University of Aberdeen Rapidly Improves Technology
Replacement Programme
LONDON, UK - xx February 2010 - University of Aberdeen,
the 'global university of the north', has announced that it has
halved the time taken to deploy a single PC. By installing Acronis
Snap Deploy for Workstation it has saved ten weeks worth of IT
deployment each year.
The University's Service Delivery Division is responsible for
the installation and management of over 250 software applications
on 1700 publicly accessible PCs across various campuses. The team
needs to install new software applications and updates for existing
ones on an annual basis.
Using early imaging products, the team was faced with a 4GB size
restriction on the master image deployed on all PCs. With software
upgrades leading to an increase of data size and with new software
solutions appearing all the time, the team spent many man-hours
trying to prioritise software to go on the master image and to find
solutions that could work over a network instead.
Acronis Snap Deploy 3.0 allows the team to create a master image
containing the operating system, settings and all the applications
required, without a size restriction, and place it on the 1700 PCs
that they maintain. This saves the Service Delivery Division many
man-hours.
In addition, each year the University replaces roughly 25% of
existing PCs with new ones as part of the technology replacement
programme. The team relies on Acronis to help them get these
machines up and running as quickly as possible so there is very
little downtime.
Derek Findlay, Computing Support Office, University of Aberdeen,
concludes: "Acronis Snap Deploy is very cost effective and easy to
use. The additional functionality it has to offer makes it a clear
winner. In addition the Acronis support team was really helpful
during the development phase, helping us utilise and configure the
product for the University's specific needs."
About University of Aberdeen
The University of Aberdeen is today at the forefront of
teaching, learning and discovery, as it has been for 500 years. As
the 'global university of the north', we have consistently sent
pioneers and ideas outward to every part of the world. We are an
ambitious, research-driven university with a global outlook,
committed to excellence in everything we do.
About Acronis:
Acronis is a leader in AI-native cyber protection, unifying data protection, cybersecurity, IT operations and hybrid infrastructure to deliver business continuity, security and compliance with less cost and complexity. More than 21,000 service providers trust Acronis to protect over 750,000 businesses in 150 countries. Acronis is headquartered in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. For more information, visit www.acronis.com.