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More broadly, NEMIC has helped IMI make significant progress towards two strategic
goals. The first is to improve the openness and modularity of its systems, so the city
can change technologies or vendors without affecting the rest of its infrastructure,
and thus adopt more flexible procurement policies. “The use of NAS is a good
example of this,” says Martín. “One of the benefits of NEMIC is that it helps support
bring-your-own-device. Now one can have a Linux or Mac workstation that will
connect to the network without problems. That wasn’t possible before.”
goals. The first is to improve the openness and modularity of its systems, so the city
can change technologies or vendors without affecting the rest of its infrastructure,
and thus adopt more flexible procurement policies. “The use of NAS is a good
example of this,” says Martín. “One of the benefits of NEMIC is that it helps support
bring-your-own-device. Now one can have a Linux or Mac workstation that will
connect to the network without problems. That wasn’t possible before.”
The second is to move toward a cloud-based IT delivery model to reduce hardware
costs. Martin explains: “Technologies such as UCS give us a standard building block
for the creation of private cloud infrastructures by combining compute, network, and
storage concept.”
costs. Martin explains: “Technologies such as UCS give us a standard building block
for the creation of private cloud infrastructures by combining compute, network, and
storage concept.”
So far IMI has delivered VDI to 200 users, using Windows Server Hyper-V to drive
up to 49 Windows 8 desktops per UCS blade. The intention is to deploy to 4000
users within two years with, ultimately, everyone on VDI. “Our hardware requirements
have to cater for peak workloads, but there are many periods when we don’t need to
run at full capacity,” says Martin. “Cloud allows us to optimize many things.” Finally,
IMI is happy to standardize on one of the Cisco Desktop Virtualization Solutions
architectures because of its ease of interoperability. “We have integrated Cisco with
everything, without problems,” Martin concludes.
up to 49 Windows 8 desktops per UCS blade. The intention is to deploy to 4000
users within two years with, ultimately, everyone on VDI. “Our hardware requirements
have to cater for peak workloads, but there are many periods when we don’t need to
run at full capacity,” says Martin. “Cloud allows us to optimize many things.” Finally,
IMI is happy to standardize on one of the Cisco Desktop Virtualization Solutions
architectures because of its ease of interoperability. “We have integrated Cisco with
everything, without problems,” Martin concludes.
Customer Case Study
Eduard Martín Lineros
Director of Innovation and ICT Architectures
Institut Municipal d’Informàtica – Hàbitat Urbà
Barcelona City Council
Director of Innovation and ICT Architectures
Institut Municipal d’Informàtica – Hàbitat Urbà
Barcelona City Council
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• Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS)
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Routing and Switching
• Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches
• Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches
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Network Management
Network Management
• Cisco Unified Computing System Manager
• Cisco Prime Data Center Network Manager
Applications
Applications
• Microsoft Hyper-V
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
• Microsoft Windows 8
• Microsoft Office
• Microsoft SharePoint
• Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
• Microsoft RemoteFX
• BitLocker
• Council business applications
Storage
Storage
• NetApp FAS-3240