The $3.4 billion Redstone Federal Credit Union of Huntsville,Ala. is in the process of replacing 75% of its PCs with virtualdesktop computing solutions from Redwood City, Calif.-basedPano Logic over an 18-month period and has already seen acomputing equipment cost savings of 60%, Pano Logic announced.
Looking to reduce travel time associated with PC troubleshootingtasks and eliminate costly PC refresh cycles, Redstone FCU embarked on a two phase computing infrastructureimprovement project that involves replacing about 460 PCs in its 22branches with Pano Logic's desktop virtualization in phase one thisyear, and replacing another 300 department PCs in phase two in2013, Pano Logic said.
“We started looking at Pano Logic because of the rising cost ofreplacing PCs every three years or so, but we immediately realizedthe benefits from centrally managing desktop computing, especiallywhen the users are far away,” said Lisa Whitt, assistant vicepresident of technology for Redstone FCU. “We are growing andplanning to expand, including outside of Alabama, and we needsomething to help us manage end users remotely.”
Pano Logic's Pano System for VDI is an end-to-end, virtualhardware and software desktop solution intended for users in aWindows environment. The solution uses a virtual endpoint devicethat eliminates endpoint management, storage, memory, securityholes and moving parts, the company said.
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Natasha Chilingerian
Natasha Chilingerian has been immersed in the credit union industry for over a decade. She first joined CU Times in 2011 as a freelance writer, and following a two-year hiatus from 2013-2015, during which time she served as a communications specialist for Xceed Financial Credit Union (now Kinecta Federal Credit Union), she re-joined the CU Times team full-time as managing editor. She was promoted to executive editor in 2019. In the earlier days of her career, Chilingerian focused on news and lifestyle journalism, serving as a writer and editor for numerous regional publications in Oregon, Louisiana, South Carolina and the San Francisco Bay Area. In addition, she holds experience in marketing copywriting for companies in the finance and technology space. At CU Times, she covers People and Community news, cybersecurity, fintech partnerships, marketing, workplace culture, leadership, DEI, branch strategies, digital banking and more. She currently works remotely and splits her time between Southern California and Portland, Ore.
