Case Studies - Education

Concordia College-New York deployed Pano System for VDI as part of a larger strategy to update their technological infrastructure and prepare for cloud computing. IT Director Aaron Meyer also factored in the benefits of moving to desktop virtualization, from ease of deployment, the ability to manage and control all computing from a single point, to the 50 percent savings over the cost of PCs.   READ MORE …




With over 3,500 computers and laptops connected to the network and only a staff of five, the IT team at Woodland Joint Unified School District realized that the costs and time commitment to regularly implement new PCs would be a challenge across multiple departments in the district. By choosing Pano Logic, the district has decreased power consumption by 90 percent in addition to the time and personnel resources the district has saved by fully centralizing computing with Pano Logic and eliminating endpoint device support and maintenance. Read More




After years of using Pano Logic in its student computer labs, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management rolled out an extensive pilot throughout multiple departments in a grand plan to replace most of the school's PCs with zero client computing from Pano Logic. This comes on the heels of MIT replacing last summer the thin clients in the classrooms of a new, state-of-the-art facility with Pano Logic after it rolled out the powerful next-generation G2 Pano Zero Client Device. Technology is important to MIT Sloan; it's a key component of its high rankings in multiple business school audits, and as Joseph Farrell, client systems administrator puts it, incorporating Pano's slick little zero clients will keep them on the "bleeding edge" of computing tech.  Read More
 

Brian Walker, Network Administrator for the University of North Texas Dallas, was charged with laying a technology foundation that would support a new 10-year growth plan for the university. Transitioning from a satellite campus into a stand-alone university, the UNT Dallas will one day serve 30,000 students. In weighing today's technology decisions against long-term costs, Walker decided to replace the PCs in an existing building and forego them completely in a new facility that opened in August 2010. Instead, Walker opted for Pano Logic zero client desktop virtualization, which would enable him to eliminate time-consuming PC maintenance visits and serve a dramatically expanded computing resources with his existing help desk staff.  Read More

 

Little Chute Area School District replaced nearly 200 PCs in classrooms, computer labs and administrative offices with Pano Logic virtual desktops to shrink the cost of the five-year rotation cycle of PCs. This migration immediately reduced energy costs that the district expects to shrink further as it continues its move to Pano Logic’s zero clients. Because of the reduced energy use and Little Chute’s focus on green IT initiatives, the district is eligible to receive an energy grant from the state of Wisconsin.  Read More

 

Mark Lamson, director of technology at Westerly, a progressive school district in Rhode Island with seven schools, needed to provide desktop computing resources to 3,300 students and over 700 staff with an IT staff of just five.  Leveraging of their prior VMware experience and infrastructure, he selected Pano Systems since their compact size and low power usage allowed installation even in older school buildings that lacked the space and  power distribution needed for traditional PCs.  Along with the benefits of improving data security and reducing the overhead of desktop support, Lamson expects the power savings alone to pay for the devices in about three years.  Read More

The University of Maryland leveraged their existing VMware expertise to be up and running with Pano virtual desktops in just hours, deploying new users in as little as 10 minutes and reducing power consumption by up to 75%. The University also saved on both hardware and software license costs for out-of-lab use by students while the student got reliable access to the computing power and software needed for their courses.  Read More