State of Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities

VDI Solution Set
Project Snapshot
  • Desktops: 1,500 persistent and non-persistent created and managed by Unidesk
  • Use Cases: Nurses, Safety Consultants, Business Analysts, Administrators, Office Staff, IT, Developers, and Executives
  • Time Line: 6 months from first virtual desktop implemented to last
  • Applications: 65 organization-wide and job-specific apps packaged as separate layers
  • Benefits: 1 gold image to patch and update for all desktops; 7 of 10 desktop support analysts reassigned to strategic IT projects; ubiquitous desktop access; lower power consumption
"Our goal was to reduce the cost of desktop management and support and enable our employees to be more responsive to the needs of our developmentally disabled state residents. Unidesk has helped us realize this goal."
- Bryant K. Young, CIO, State of Ohio DODD
Case Studies
Unidesk Case Study: State of Ohio Healthcare Agency Uses Unidesk to Streamline IT Desktop Operations and Improve Service
VMware Case Study: For Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities, VMware View Ensures Key Priorities Met
On-Demand Webinars
Ohio DODD Desktops Go Virtual - State Agency Shares VDI Deployment Lessons Learned
98% Virtualized: State of Ohio DODD's Innovative Approach to VDI Success
Press Releases
Ohio DODD Named 2012 Computerworld Honors Laureate for 1,500-Desktop VDI Project Based on Unidesk
Ohio Social Services Agency Implements 1,500 Virtual Desktops with Unidesk and VMware View
In the News
If You Give a Mouse a Virtual Desktop
CIO | November 16, 2011 | Bryant Young
Ohio Department Of Developmental Disabilities Taking Control Of Virtual Desktops
Network Computing | May 2, 2011 | Beth Bacheldor
VMware, Unidesk Enable Ohio DoDD's Deployment of 1,500 Virtual Desktops
eWeek | February 28, 2011 | Fahmida Y. Rashid