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42 Information Technology for the Education Sector 43 020 8296 7066 | www.northamber.com Find out more about the benefits of Parallels' Remote Application Server. Infrastructure Solutions Case study: Orchard Hill College chooses Parallels RAS Smart Security, Simply Done. Orchard Hill chose Parallels Remote Application Server to save on IT costs. For over 20 years, WatchGuard has pioneered cutting-edge cyber security technology and delivered it as easy-to-deploy and easy-to-manage solutions. “Our staff need to access the desktop at home. Parallels RAS is nice and easy for staff, especially when accessing it through Chromebooks and HTML5.” Andy Barnes, Head of IT Services, Orchard Hill College The Customer Around 300 lecturers and staff work at Orchard Hill College. They need to be able to connect to their desktop with all applications from anywhere and on any device. That’s why Andy Barnes, head of IT services, and his teamwere looking for the ideal solution to support their needs. The Challenge Previously, they had implemented remote access through Barracuda SSL VPN. However, the college encountered challenges when providing remote application access to its employees due to problems with Java installation and updates. Furthermore, the college was disappointed to learn that many features such as automatic clone updates and secure port internet connections required the installation of separate standalone servers. Enabling load balancing presented additional problems for the IT administrators. When using Barracuda SSL VPN, administrators had to set up and manually configure a separate appliance on the hypervisor or use third-party tools. The Solution Parallels RAS is a full-blown virtual desktop and application delivery solution, which offers an outstanding experience for virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), remote desktop, and application virtualisation. The out-of-the-box technical features—combined with cost savings on licenses and third-party support— made Parallels RAS a clearly superior choice for Orchard Hill College. The Benefits Upgrading to Parallels RAS was a quick and straightforward process. After implementing Parallels RAS, Orchard Hill College was able to lower the total-cost-of-ownership (TCO) of its remote application management. Decreases in licensing costs, reduced additional application costs, an increase in efficiency to load balances, and server management optimisation added up to noticeable savings for the college. Conclusion Parallels RAS comprehensive remote application access environment provided Orchard Hill College with an easy-to-use, straightforward shared virtual learning platform for staff to leverage. The greatest advantage for Orchard Hill College was a more economical, accessible IT infrastructure that allows the education institution to accomplish a superior learning experience. Overall, IT network administrators as well as the staff at Orchard Hill College were very pleased with the application publishing experience provided by Parallels RAS. Infrastructure Solutions Network Security WatchGuard's unique approach to network security focuses on bringing best- in-class, enterprise-grade security to any organisation, regardless of size or technical expertise. Ideal for SMBs and distributed enterprise organisations, with award-winning Unified Threat Management (UTM) appliances designed from the ground up to focus on ease of deployment, use, and ongoing management, in addition to providing the strongest security possible. One Platform, Total Security WatchGuard offers the most comprehensive portfolio of security services in the industry, from traditional intrusion prevention, gateway antivirus, application control, spam prevention, and URL filtering, to more advanced services for protecting against evolving malware, ransomware, and data breaches. Multi-Factor Authentication WatchGuard's unique multi-factor authentication (MFA) solution not only helps to reduce the likelihood of network disruptions and data breaches arising from lost or stolen credentials, but delivers this important capability entirely from the Cloud for easy set-up and management. AuthPoint goes beyond traditional 2-Factor Authentication (2FA) by considering innovative ways to positively identify users, and our large ecosystem of 3rd party integrations means that you can use MFA to protect access to the network, VPNs, and Cloud applications. Even non-technical users find the AuthPoint mobile app easy and convenient to use! Secure Cloud Wi-Fi A Trusted Wireless Environment is a framework for building a complete Wi-Fi network that is fast, easy to manage, and most importantly, secure. Businesses face the responsibility to build Trusted Wireless Environments protecting their employees and customers from hackers who easily exploit the weak or non-existent security of traditional Wi-Fi networks. With security and performance at the heart of these products, WatchGuard is the only company to provide the technology and solutions that you can use to build a Trusted Wireless Environment – delivering on each of the three core pillars of market-leading performance, scalable management, and verified comprehensive security. Enterprise-level security