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End-User Devices at the DWP. Kevin A Marchant Desktop Services Architect. EUD Transformation Process. Strategic Business Direction. Customer Focussed IT. Drivers and Strategy. Key Drivers Protect the service due to aging infrastructure Reducing costs Delivering value for money
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End-User Devices at the DWP Kevin A Marchant Desktop Services Architect
Strategic Business Direction Customer Focussed IT
Drivers and Strategy • Key Drivers • Protect the service due to aging infrastructure • Reducing costs • Delivering value for money • Enabling staff with a modern IT environment • Support Estates and Sustainability agendas • Escaping the “one-size-fits-all” trap
DWP “Workplace Capability Strategy” • focus on the ease of consumption of IT systems by staff and • deliver an appropriate set of tools to staff based on their job-role • Written and approved in 2008
Telephone Video Conference Business Apps Email Training / eLearning IT Focus - Today Internet Intranet Manuals Tasks and Workflow Printing Remote Working Case Files
Telephone Video Conference Business Apps Email Email Business Apps Video Conference Training / eLearning Internet Intranet Case Files Training / eLearning Staff Focus - Tomorrow Manuals Tasks and Workflow Printing Internet Intranet Unified Workplace Printing Remote Working Telephone Tasks and Workflow Case Files Remote Working Manuals
Improvements • Staff freed from integration • Common way of accessing information and performing tasks • Improved Business Agility • Flexibility
Strategic Business Solution The EUD Strategy (to deliver Workplace)
Cloud-Based Productivity Tools End-User Device Core Infrastructure N.B. Managed End-User Device = Hardware+Core Infrastructure
Workplace Mapping to EUD Cloud-Based Productivity Tools End-User Device Core Infrastructure User Roles / Business Cases
Technology Selection • 80% process workers – 20% knowledge workers • Centralising file data • Security • Reduction in cost • Easier capacity management • Archiving • Move from file stores to collaboration stores • Solving the browser upgrade impasse
Thin Delivery • Process worker applications lean towards thin client delivery • hosted back ends • Simple user interfaces • requirement for data security • Hotdesking environments in JobCentres, Contact Centres and Business Delivery Centres
Thin Delivery • Even Knowledge Worker applications leaning towards thin client delivery • Average CPU utilisation across estate was 4% • Hosted backends for data warehouses and analysis tooling • However some compute intensive applications might necessitate traditional desktop
Thick Delivery • Client Virtualised / Abstracted by default • For power users • For accessibility users
The Solution • Targetting • 85% thin client • 10% laptops • 5% desktops • Application delivery primarily by Server Based computing, with thick client delivery by application virtualisation • Also doing a major private “cloud-based productivity tools” upgrade
Key Aspects • Put all applications through the Factory • Upgrade network connectivity • Site-by-site lifecycle rollout • Replace existing apps with “thin versions” • Temporarily repurposing existing desktops • Deliver “published desktop” experience • Firebreak • Quickly replace all hardware overnight
Fix Maintain New Legend: 2012 2013 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Applications delivery Line of Business Applications L2 LoB Applications Virtualised Application Developer’s Guide Published L1 EUC Application Store Personal Productivity Office Suite Deployment Office Suites Trial XP and Catalogue Application Delivered Web Services Collaboration Tools Implementation Team Rooms & Sharepoint Migration Portal Implementation • Core Infrastructure • Dual Datacentre • Build-out • DC LAN • Servers • SAN • Storage • Citrix • Windows Intranet Migration Messaging Unified Communication Outlook 2010 Mailbox Migration incl. pst Files Access Devices Laptops Upgraded to Windows 7 Access Devices Replaced File Storage Data Centralisation Service Management User Administration Enhancements Self-Service & Roles Tooling CMDB deployment Asset Manager deployment Service Level Reporting Implemented as FMO services deployed
Challenges • Changing from device focus to user focus • Vendor support and licensing in a virtualised environment • Network sizing and upgrades • Cost containment – ensuring everyone gets what they “need” – not what they “want”
Questions ? Thanks for listening !