Specialty retailer for building materials and garden center operator implements a modern workspace environment based on VMware Horizon.

We can now manage the devices centrally with a small team, so we don’t need to go looking for extra staff.”

By Christoph Stern, Team Leader IT Technology, Würth-Hochenburger

Originally published at VMware.com

Headquartered in the city of Innsbruck, Würth-Hochenburger GmbH has begun a new chapter in its IT story. By introducing a modern workspace environment based on VMware Horizon, the Austrian specialist for building materials and DIY stores is bidding farewell to its client/server infrastructure. Implementation will draw a line under heavy administrative and maintenance expenses, give Würth-Hochenburger system security and a solid basis for planning, and improve efficiency and productivity across approximately 600 IT workspaces at 40 sites. Thanks to this project, even the much-publicized shortage of specialists has lost a lot of its threat.

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Jens Koegler

Jens Koegler is VMware's Healthcare Industry Director in EMEA. He is helping our healthcare customers develop and run modern applications to drive innovation and ensure better patient care through a digital foundation that includes data center, hybrid cloud, mobile, networking and security technologies. VMware plays a strategic role in the healthcare industry. Its leading innovations in enterprise software help ensure consistent patient care and reduce IT access time for healthcare professionals so they can spend more time with their patients. Jens plays a key role in helping customers understand how new applications, devices, the latest IT technologies and digital transformation are driving innovation in healthcare.