Datacentre refresh and virtualisation solution for polythene manufacturer
Customer: A leading manufacturer of polythene film bags and sacks in Europe, with a turnover exceeding £480m.
Requirement: The company wanted to provide virtual desktops and access to applications to 700 users throughout the UK and Canada.
Solution: EACS was involved in the complete design and implementation of a solution based on Citrix XenApp Platinum Edition which involves:
- Design and implementation of virtualised XenApp servers hosted on XenServer and dynamically provisioned with Citrix Provisioning Server
- Design and implementation of Citrix XenDesktop to support users that required more functionality than that provided by XenApp
- Implementation of AppSense Environment Manager for user profile management
- Installation of Branch Repeaters to optimise the connections between the larger branch offices and the primary datacentre
- Implementation of NetScaler appliances to provide High Availability for the remote access solution and acceleration of website traffic using Global Sever Load Balancing (GSLB) service
