Today at VMworld 2010 Europe, Wyse Technology, the global leader in cloud client computing, reported more organizations embracing desktop virtualization with innovative, ambitious projects based on the latest Wyse cloud client computing solutions. Wyse is currently appearing at VMworld 2010 Europe in the Solutions Exchange, booth no. 29.

Cloud client computing combines the key elements of thin and zero client computing, desktop virtualization, and unified communications, to form a powerful IT solution for business, government and institutions to reduce costs, improve security, compliance, mobility and productivity.

“Major reviews of desktop infrastructure are triggering a wave of new European virtual desktop implementations in which our cloud client computing solutions play a central role alongside the leaders in virtualization software," said Mark Jordan, Vice President, EMEA at Wyse. "The wide variety of organizations, small and large, adopting Wyse–based virtual desktops are united by how the technology provides a much more agile, high performance infrastructure that delivers unparalleled security, energy savings and lower TCO.”

"The combination of Wyse and VMware View provides formidable and innovative solutions for today's modern end-user computing environment," said Vittorio Viarengo, vice president, End User Computing Products, VMware. "VMware and Wyse continue to team up to provide a personalized end user experience across a diverse set of devices without sacrificing security, enabling customers to cost effectively move to an IT as a service model."

At New Durham College, UK, students are starting the new academic year with a transformed desktop experience with Wyse zero clients installed across the campus. The decision to implement a virtual desktop solution was driven by how Wyse zero clients required no maintenance and would help the college save on power, while delivering an equivalent, if not better, end user experience even when using the most intensive multi-media applications and data. This is the first phase of a program to migrate the whole college onto a completely virtualized infrastructure.

George Wraith, head of systems, New Durham College said: “We required our desktop infrastructure to deliver an increased quality of experience for all our users. Migrating to virtual desktops with Wyse zero clients will help us realize this goal and make greener, more cost efficient computing integral to how the college provides a first class education.”

SETAO, the public transportation operator in the French City of Orleans, has migrated to virtual desktops with Wyse and VMware solutions. The organization’s 10-strong team manages an IT infrastructure of 300 desktops and over 80 physical and virtual servers distributed across five sites.

"We were long-time PC users, but we decided to change over to virtual desktops built upon VMware architecture and Wyse thin clients. The user experience is identical to a PC environment, but administration and support have clearly been simplified," explains Olivier Parcollet, assistant to SETAO's Chief Information Officer. "In case of a hardware fault, a new workstation can be installed by sending a new device through the internal mail system. In a few seconds, the user can plug the unit in and is instantly ready to go without needing to change any settings. IT technicians have seen their job change from managing computing facilities for whole departments to simply maintaining master images or desktop groups."

Groupe Agrica manages state-mandated social security schemes (retirement, injury, healthcare and savings plans) for employees in the agricultural sector. The company has a total of 200 Wyse thin clients supporting its business nationwide.

Julien Mousqueton, CTO, Groupe Agrica said: “We’ve replaced our PCs with Wyse V10L thin clients, with priority for roll–out being for our smaller remote sites, where problems in terms of user experience were the most evident. We selected these models as their Wyse ThinOS operating system is very simple to manage and to deploy, particularly in terms of its configuration. Our teams did not even require any specific training. All that was necessary was to follow the instructions outlined in the documentation provided with the equipment and we had no particular problems.”

“Moreover, it is no longer necessary to call out a technician to repair a desktop, since we have implemented a spare Wyse thin client for each remote site. In the event of a breakdown, it is a simple job to replace the defective desktop with the spare Wyse thin client which will then become immediately operational, whereas in the past it was necessary to wait for several hours, or even days,” continued Julien Mousqueton.

In Germany, travel agency DER Deutsches Reisebüro GmbH & Co. OHG is implementing a solution comprising 2300 Wyse zero clients. The Wyse P20 zero clients are optimized for the PCoIP protocol and will be deployed in tourist offices.

Caja Canarias is the number one financial services provider in the Canary Islands. In line with their innovative approach Caja Canarias has implemented a VDI project that provides high availability to users and desktops while also enabling a reduction in maintenance costs and increasing security at the highest level possible.

Carlos Jara, IT production manager at Caja Canarias found the Wyse P20 the best option to successfully meet those objectives, "Wyse P20 is a great product that's plug & play, ready to work and what's most important: there's no compromise on the user experience. Having users feel comfortable with the VDI solution was a challenge and this device means there is no difference for them to work with the same applications with seamless response."