Kaviza for Education: Do More with Less

Increase access to computing resources without additional budgets

Universities, colleges, schools and training centers are all being asked to do more with less — how can you increase access to your computing resources while lowering costs, reducing your energy footprint, all within smaller budgets?

Kaviza helps you do more with less:

• Extend/delay PC refresh cycles.   Education customers face a dilemma — they have limited funds to replace a few PCs at a time, but simply swapping them for newer PCs does not reduce the management problems.  PCs are expensive to support and troubleshoot and take away valuable time. With Kaviza, you can rollout virtual desktops as PCs age,and repurpose them as front-ends.


• Repurpose your current budgets.  With Kaviza, you can deploy a virtual desktop for under $500, and because it requires minimal investment, you can add Kaviza virtual desktops as PCs age, without needing additional capital.


• Reduce desktop support and management by over 80%.  Most schools have limited IT resources. Kaviza is easy to setup and manage and requires no re-training. And, virtual desktops cut down desktop support and management costs. If a desktop misbehaves, simply regenerate a new pristine desktop. To update and patch desktops, simply update the master image and all the desktops get the latest changes. Our education customers report an average of 85% reduction in desktop maintenance and support costs with Kaviza.


• Offer hardware independent labs and training rooms.   With Kaviza, you can extend your physical lab resources to create unlimited virtual lab combinations that students and teachers can access from anywhere, including their home.
  • Multiple virtual labs. Using desktop templates, you can easily setup multiple "virtual labs" that run on the same physical lab equipment. Each can have different applications, different environments, and students can have access to as many of these as they need. Users can easily switch between the virtual labs or even have multiple virtual labs open simultaneously using any computer, even at their homes.
  • Remote access. Give users a near-exact remote experience to sitting physically in your lab. Using Kaviza's gateway, students and teachers can securely login remotely and get their work done.
  • Lower support costs. Update the labs easily, simply update the master images and everyone gets the latest. No need to update every physical desktop individually.
• Everyone gets a "virtual computer"  Both teachers and students increasingly need access to a computer to prepare classes and assignments. Physical PCs take up valuable classroom space and become difficult to maintain, track and manage. Using personal laptops creates a security problem as sensitive data is now stored on PCs that may get lost or stolen. With Kaviza, you can use a few servers in the office to provide every student and teacher with a "virtual computer" that they can access from anywhere, and is secure.