“We really appreciate the time and effort that Lenovo put into understanding our VDI usage patterns and designing a future-proof solution. The Lenovo team sized the solution to give us headroom for growth, and the scalable nature of HCI means that we can easily add capacity as the number of VDI users increases.”
At-a-Glance
- Customer: University of Jeddah
- Industry: Education
- Services: Implementation,Consulting,Support
- Region: Middle East and Africa
- Processor: Intel
- Topic: Cloud,Hyperconverged Infrastructure,IT Transformation ,Industry-specific Solutions,Software Defined Infrastructure
The University of Jeddah supports digital learning with a high-performance HCI platform for VDI from Lenovo
Students and faculty at the University of Jeddah (UJ) rely on virtual desktops to access resources both on and off campus. To deliver a smooth user experience even during peak hours, the university modernized its virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) environment with Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series powered by 5th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors —enabling faster logins and improved availability. That’s the power of Lenovo with Intel Inside®.
Customer Problem
UJ needed to deliver a consistent VDI experience for a growing student population while simplifying IT operations and supporting future digital learning initiatives. The siloed compute, storage, and networking components became increasingly complex to manage, and performance issues began to creep in.
Lenovo Solution
UJ worked closely with Lenovo to analyze VDI usage patterns before deploying a hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) solution based on Lenovo ThinkAgile HX650 V3 servers and Nutanix software. 5th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors deliver trusted performance and exceptional efficiency.
Business Impact
With the Lenovo HCI solution, UJ can ensure stable, high-performance VDI experience for students and faculty—even during peak academic periods—while improving availability and reliability for virtual labs and digital learning platforms.
“Our Lenovo HCI platform for VDI has simplified IT operations, enabled faster scaling, and established a future-ready foundation aligned with the university’s digital learning objectives and Vision 2030 initiatives.”
Amrah Alshebani, Administration of Digital Transformation and Information Technology, University of Jeddah
Results
- · Faster logins
- · More stable virtual desktops
- · Improved availability
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