Improving Flexibility   Organisations need to deliver secure, high performance systems to their users – wherever they are.

The Challenge

	Customer References
	""The fast-moving nature of our organisation means that there is often the need for a distributed group of people to be accessing information. We wanted to extend our use of Citrix beyond just our main stations, to those working from home or remotely who needed applications delivered to them with a high level of security. "We needed an adaptable and flexible solution. The system allows us to restrict printing or local saving of data, ensuring we can protect sensitive information while allowing people to be productive when not based in the office."	Tracey Hipperson, Head of ICT at Cambridgeshire Constabulary
	Business Issues
	Reduce Costs: Provide users with the computing power they need, where they need it, without the need for expensive installation to the client device Improved Flexibility: Providing a secure, reliable, predictable and cost-effective way of delivering new applications to users Business Continuity: An effective location independent working solution can also be used to meet  business continuity requirements Protect Corporate Data: Allow access from any device and any location, but retain the data securely within the organisation - increasing flexibility without compromising security
	"Thanks to the ability to work more flexibly.  We are a far more mobile company today." "We are seeing a lot more work being done in hotels, touchdown (hot-desk) centres and airports and in our overseas offices, where users can access not only email but also their line-of-business applications anywhere they can get an Internet connection."	Andrew Gordon, Senior Architect, Standard Life
	Other Flexible & Mobile Working Case Studies
	The AA Centralis desktop solutions deliver reliable  access to the AA at the roadside. Centrica Centralis provides standard builds to thousands of service engineers throughout the UK. Bracknell Forest Borough Council Flexible working at the council saves over £300,000 pa in direct costs.

Five years on from the introduction of flexible working legislation, just a third of UK businesses can offer staff systems access from home. For those lucky enough to have access, performance can be slow, or worse inconsistent, with applications, data and personalisation not available.

Properly designed, mobile working solutions can not only support flexible working, they can bring systems access directly to its point of use empowering and enabling sections of the workforce.

Common issues:

• Organisations need to reduce their reliance on expensive office and desk space
• Work should be something that staff do, not a place they go to do it
• Organisations need to be ready to respond to major disruptions to staff availability – whether from weather, protest, strike or illness
• Information systems should support both roaming executives and the field worker in a service user’s home
   

How Centralis Can Help

Centralis uses consultancy services based on market-leading technology from Citrix, Microsoft and other leading vendors to help customers deliver improved flexible working. 

Centralis services include:

Discovery - Work with you to establish which areas of workforce mobility and secure access matter most to your organisation

Analysis - Review your requirements for performance, security and compliance against available & proven technologies

Design - Use our consultancy skills to specify, design and deploy the right solution to meet your timescales and budget

Validation - Test any proposed solution to ensure that it meets technical and operational requirements (and end-user acceptance tests)

Maintenance - Work with and support your team to cross-train & establish their technical skills
 

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How Customers Benefit

• Improve staff motivation, retention & work life balance
• Reduce accommodation costs through hot-desking and home-working
• Support high-level operational requirements such as disaster recovery and business continuity
• Improve the effectiveness and productivity of field workers and roaming employees
• Support “green” initiatives to reduce energy consumption of accommodation & travel
   

What to do next

• Consider how your organisation would benefit if it could deliver applications and desktops to users at any location
• Meet with a Centralis pre-sales consultant to discuss your options – no charge or obligation to proceed
• Find out how similar organisations have benefitted, and discover how application and desktop virtualisation can help to make your organisation more agile
   

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