DaaS for NZ Government

Datacom’s Desktop as a Service (DaaS) is part of the Government Common Capability ICT (CCICT) framework, and provides a reliable and secure cloud hosted desktop designed to reduce costs, standardise security, and lower operational risk to improve the quality of desktop services provided to eligible New Zealand Government agencies.

Benefits

Datacom’s Desktop as a Service is designed to provide the following benefits:

• Increased workforce agility - Application and desktop virtualisation supports “anywhere, anytime, any device” desktop computing
• Lower cost - Reduced time spent on patching applications and operating systems, handling desktop support issues, managing desktop and application requests, or deploying lower-cost devices such as tablets and zero-client terminals
• Reduced risk– Standardisation, prompt patching, configuration and security management will harden your desktops against a range of prevalent threats

Features

Desktop as a Service includes the following features;

• Virtual desktop delivery – Choose from VDI or session-based desktops
• Traditional desktop – For users who require a non-virtualised desktop
• Application packaging and maintenance  - Including application portfolio analysis, application discovery, application rationalisation/prioritisation, and compatibility and complexity analysis
• Hardware support – Procurement, on-site break-fix and hardware asset tracking
• Licence management – Licence management and application workflow approval
• Security add-ons – Including application whitelisting, hard drive encryption, data loss prevention, device control and host intrusion prevention.

Desktop as a Service is generally served from Datacom’s secure Government IaaS platform, however where a customer has limited WAN connectivity to a site, an on-site deployment option is available.

Desktop as a Service is administered from a secure Datacom web portal which allows authorised administrators to provision, upgrade and view usage information. 

To find out whether Datacom’s Desktop as a Service is a good fit for your agency drop us a line at DCSG@datacom.co.nz.

Related Links

• Infrastructure as a Service