employees are working on notebooks also information existed in the internal and tablet PCs, and PCs at home as well. SharePoint Server environment. Office 2010 is also well compatible with Solution SharePoint Server, which was expected to SK Telecom thought it was inevitable to enable users to get document sharing deliver the latest OS in addition to and collaboration directly without virtualization to provide consistent and multiple steps and it has turn out to be efficient business environment which it effective. had aimed at. SK Telecom expects that it is able to It judged that it is necessary to provide deliver more diverse types of desktop to Windows 7 as the standard business users in the virtualized desktop environment in the desktop virtualization environment instead of delivering environment at the time the termination notebook with the range of standard of its existing OS is approaching and the specifications defined in the past. The compatibility of the latest version of OS company distributed the all-in-one PC and its all business systems has been for some users as of 2011. This model tested. has big prepared to the notebook and has benefits of space efficiency and It is the case to the technological side. performance. SK Telecom evaluates that Reviewing the virtualization solutions it would be able to offer more choice to from major companies, SK Telecom users with their own business styles found that they could enjoy the strong through distributing all-in-one PC. points of the latest OS in the virtual Benefits environment as well, regardless of the solutions used in the line of infrastructure. Seamless transition into virtualization SK Telecom applied first the desktop In addition, it distributed Office 2010 virtualization for its IT department users, along with Windows 7 at the same time, as of December, 2011. Users in this which is to get the synergy with other department are calling and using parts. The company is operating Windows 7-based virtual desktop image TWorkspace, Enterprise Contents when working on their Windows Management (ECM) for centralizing notebook. documents. TWorkspace was developed on SharePoint Server and A manager in SK Telecom said, “We Windows 7 and Office 2010 is adding separated clearly the user environment value on the ECM. and business environment to prevent local PCs from access to the internal What they in SK Telecom noticed was the system from the firewall stage.” He said, fact that search, the default function in “We have to call up Windows 7-based OS, allows users to find and access easily virtual desktop to do our work, but it is to not only data within the desktop, but
employees are working on notebooks and tablet PCs, and PCs at home as well. Solution SK Telecom thought it was inevitable to deliver the latest OS in addition to virtualization to provide consistent and efficient business environment which it had aimed at. It judged that it is necessary to provide Windows 7 as the standard business environment in the desktop virtualization environment at the time the termination of its existing OS is approaching and the compatibility of the latest version of OS and its all business systems has been tested. It is the case to the technological side. Reviewing the virtualization solutions from major companies, SK Telecom found that they could enjoy the strong points of the latest OS in the virtual environment as well, regardless of the solutions used in the line of infrastructure. In addition, it distributed Office 2010 along with Windows 7 at the same time, which is to get the synergy with other parts. The company is operating TWorkspace, Enterprise Contents Management (ECM) for centralizing documents. TWorkspace was developed on SharePoint Server and Windows 7 and Office 2010 is adding value on the ECM. What they in SK Telecom noticed was the fact that search, the default function in OS, allows users to find and access easily to not only data within the desktop, but also information existed in the internal SharePoint Server environment. Office 2010 is also well compatible with SharePoint Server, which was expected to enable users to get document sharing and collaboration directly without multiple steps and it has turn out to be effective. SK Telecom expects that it is able to deliver more diverse types of desktop to users in the virtualized desktop environment instead of delivering notebook with the range of standard specifications defined in the past. The company distributed the all-in-one PC for some users as of 2011. This model has big prepared to the notebook and has benefits of space efficiency and performance. SK Telecom evaluates that it would be able to offer more choice to users with their own business styles through distributing all-in-one PC. Benefits Seamless transition into virtualization SK Telecom applied first the desktop virtualization for its IT department users, as of December, 2011. Users in this department are calling and using Windows 7-based virtual desktop image when working on their Windows notebook. A manager in SK Telecom said, “We separated clearly the user environment and business environment to prevent local PCs from access to the internal system from the firewall stage.” He said, “We have to call up Windows 7-based virtual desktop to do our work, but it is
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