The advantages of DeskFlex
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Your programs, messaging tools and
data are located on our servers in our Secure Technical
Centre. Your work is always highly protected. Your work
station does not use any of its own resources and you
interact directly with the server remotely.
Inside your company:
Connect with a simple Internet
connection.
No need for an internal server; you thus
minimise acquisition, maintenance and energy costs. You keep
the advantages of a standard local network.
Do you want to work from home and share
data with your colleagues?
Connect simply via your Internet
connection; there is no need for any other installation.
Are you on the move, abroad or at a
customer’s site?
Connect via a xDSL, cable, WIFI, 3G or
EDGE Internet connection from your laptop, Smartphone pocket
PC or Netbook; your work environment is always at hand and
completely secure.
Mobility:
From one or more user accounts, your work environment is
always at hand.
In a meeting
Using your laptop, Netbook,
Smartphone, pocket PC, etc. connect to a WIFI, 3G, EDGE,
or other Internet connection. Directly access the
applications in your work environment, share your diary,
receive and send e-mails, etc. Your contacts will have
the information they need, directl
At home
Use your work environment all over
the world with the same principles. Connect from your
hotel or your customer's site with your 3G, wifi, xDSL,
etc. connection; your virtual desktop is within reach!
Have you lost your laptop or has it been stolen? Use
another work station, connect to your DeskFlex remotely
and continue to work as normal. With DeskFlex, your
contracts and other sensitive documents are always
protected and never lost in space.
Abroad
Utilisez votre environnement de travail partout dans le monde selon les mêmes principes. Connectez-vous depuis l'hôtel, chez vos clients à l'aide de votre connexion 3G, wifi, xDSL,… votre bureau virtuel est à portée de main ! Votre ordinateur portable a été égaré ou volé ? Utilisez un autre poste de travail, connectez-vous sur votre DeskFlex à distance, vous pourrez continuer à travailler. Avec DeskFlex, vos contrats et autres documents sensibles sont toujours protégés et ne se retrouvent pas égarés dans la nature.
A multi-site solution
With no additional investment, you can
extend your activities to several sites. Equip your work
stations, activate new DeskFlex users, set their privileges
and the different applications to use so that each person
can then access their environment. You keep all the
advantages of a standard local network.
Security:
Your work is always highly protected. Your environment is
located on our servers in a highly secure technical room.
When you do anything on DeskFlex, your data are
automatically backed up, protected against IT viruses and
intrusion attempts.
Backup
DeskFlex has an externalised backup
system. Your data, applications, office programs,
e-mails and file exchanges are automatically backed up.
Security of confidential data
Centralising data in one place
provides the advantage of not having folders distributed
over several PCs, which are often poorly protected and
easily accessible by third parties. Data in your profile
cannot be accessed by your colleagues. If you want to
share data, you can do so with a sharing folder. This
system offers the guarantee of total confidentiality.
Security against IT viruses
DeskFlex is protected against IT
viruses. Your data are protected and you can work in
total serenity.
Security against manipulation errors
To guarantee that your work
environment runs optimally, we install a particular
application so that any error of manipulation is reduced
to the maximum!
Secure technical centre
Access security
Multiple anti-intrusion systems to
protect your data: external protection of the site,
surveillance cameras, metal covered doors and windows,
access control by secure entrance card, etc.
Redundant electrical power supply
Two separate high-voltage electrical
power supplies, battery backup (UPS) and backup
generators guarantee your electrical power supply in all
circumstances!
Air conditioning
Cooling cabinets fed by a system of
iced water chilled by multiple redundant refrigerators,
ventilation and fresh air intake controlled by
hygrometry sensors guarantee longer life for your
servers!
Fire protection
To stop any fire, a very powerful
system using inert gas is sprayed directly onto the
fire. An additional guarantee for your work environment!
Redundancy of Internet connections
Multiple broadband optical fibre
inputs arriving in the technical room guarantee optimal
accessibility of your work environment!
Parameter setting:
The DeskFlex concept allows for customised parameters to be
set. A new user can be created in just a few minutes; all
compatible software can be added in just a few moments and
available at once.
Installation
DeskFlex contains effective office
automation software, a messaging solution and data
volume from 5 to 20 GB, which can optionally be
extended.
Software upgrades
With DeskFlex, the latest software
versions are always available! We can adapt them to your
profile at your request. Would you prefer to work with a
previous version? We can adapt your profile to the
software versions that you want to use.
You take on a new employee
We can create a profile in just a few
minutes. We add the different applications and other
sharing files according to your requirements. Your
employee is ready to get to work at once!
Data transfer
Is your data located on a local
terminal, a removable medium or external hard drive?
From your local terminal, you can copy your data to your
work environment and vice-versa. If you want to share
your data, we can quickly add a sharing file and
administrate it with other people according to your
requirements.
