Cloudpaging allows for users to customize their software and engineering benefits. ARSONS CORP. NEEDED A WAY to ensure engineering applications are delivered quickly to the thousands of employees using a variety of computer-aided design (CAD) or geographic information system (GIS) tools. Parsons engineering had a diffi cult challenge managing and delivering complex soft ware applications to remote offi ces around the world. Th ough many locations had good internet connectivity for the region, those standards would fall short of acceptable, or even usable speeds to support remote applications delivery for desktops with virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) or remote management of physical user devices. In addition, Parsons oft en engaged with outside contractors and companies which mix multiple hardware and soft ware assets, oft en not managed nor owned by the company. Th ose complicated constraints required Parsons to have substantial, expensive on-site IT personnel and resources to support both the requirements of Parsons’ headquarters and the needs of its engineers. Every project also required special confi guration and customizations of applications and integration with onsite hardware, printers, plotters and other tools. In addition, these methods were ineff ective for tracking and managing all of those global resources. iStock Reliable Delivery of Data Cloudpaging has both enabled and transformed the way Parsons delivers tools to their engineers. Aft er investigating and experimenting with many technologies for application and desktop delivery, Parsons found cloudpaging achieves the goal of a fully self-service solutions model for application deployment. Cloudpaging solved several critical functions for realizing Parsons’ vision of automated delivery and compliance: • Dynamic provisioning and rapid deployment of complex, large applications. • Dynamic integration and confi guration of applications to meet the needs of both the project and the end users’ tasks. • Enforcing compliance for certain project requirements. • Tracking and monitoring usage of applications and systems for compliance. • Consolidating, re-allocating and accounting for soft ware licensing assets at a global enterprise level. 22 | Mass Transit | MassTransitmag.com | DECEMBER 2016/JANUARY 2017 Cloudpaging uses its virtualization and layering capabilities to reliably deliver and confi gure any engineering applications and plug-ins. Execution and instrumentation at the operating system’s kernel level ensures applications behave as they would if natively installed with similar performance levels. Benefiting the User Th e solution provides direct and measurable benefi ts for IT administrators, engineers and provides a return on investment that is multifold. End users are especially happy to have the opportunity to run in a computing environment with high-level performance. Th ey are able to customize their environment without involving IT administrators, including delivery of their entire engineering suite with all the plug-ins, with no confi guration. Using fewer people, IT administrators were able to centralize and scale application deployment to thousands of engineers worldwide, while adhering to compliance policies and providing audit reports of usage. Numecent, the creator of Cloudpaging technology, continued to work with Parsons over the years to evolve the product off ering and has added functionality to make it easier to deliver complex combinations of applications used in architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) segments. Th e complexities of delivering applications in the AEC and EPC segments to a wide variety of direct users, contractors and others not manged by a central IT department is a key benefi t Parsons achieved. Control of any new projects by the lead organization is why cloudpaging is successful at helping deliver the tools needed to users. Ensuring users just joining a project can quickly access the tools they need, without needing to have IT reconfi gure their desktop saves value time, as well as expensive IT resources. Flexibility within the IT department can be leveraged for positive results thanks to cloud service platforms. Dr. Arthur Hitomi is chief technology officer and co-founder of Numecent. Improving Engineering Application Delivery in the Cloud By Arthur Hitomi P Users can customize their environment without involving IT.
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