University of Texas at San Antonio

CUSTOMER STORIES UTSA positions itself at the forefront of research innovation and learning with a hybrid cloud

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Customer - University of Texas at San Antonio

Industry - Higher Education

Location - United States

Vision

University of Texas at San Antonio aimed to support students and researchers by moving away from outdated, siloed systems. Their goal was to create a flexible, scalable, and modern IT solution using next-gen technology to enhance student learning and allow researchers to focus on their critical work.

Solution

Leveraging VMware Cloud Foundation on Dell VxRail and VDI with Dell OptiPlex thin clients, UTSA equips students, faculty, and staff while cutting costs. Their hybrid cloud setup with Dell VxRail HCI provides centralized access to compute, storage, memory, and virtual desktops, accessible via personal or on-site Dell OptiPlex desktops.

Impact

As a Hispanic-serving institution, UTSA is transforming higher education by promoting student success and economic mobility. UTSA Research drives innovation and economic development. By consolidating data centers, UTSA has reduced costs and improved IT efficiency, benefiting both students and researchers.

“VMware Cloud Foundation on Dell VxRail provides a hybrid cloud solution for the multitenant capabilities we need…. We’ve seen a huge economic benefit. I no longer have to invest in all these individual systems.”

Kendra Ketchum, Vice President for Information, Management and Technology, UTSA
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Modernizing IT to drive greater research innovation and address student needs

Business Results

Unleashes research efficiency by accelerating IT provisioning by 3x and improving collaboration.
Consolidates five data centers down to two, decreasing space, power and cooling costs by 70%.
Improves TCO threefold, reducing the need for future funding and optimizing ROI for students.
Gives students, staff and faculty anywhere access to data, virtual desktops and IT infrastructure.

How UTSA leveraged Dell Technologies

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Dell VxRail Hyperconverged Infrastructure

Accelerates and simplifies IT provisioning and management — and reduces data center requirements.
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VMware Cloud Foundation on VxRail

Enables centralized, automated controls for Dell VxRail and the VMware cloud software stack.
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Dell Technologies VDI Solution

Ensures that students, faculty and staff can learn, work and advance research anytime, anywhere.
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Dell OptiPlex All-in-One Thin Client Solution

Delivers modern collaboration features, Low Blue Light certified displays and ergonomic options.
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Dell OptiPlex 3000 Thin Client

Provide small, secure devices that connect users with their virtual desktops running in the cloud.
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Adapting one flexible solution to meet the varied desktop requirements of all UTSA users

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Advancing research excellence with a comprehensive VDI solution

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Securely processing and managing big data workloads’ velocity, variety and volume

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