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"The Citrix solution provided by Centralis has enabled the Council to introduce hot desking and home working services...which has allowed us to reduce our total office accommodation footprint by 20%. Overall we have seen direct savings in the region of £300,000 a year from the project." |
Ian Slee, CTO, Bracknell Forest Borough Council |
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"Centralis has delivered a managed desktop for Centrica's mobile workers which has reduced the return to base rate for laptop PCs by two thirds." "This approach supports thousands of our engineers in the field by providing them with a user interface designed specifically for their job, and supports Centrica by reducing our support costs for this vital group of users." |
Peter Christie, Head of Mobile Technology, Centrica plc. |
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Most organisations have built up layers of infrastructure and inherited considerable costs that go with them. Transforming them through internal projects can take too long and is rarely a high enough priority.
By undertaking strategic reviews of current issues, options and strategies, key elements can be identified, optimised and (optionally) transferred to a managed service, freeing up staff, time and budget for other activities.
Common complaints:
- I’m stuck with the mess I inherited with the job and every technology we deploy simply adds to cost and complexity
- Desktop refresh is too costly, but I need to keep the estate within vendor support
- Retaining quality, qualified staff is becoming more costly
- Services such as DR are more expensive because of our
complex desktop and application set
How Centralis Can Help
Centralis uses consultancy services based on market-leading technology from Citrix, Microsoft and AppSense to help customers reduce costs and get the most from their existing hardware and software investments.
Centralis services include:
Discovery - Examine the current situation to gain a thorough understanding of existing investments, partnerships, organisational drivers and strategies
Analysis - Identify, evaluate and analyse cost "pain points" and identify options to reduce or resolve them
Evaluations - Try out the best solutions in a proof of concept or pilot environment designed to meet your timescales and budget
Design - Matching the solution functionality to your operational requirements such as such as thin clients, hot-desking, green computing and branch-office consolidation
Maintenance - Reduce costs through effective support, hosting or managed services
Contact us, and we'll call you to discuss how we can help
How Customers Benefit
- Deliver short to medium term savings by simplifying the desktop, application set and delivery method
- Increase savings by using a fixed cost managed service which includes 1st class technical support
- “Sweat” existing assets using performance optimisation to get more users per server
- Extend life & refresh cycles by using new advances in thin client technology
- Cut administration costs by up to 90% using automation
and management tools (included free with some contracts)
What to do next
- Consider the fixed and variable cost elements of applications, desktops and accommodation
- 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 to reduce costs through optimisation & managed
services