A German logistics specialist utilizes a computer-aided design (CAD) to develop new solutions. Historically, the engineers used traditional high-end workstations for their CAD software. Maintaining workstations is expensive, and security becomes a significant concern when subcontractors need access. "Data theft and incomplete access restrictions, especially when contracts end, are constant risks," explained the program manager. To address these issues, the company sought a solution to virtualize desktops and provide engineers with immediate access to the necessary desktop sessions without the hassle of managing locally installed software updates.
"We decided to move away from capital-intensive hardware investments and instead opt for a pay-as-you-go model, renting the environment as needed," the program manager stated.
Reinhard Partmann, comdivision's lead architect for the VDI infrastructure, anticipated several challenges for this project. "From a VDI standpoint, we had to accommodate various desktop configurations tailored to each department's needs," explained Partmann. "Importantly, we also needed to plan for a range of engineering tools that are resource-intensive, particularly in terms of GPU usage."
Partmann and his team implemented a best-in-class solution, using Omnissa Horizon for desktop virtualization, enhanced with an NVIDIA plugin to support the demanding 3D rendering and CAD workloads.
“The customer program manager was thrilled with the solution!” Partmann shared enthusiastically. The end users are able to work from anywhere within a secure environment with fast data-access. The time of heavy, loud and co2 consuming workstation is over. Within the next stage the customer wants to bring the solution into a productive state and consume comdivision’s managed service to utilize the solution. “comdivision did a great job. We are planning to bring the solution into production and consumed it via comdivision managed service offering, ” the customer's program manager concluded.
