Just a few years ago, the Seattle University (SU) IT staff had to spend a week between quarters reimaging lab computers. Now it simply creates a golden image and pushes it out within hours to every virtual desktop. If students and faculty wanted to work at home, they had to buy their own expensive software. Now they simply log in to their virtual desktops anytime, anywhere. If university management wanted to provide up-to-date information resources to students, faculty and staff, it had to spend money replacing campus PCs every 5 years. Today its new desktop architecture slashes costs and extends the life of existing hardware.
What's different is that SU in 2010 virtualized its desktop infrastructure with VMware View™.
