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Oracle Desktop Virtualisation in the Healthcare Sector • Healthcare provider organisations are unique in their stringent requirements for security and their need for a high degree of mobility • Caregivers need instant access to patient data, but shouldn’t be encumbered with a laptop or pushing around a cart-mounted PC • Oracle desktop virtualisation virtualises complete desktop environments and installs them in the data centre, where they can be secured, managed, and maintained Benefits • Caregivers spend significantly less time accessing critical data • IT manages a few servers rather than hundreds or thousands of desktop devices • Healthcare organisations can improve and maintain regulatory compliance, ensuring that sensitive data is securely provided over any network Oracle Desktop Virtualisation in the Public Sector Many public sector organisations have a mixture of modern and legacy Windows applications, UNIX applications, and even mainframe and midrange systems • Secure access to records is key for government, law enforcement, and other public sector organisations • For education, support for Windows, Apple iPad and other devices has become commonplace Benefits • Provides secure access to applications, data, and complete desktops across a wide variety of platforms • Increases security and manageability for large user populations; ideal for state and local government • Can provide a one-time-use desktop that automatically resets itself for each user for education, library, and other public access points The school has 40 teachers and 10 staff members, serving 1 200 pupils. The pupils study subjects, including English, accounting, business management, science, mathematics, and liberal arts. Eighty-seven pupils, aged 13 to 17, currently take classes in computer technology (including hardware, software, and basic IT skills). The students originally shared PCs that were neither networked nor connected to the internet, requiring teachers to collect schoolwork from each machine, individually. The computers were also subject to frequent malware attacks because of viruses brought in on memory sticks. Because the machines were sha ?Y ?Y[????\]Y[?H[]YH?????\??\??X]\?[?Y?\?[?K??]H[???X?[???X?H?\?X[\???[???\??X?\?K?X?H?\?X[\????Y[? [?H?[??\?H M?L??\??\??Y[???[????X??\??Z\????X?\?H??\??[?XX?\???[????[?Y[?HX??\???Y[???&H????????]?]?\??[??X[?\?H[??X?[?????[?[H?X?H?X??\?H????[?????YX?][?[\??\?[??H\?[???\?X[\????H?[?[H?X?H?X??\?H????[??X[??Z[?H??Z[???YH??[][?]H[???]Y??X?K?\?[?]X[H\?X?\?Y[??[?Y?H?X?H[?\??\??\?]H??[][?]H[? ? ??]\?H?][??YHYX?][?[???[H????\??[?[???H???? ?Y??X?H??[?Y\???\?H????8?&\?YX?][?[Y??????\??\?H[????\?K[??[?Y\?Y??????]\??????X?K???B??NH????\??\??X?][?????B??