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Polish schools have been dealing with computerisation for years now. Recently, the process has gained in importance as well as becoming subject to a growing number of requirements. Schools are forced to increase the numbers of their computer stations to ensure they are available to as many pupils as possible. Yet schools are facing budget constraints which means that they can rarely afford new PC purchases or foot the growing bill for computer maintenance.
NComputing, Inc. is the fastest growing application delivery and desktop virtualization company in the world with over 20 million daily users in 140 countries. The company's award-winning, patented technology lowers desktop computing costs, enriches user experience, improves manageability, and reduces both energy consumption and e-waste. It is the perfect solution for leveraging the power and potential of PCs, tablets, BYOD and cloud computing to enable users to access the applications, desktops and data from any device anywhere, anytime.
Autoradam is a Dutch car rental and lease firm, headquartered in the province of Flevoland in the Netherlands. Along with its location in Almere, that has a car wash and petrol station, it has a new petrol station situated in Amsterdam, which will soon open a car rental and car wash. There are also plans afoot to expand further.
Ecorys is a premier player in the provision of research, evaluation, consultancy and technical assistance services to the public, private and third sectors, working closely with national governments including the UK government, policymakers and the European Commission.
The challenge – provide more sustainable, secure and flexible computing for demanding knowledge workers
In the UK, Ecorys had a patchwork of older desktop PCs and servers that were increasingly unreliable, putting serious pressure on a small UK IT team who had to support end users in offices nationwide.
The rising demands of working life are driving the need for flexibility and mobility as well as for better connectivity in the working place. Ensuring remote access to corporate data is still a great challenge for the IT departments of enterprises. Today’s employees need access to applications and company data any time and everywhere and they want to be able to use their PCs, notebooks, tablets or smartphones for work. Therefore IT departments need an effective solution for easy and cost effective management of IT applications across a range of devices.
In 1998 Factorias Vulcano began a project to consolidate the management of its IT applications. The company deployed Citrix Metaframe Servers to host corporate applications on central servers and allow remote access for users of the corporate network. The introduction of Citrix Metaframe enabled more than 75 users to get connected to a single OS and share ICT resources, resulting in significant cost efficiencies for the company.
Virtual desktops from NComputing create multiple workstations from just a few computers
Computers in classrooms have become an important part of education. It is clear that the use of digital media as well as personal computer training encourages independent learning on the Internet.
Founded in 1995, The Education Volunteers Foundation of Turkey (TEGV) has evolved to be Turkey’s most widespread Non-Governmental Organization operating in the field of Education. Serving over 245,000 students, TEGV controls a variety of facilities including 8 education parks, 62 learning centers, and 13 mobile learning units.
TEGV: Students can now use computers for classwork in the school’s computer lab.
The staff at Nkumba University, one of the few private chartered universities in Uganda, was facing an administrative nightmare. With a limited number of PCs and a university full of students eager to learn, how could they ensure that every student had sufficient access to the computer labs?
Budget restrictions, growing maintenance and electricity costs highlighted the need for an innovative solution to address the challenges that this progressive university faced.
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is a non-profit international organization responsible for the global rules of trade between nations. Its 149 member countries account for 97% of global trade. The WTO’s mission is to ensure that international trade flows as smoothly, predictably, and freely as possible throughout the world. As part of this mission, the WTO hosts an annual conference with 11,000 delegates. The conference has global economic and political implications and impacts the lives of nearly every person in the world.