Virtual Desktops in State Government: Two Customer Webinars

We have two outstanding on-demand webinars featuring state government departments now available on our website. Both state departments are using VMware View and Unidesk to deliver user-customizable, easy-to-update, and storage-efficient virtual desktops to their workforce. The innovative solution by Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities and Wisconsin Department of Children and Families has resulted in both state agencies being named to the prestigious list of laureates for the 2011 Computerworld Honors Program.

Here’s a little more information on each state department’s desktop virtualization project:

Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (DCF)

Project details:

• End Users: Social workers, administrators, and call-center employees
• Number of Virtual Desktops: 1,200
• Management: Unidesk
• Access: VMware View

Webinar details:

• Description
  • Hear Wisconsin DCF CIO, Maytee Aspuro, and her team explain how desktop virtualization is enabling them to better meet the mobility and personalization needs of its workers, while helping the agency realize greater operational efficiencies and cost savings.
• Presenters:
  • Maytee Aspuro, Chief Information Officer, Wisconsin DCF
  • Chris Luter, Technical Services Chief, Wisconsin DCF
  • Tim Curless, Systems Architect, Wisconsin DCF
  • Ron Oglesby, Chief Solution Architect, Unidesk Corporation
  • Chris Fox, Senior Software Engineer, VMware
• Recording Date:
  • April 14, 2011
• Watch on-demand webinar, read Q&A, and view presentation slides:
  • http://www.unidesk.com/resources/webinar/wisconsin-dcf

Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities (DODD)

Project details:

• End Users: Doctors, nurses, executives, IT staff, food services staff, maintenance staff, etc.
• Number of Virtual Desktops: 1,500
• Management: Unidesk
• Access: VMware View

Webinar details:

• Description:
  • Hear Ohio DODD IT Manager, Kipp Bertke, discuss how the DODD is virtualizing 1,500 desktops (98% of its desktops) across all use cases to create a more modern, streamlined desktop infrastructure.
• Presenters:
  • Kipp Bertke, Information Technology Manager, Ohio DODD
  • Robbert Murray, Network Services, Ohio DODD
  • Ron Oglesby, Chief Solution Architect, Unidesk Corporation
  • Matthew Honigford, Technical Account Manager, VMware
• Recording Date:
  • March 22, 2011
• Watch on-demand webinar, read Q&A, and view presentation slides:
  • http://www.unidesk.com/resources/webinar/customer-webinar-ohio-dodd