Back to the standard server
Do you want to go back to an internal
server? We install all your DeskFlex user accounts on
your new server. Migration takes place smoothly, and you
keep your work environment with your data, applications,
e-mails, software, etc.
Economic:
TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) in IT for a company is
estimated taking into account several parameters.
Hardware
The advantage of DeskFlex is that the
capacity of the local PC has little impact on its use.
An older PC or a thin client is enough. The entire
processing power is taken care of by the remote server.
It is not necessary to continually invest in IT hardware
to adapt to changing software. There is no need for a
local server, which is a major financial saving: no
server and no surrounding infrastructure (dedicated
parts, network and electrical cabling, air conditioning,
etc.).
Roll-out
As soon as the hardware factor is
reduced, roll-out becomes much simpler. No particular
local installation is required. Roll-out involves just a
small company network with a simple Internet connection.
Maintenance
Reduced hardware equals reduced
maintenance! No server interruptions for maintenance
purposes. This represents a gain in terms of cost and
productivity! With DeskFlex, work station maintenance is
a thing of the past. Everything is managed on our
servers, by us!
Save time
You will save time. Installation of
applications on each work station, verification of
updates, maintenance, licence inventory, backup
verification, solving critical failures, etc.: these
worries are all a thing of the past with DeskFlex,
because we take care of everything! With DeskFlex, you
concentrate on your core activities rather than on your
IT equipment!
View the comparative study IT infrastructure costs
Ecological:
simplification of work stations, pooling of servers and
reduction of technicians’ trips all help to minimise energy
consumption and to reduce CO2 emissions.
Servers are often under-used in
companies. They use barely 20% of their capacities while
generating a huge amount of heat, which in turn requires an
air conditioning system.
With DeskFlex, you don’t need a
server anymore because it is placed in our secure
Technical Centre. This means considerably less energy
consumption for the server itself and less energy to
cool the server.
Just one of our servers can host one
hundred DeskFlex profiles and guarantee the confidentiality
of the data of each one, along with the guarantee of optimal
functioning.
Let’s take the example of car pooling:
before, employees used to travel to work alone in their car.
Today, to protect the environment and make savings, they
travel four or five to a car.
This is the same for servers. If we
consider that a small & medium company has 20 people, then 5
companies share the same server. One company shares a bit of
the server with other companies. Each of these companies
makes considerable energy savings and minimises the cost of
investment of their IT infrastructures.
Compare your energy requirements
The table that opens when you click on
the link below shows the energy requirements of one company
with a classic IT infrastructure including a data server, a
backup server, several classic computers and an air
conditioning system. We have compared it to a DeskFlex
structure made up of thin client appliances or laptops.
Click on image to enlarge
As you can see, using DeskFlex with
simplified work stations uses up to 95% less energy than a
traditional IT infrastructure. If we project this principle
on the scale of several companies, they will protect the
environment and make energy savings, as well as saving on
the cost of acquisition of their IT infrastructures.
Reduce technicians’ site trips
With the server pooling principle,
actions are mainly carried out remotely. As with car
pooling, if we project this principle to several
companies, then technicians’ trips will be largely
reduced. This implies a vast quantity less of CO2
rejected into the environment!
Give your hardware a second life
Some companies regularly have to
change their work stations to benefit from the latest
functionalities. However, a computer contains a number
of toxic products (lead, mercury, etc.). It is very
complex to recycle this material, and it can be a danger
for our planet. With DeskFlex, you give your hardware a
second life and help to protect the environment!
Lower
your costs!
Estimation of the cost of a server in a company.
The table below takes the main
costs observed when buying a server, its
maintenance, its different licences, its backup
power supply, its different backup systems, as well
as charges for the Internet line and electricity. We
have compared them to DeskFlex based on a
3-year amortization; your financial gain can
reach up to 50%.
Added to this are the costs of a classic
infrastructure:
Costs for a technical room for your server: air
conditioning, rack, shelves, etc.
Security equipment: alarm system, secure entry, etc.
An increase in your insurance policy fees:
theft,
fire, etc.
Up to 85% savings on the acquisition of your work
stations.
The
purchase price of a traditional, low-end computer is
around € 450
(operating
system included),
added to
which are licences and maintenance costs.
The
purchase price of a thin client is around € 250.
No particular licence has to be added as the
software is included in your
DeskFlex
subscription. This is the same for maintenance.
The table
below shows the costs observed when setting up a
classic IT infrastructure, taking into account
hardware acquisition, its maintenance and its energy
consumption. We have compared this to the use of
thin clients. Based on a 3-year amortization,
your
financial gain can reach up to 85%.
Save up
to 50% on your new, complete infrastructure.
Based on all of these elements,
compare the cost of a new, classic infrastructure
with our solution.
Video presentation :
This video shows you the method to connect to your
virtual office using the connection tool on a remote
desktop
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This video shows you the method to connect to your
virtual office with a navigation program
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