Introduction
Dashworks is software that helps enterprise organisations manage their Windows migrations, and reduce desktop total cost of ownership. It connects to user directories, desktop inventory and application delivery systems to build a data warehouse of desktop information, irrespective of vendor. It analyses an organisation's assets (devices, users and applications) to set red, amber and green readiness status for transition to new Microsoft Windows or Citrix platforms. It delivers multiple views on software and hardware utilisation, is fully searchable, and creates linkages to show the usage profile of the assets in the organisation. By automating much of the information gathering, analysis and project management functions, dashworks can help to save up to 50% of a typical desktop migration cost.
Why Do So Many Windows Migration Projects Fail To Deliver?
At Juriba, we have lived through multiple desktop migrations, costing millions of pounds/dollars, extending over multiple years, and causing maximum disruption to the business. We wanted to build a product that would address these problems, helping to deliver end user Windows desktop migrations faster, more accurately, and at significantly reduced cost. In designing dashworks, we spoke to industry veterans about the common problems associated with major desktop change:
- Out of date inventory of users, computers and applications
- Unknown hardware and software compatibility with the new operating system
- Information management by spreadsheets or Access databases
- Project and support teams working from different information
- Manual management of departmental, team and user deployment requirements
We were able to summarise this migration management problem into the following matrix:
The Solution
Whenever you are looking to manage desktop change there is a common set of information that needs to be understood. First is an inventory of users, computers and applications in the environment. Next is the ability to link that information together to understand the usage profile of those assets. Compatibility data is overlayed to understand change impact and status, so that informed and intelligent decisions can be made. Having all this information available, and updated near-time, gives a level of control missing from many organisations today. The dashworks portal enables access to that data across the organisation so that the people who need it can act upon it.
That, in a nutshell is dashworks. The fastest, most accurate, cost effective way to manage your desktop migration projects.