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= IT Desktop/Branch architecture =
 * Goal is to have a long term vision road-map to drive decision in a organization, relating to user desktop applications and hardware.

== Problems we need to solve and trends ==
 * Constant hardware refresh, due to OS requirement growth.
 * Reduction in technical skills in small branches.
 * Support cost of remote servers.
   * Hardware - Server, diskspace.
   * Software - Windows Server, Oracle Database, Antivirus, etc.
   * Environment, UPS, cooling, security.
 * Security of desktops.
   * Virus and Trojan threats, becoming more sinister and focused on data theft or illegal access to systems.
   * Data leakage due to loss of device containing corporate information
 * Cost of software updates, and security fix's rolling in daily.

== Trends ==
 * Centralize everything
 * Reduce data stored on remote devices.

== New direction. Short term ==
 * Visualize desktop onto central server, delivering only screen and keyboard to end user.
   * All Data centralized.
     *+ Easy migration from device to device, connecting back to central server infrastructure.
     *+ Applications can be delivered in ideal environment e.g. specific os version. Application virtualization.
     *+ Accelerated deployment
       * Upgrades to application available with reload to all clients.
       * New application roll-out in a day.
     *+ Reduced risk
       * More than one version of application available e.g. Old and New
       * Fast roll back.
     *- Cost
       * Server hardware must be capable of running all the user desktops.
       * Redundancy and DR needed for central servers due to high impact of failure.

== 5 Years + Longterm ==
 * Browser based application delivery. (All application are web enabled.)
   * Only using HTML5 and Javascript.
     *+ Lightweight secure, standardized delivery of any application.
     *+ Allow business flexibility in accessing applications.
     *+ Allow business flexibility in selecting and changing end-user platforms as needed, or supporting multiple platforms.
     *+ Secure access using industry standard SSL encryption and certificates.
   * Cross browser standards based web applications.
     *+ allow for multiple platforms, e.g. Tablets, Phone, Thin-terminal.

== Architecture and procurement guidelines ==
 * All new packages and development should push for pure web based interface.
   * Only HTML and Javascript on desktop.
 * No new applications or services should be deployed to distributed servers with the goal of centralizing all services.

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