CASE STUDY
NO MATTER WHERE PEOPLE CHOOSE TO WORK, THEY ARE GUARANTEED THE SAME GREAT PERFORMANCE, SO POND CAN KEEP ALL-IMPORTANT PROJECTS ON TRACK.
Ultra SFF rack solution, bringing workstation power directly into the data center and delivering flexibility, security and performance traditionally limited to desktop computers.
The solution enables users to remotely access a dedicated workstation from a client device.
Application processing and data remains in the data center, reducing reliance on WAN bandwidth. Only pixels, keyboard and mouse clicks are securely transferred to remote clients, enabling lag-free design and collaboration.
More power and flexibility every day. We’ ve got models that are hundreds of megabytes in size. Working with such large volumes of data remotely was a real challenge for our people, especially those who might not have the fastest internet connection,” said Patrick Mclaughlin, Director of Virtual Design & Construction, Pond.
Rethinking remote work
Pond first connected with Lenovo at an industry event. After learning about the Lenovo ThinkStation P3 Ultra, it quickly became clear that this was the solution that the company had been seeking.
Lenovo proposed an inspired solution, along with IMSCAD Services – which has launched WaaS, a‘ Workstation as a Service’ solution, in partnership with Lenovo workstations and Equinix Data Centres comprising private cloud solutions and rentable workstations, on a per user, per month basis – to help with the delivery of the Lenovo ThinkStation P3
With Lenovo’ s solution, seven dedicated P3 Ultra SFF workstations are housed on a custom-engineered 5U rack, designed in partnership with RackSolutions and available globally.
Pond started by testing out a single Lenovo ThinkStation P3 workstation, then ordering a rack with seven devices. The company quickly scaled up its environment – now it’ s making full use of over 120 P3 Ultra workstations for remote users.
When it comes to collaboration tools and remote protocols, Lenovo takes a vendor-agnostic approach, giving Pond the freedom to choose solutions that best meet its requirements.
After testing several remote software solutions, the company opted for Mechdyne TGX software to provide remote workstation capabilities citing its ease of use and ability to control multiple monitors easily.
Although not necessary, Leostream software was chosen to manage the TGX connections allowing the IT department to manage users and which machines they have access to.
“ We’ ve had a great experience working with Lenovo. They’ ve been with us every step of the way, providing guidance and putting us in touch with the right peoplenot only when it comes to their own hardware, but also consultants such as IMSCAD for the software side of things, said McLaughlin.
The results
Today, remote working at Pond is better than ever. Lenovo ThinkStation P3 Ultra SFF delivers significantly higher performance than public cloud or virtualized servers and the company can achieve clock speeds that are 136 % higher than cloud-based computing.
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