improve flexibility & resilience

Provisioning - standardising operating systems and build processes

AppSense - improving performance and security

Edgesight - measuring end user experience

Harvester - improving standards and simplifying farm management

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Infrastructure Upgrade

Upgrading to the latest version of software need not be a difficult, risky or time consuming task.  It does depend on a thorough understanding of all the elements concerned and the practical experience to determine how the upgrade should be approached.  Major upgrades may require a complete analysis and design project and the build of a pilot environment.  Minor upgrades may be carried out in situ.  The key skill is knowing which is which.

In addition due consideration should be given to other options and opportunities such as revised capacity planning figures, virtualisation or added value products which may prove of significant benefit over time.

The Infrastructure Upgrade service from Centralis allows organisations to:

• Determine the state of the current environment
• Judge the likely benefits of an upgrade
• Plan the upgrade with consideration for capacity, resilience and impact on end users
• Design the new solution if required
• Carry out the upgrade as a fixed-price project

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