Dell EMC Flexilabs

flexiLabs at CRUI
Martedì, 10 Ottobre 2017
DELL Speakers :
Matteo Mazzari
Principal Consultant
matteo_mazzari@dell.com
Genaro Escudero
Principal Consultant
genaro_escudero@dell.com

2 of Y Dell - Internal Use - Confidential
Is the traditional
approach still the right
approach for todays
students ?
Computer labs
Application Access for Students
Common Issues with traditional PC-Labs:
1. PC Costs: Keeping PC-hardware up to date
is capital intensive.
2. Maintenance-Costs: Maintenance of
hundreds of physical PCs is cumbersome:
HW-Errors, SW Updates, Handling von
Lifecycle and changes, security,….
3. Infrastructure Costs: Computer labs are
single purpose, and use valuable asset space.
4. Inflexible: a physical Lab is either on a
remote location, often not available (booked or
busy) and often not optimally utilized.

Social Media
Social communication is becoming a
natural means of interaction for Students
and Teachers.
Broadband
Communications
Students have their own connections, flat
rates and high-speed access from
anywhere
OnLineCloud Storage
Students have at their disposal more
powerful services than traditionally the
University can offer...
Devices
86%* of students bring their
own computer or personal
device every day to class.
Areyoutakingadvantageof………
*Source: educase.edu

We know that serving applications and
desks at the University is much more
than simply virtualizing ...
…We know what we're talking about

University virtualization is more complex and diverse
than traditional enterprise desktops
The requirements are very varied (licensing,
subjects, type of practice)
Models "BYOD" and concurrence,
are given by default
Based on our experience, we know that the best solution is a flexible, comprehensive,
fast, efficient and automated model of access, access and process automation
Standard models like VDI do not
cover all needs
Specific use cases like E-examination, Linux
Desktops, CAD-Workstations, or Big Data Labs

Free the university from the complexity and
burden of maintaining the computer rooms,
offering a complete, flexible, efficient and
integrated service to their own way of
working.
The Power to
Do More
Our Vision
Enable students to access their desktops
and applications in a flexible way,
connecting from anywhere, anytime and
with any device.

flexiLabs
more than just virtualization

flexiLabs
What :
 Fully managed solution to deliver apps
& desktop to student’s owned devices.
 Seamless experience, as if student
were using traditional class-rooms PC.
 No need for infrastructure, Internet
connection and University owned
application are only prerequisites.
 No initial investments; monthly fee per
student includes management and
maintenance.
How:
1. Initial Consulting
2. Integration
3. Deployment
4. Management &
Maintenance
Where:
flexiLabs
On-Site
flexiLabs
Cloud

flexiLabs, much more than virtualization
Monitoring
VDI layer
Cloud Provider
flexiLabs
+500 virt. Apps. on Catalogue
flexiLabs is a Mature and
Productive Service.
Available today.
Many solutions only offer virtual
positions (even in the cloud) but the full
weight of management, administration
and control continues to fall on the
University.

Experience with 500+ virtualized applications,
5+ years in production,
Used by 100’000+ students
From the web portal, students can
access their labs and applications

Application “Flexibility” level categorization
1 2 3 4 5
+CPU,
RAM, GPU
Applications
Good Candidate to FlexiLab
-CPU, RAM,
GPU
Test
required
Bad
Candidate
DELL proven Profiling
methodology to evaluate
application flexibility level.

Monitoring
VDI layer
Cloud Provider
flexiLabs
Access from Any Device
Workplaces (even in the cloud) but the
full weight of management,
administration and control continues to
fall on the University.
Productive Service.
Available today.

Web access by
native or HTML5
client
Windows or
Linux desktops
Programs with
high graphic
content
Experience like
local use

Monitoring
VDI layer
Cloud Provider
flexiLabs
Orchestration and Automation
University.
Productive Service.
Available today.

Automation and Orchestration Services
flexiLabs
APP1
APP2
APP3
info
info
Information of the
Academic System,
Directories, etc. (Eg
enrolled to a subject)
Automated flexiLabs
processes
Applications delivered
dynamically
according to
University criteria
When a student is disenrolled, the system removes
the access of the student to the laboratories with
the applications that correspond to the subjects he
was enrolled to.

Automation and Orchestration Services
Solution
serviced and
automated by
Dell to assign
applications
and desks by
subject
enrolled,
group, faculty,
etc.

Monitoring
VDI layer
Cloud Provider
flexiLabs
University.
Productive Service.
Available today.
SLA's and Deployment Control

SLA's and Application Catalog
Complete
control of the
state of the
applications,
publication, life
flow, location, etc.
Through the
Catalog

User Data management / Data protection
VMs (Desktops & Apps)
Personal Folder
• User files are temporarily stored in “MyCloud Folder” to ease access and work flow
• Files are deleted periodically (i.e. every 7 days)
• Users can easily download or copy & paste files between remote and local
• In the flexiLabs environment no personal data is
stored
• Only Credentials are used to access service
• Credentials are (usually) managed by University
• Allowed mechanisms are AD Trust, Federation, AD
Sync, etc.University
Directory
Personal Files
Deleted after
x days

Licensing – bring your own license
Dedicated Hardware*
for each Tenant
Similar to
Outsourcing
Licensing model
Tenant 1
OS
App. 1 App. 2
Tenant 2
OS
App. 1 App. 2
Tenant licenses
(owned by the
University)
Infrastructure, Brokering
licenses are included in
Service fee
RDS CAL or
RDS “SAL”
Remote Access CALs
can be either from
University’s contract
(CAL) or provided by
FlexiLabs Service (SAL)

Monitoring
VDI layer
Cloud Provider
flexiLabs
University.
Productive Service.
Available today.
SLA's and Deployment Control
Reports and Usage Statistics

Reports and Usage Statistics
Reports of
use,
assignment of
permissions,
accesses ...
Statistics of
use, type of
access, ...

flexiLabs Outlook
Initial
customer
demand
100’000
students
user base
Replicate the
success
across
EMEA
Evaluate for
enterprise
market
2011 2017
single application
as a service
offering ?
flexiLabs will evolve with the needs of the customers

April 2017:
flexiLabs Implementation at URJC
got award
“best Digital Transformation
for Public sector”
ASLAN-Spain
Further Info’s on flexiLabs
www.flexilabs.net
flexilabs@dell.com
Demo: https://youtu.be/_1AKfOlqgr4
Huib Hansma
Huib_Hansma@Dell.com
+31 6 1296 7391

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