Contributed Solutions

Government Technology works with industry-leading technology companies to highlight innovative solutions to state and local government challenges. The following are vendor-contributed solutions case studies and whitepapers.

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Government Telework: Build a Mobile, Inclusive, and Resilient Workforce
May 2012, Sponsored by Cisco
This white paper, intended for government executives and managers planning telework strategies, describes new technologies that enable a mobile workforce to accomplish an organization’s missions securely and cost-effectively over the network, from any location.

A Practical Guide for Retiring Legacy Applications
May 2012, Sponsored by Informatica
One of the reasons for an organization to initiate an application retirement project is to save costs. As application retirement allows the application and the supporting hardware and software stack to be shut down, the organization saves on licensing, maintenance and administration costs.

Securing Your Cloud-Based Data Integration
May 2012, Sponsored by Informatica
A Report on Secure Integration Techniques Targeted at the Information Technology Executive

Five Myths of Cloud Computing
March 2012, Sponsored by HP and Intel
HP and Intel are committing extensive resources to helping customers with all of their questions and concerns around cloud computing. Register to download this detailed whitepaper and learn more.

Managed Network Services for State Government Agencies
February 2012, Sponsored by Hughes
This white paper presents an overview of Hughes’ new Converged Broadband Architecture (CBA) with patent pending ActiveQoSTM technology which overcomes the inherent performance challenges associated with running your data, voice and video applications over a broadband network. CBA represents a truly new networking paradigm by providing even faster performance than MPLS, over affordable broadband for the distributed government network.

Providing Telework, Workforce Mobility, and Disaster Recovery Solutions for Federal Agencies
, Sponsored by Citrix
The following discussion will describe best-practice technologies offered by Citrix for telework, workforce mobility and disaster recovery that have been proven successes in private industry.

School District Provides Next-Generation Learning to Students
, Sponsored by Cisco
Park Hill School District uses Virtual Desktop Infrastructure to improve districtwide desktop management and online access.

Hospital Deploys Desktop Virtualization with Unsurpassed Performance
, Sponsored by Cisco
Seattle Children’s Hospital uses Cisco Unified Computing System to power 3000 virtual desktops across its locations.

Cisco Desktop Virtualization Solutions
, Sponsored by Cisco
This document describes why Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) is becoming increasingly important and discusses VDI requirements and challenges. It then details the end-to-end Cisco solution for VDI.

Desktop Transformation Model: From Wow to How
, Sponsored by Citrix
The benefits of migrating to desktop virtualization are self-evident, making the decision to transition over a clear one. But for larger organizations within government, education and healthcare, the actual move from “wow” to “how”— that is, from decision to implementation—can be daunting in the details.

Thin Client Computing
, Sponsored by Citrix
Providing Solutions and Dispelling Myths

Refactoring Sensitive Data Access: The Benefits of Virtualization Security
, Sponsored by Citrix
The focus of this white paper is to present a refactoring of the status-quo approach of data access and content security.

Implementing New Hardware-Based Information Security Capabilites
, Sponsored by Citrix
The U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency offers a case study for achieving desktop virtualization utilizing Intel® vPro™ technology in year one of a multi-year deployment program.

York County School Division: 2,800-Seat Virtual Desktop Solution on Citrix and NetApp
, Sponsored by NetApp
This white paper discusses how Citrix and NetApp met aggressive schedules and deployed a solution that empowered their user community with on‑demand applications and expanded access to teaching and learning systems.

University of San Diego Manages Skyrocketing Data Growth with NetApp
, Sponsored by NetApp
This white paper details how NetApp efficiency helps the University of San Diego reduce overall technology costs while facilitating a highly dynamic and rich academic learning environment.

Imagine Virtually Anything
, Sponsored by NetApp
Oak Hills Does the Math: VDI on Cisco UCS, VMware, and NetApp + Champion Solutions Group = $1.27M Savings