Enable students to learn wherever they are with a Virtual Lab solution from Dell and VMware.®

Make your labs more efficient and accessible to students.In higher education, access to specialty applications is often critical to successful study. For many students,

that means hours spent on university-provided PCs in an on-campus location. PCs you’re responsible for

managing and supporting can be a burden that takes time and money away from other more strategic

activities. And while many students rely on these labs to make the grade, for other students, being bound

to a physical learning location is viewed as an inconvenience in today’s typically mobile world. With a Virtual

Lab solution you can improve the process for everyone.

Take control over your labs and give students a new level of freedom.• Make any application accessible from any lab computer with Virtualized Lab Desktops.

Making your job easier, it also lets you centralize image management at the data center so your management

and support time are reduced—freeing you to re-deploy personnel for more strategic activities.

• Let students access all of their specialized apps from a virtual machine with Mobile Virtual Lab.

Going beyond simple desktop virtualization to a mobile solution adds a level of functionality that lab users

will see as a clear benefit. This solution lets students access schoolwork, data, research, etc., via their own

personal laptop or tablet computer. Because the actual computing happens in the data center, it doesn’t

matter whether a student’s notebook is several years old or the latest high-end technology. And as students

can access lab work from their dorm rooms while working in a virtual “bubble,” your network won’t be

exposed to viruses and you can consolidate your lab space, reducing hardware costs.

Simplify your path to desktop modernization with the Dell Virtual Labs VMware Ready Desktop Solution for

Education. This solution is validated by Dell and VMware and delivered by Dell so you can achieve:

•Acceleratedtimetovaluefromyourdesktopmodernizationefforts

•Secure,validatedsolutionsthatworkforprimary,secondaryandhighereducationalinstitutions

•Reducedriskandimprovedusersatisfactionandmobilityforstudents,facultyandstaff

With the design and deployment done by Dell, you get enhanced IT manageability and security, risk

compliance and business continuity while providing students and educators with anytime, anywhere access to

their desktops from any compatible device.

From lab to dorm room, library to cafeteria.

Putting the pieces together.

Dell Virtual Labs with VMware removes complexity and uncertainty:

•Guidesimplementationfromfeasibilitythroughongoingoperations

•BasedonDell’sEnterpriseDesktopVirtualizationSolutions

•Leveragespre-packaged,configuredandtestedhardware,

software and services

•Includesvirtualizationofselectedcommon

Education specialty applications

•Providespeaceofmindbasedon50Ktesthours

Our designed and validated solution stacks include:

•DesktopVirtualizationtechnologyfromDellandVMwareView™

•DellPowerEdgeTM servers, EqualLogic storage,

and PowerConnect switches

•DellOptiplexTM thin-client and zero-client desktops, Latitude

notebooks and tablets, 3rd party clients with VMware View Client

factory pre-installed for ease of customer deployment

•ValidationandVirtualizationsupportofkeyspecialty

applications critical to education computer labs,

such as MATLAB, Mathematica, SAS, etc.

•Licensingbestpracticesguide

•Consulting&ImplementationServices

•DellProSupportforSolutions

Here’s how it works.“With a virtualized

environment from Dell,

Intel and VMware, my staff

can now spend more time

helping the mission of the

school. Which means

helping faculty, helping

students—building better

business process—and

spending less time on

fixing day-to-day

hardware problems.”

Michael Vertefeuille, Assistant Dean, University of Connecticut School of Business

Service and support:

Get there quickly.

•Up-frontservicesensurefasttimetoproductivityandbuildaroadmapforfuturescale-outs

•Ouropen,capableandaffordablesolutionsleverageinvestmentsyouhaveinplace

•Proofofconceptandpilotoptionsavailable

EnsureyourVirtualLabsolutionisalwaysreadytogo.DellProSupportofferscompletecare,including:

•Pre-salessupport

•Singlepoint-of-contactandresolutionforspecificsolutioncomponents

(hardware, software, third-party hardware, and peripherals)

•Issuesareresolvedatthesolutionlevelversustheindividualcomponent(assettag)level

•AccesstoDellGlobalCommandCentersforissuemanagementandmonitoring

To Learn More or to Purchase, Visit Dell.Com/VirtualLab or Call Your Dedicated Dell Sales Representative at 1.800.274.7799.

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