Proposal
Name:
Engineering VMware License Upgrade
FiscalYear:
2017
Audience:
Engineering and Computer Science, College of
Submitter:
Mauser, James
Budget Manager:
Asseff, Lynn G.
Project Manager:
Mauser, James B
Proposal Approvers
Dept. Chair:
Batalama, Stella
Local IT:
Neelakanta, Mahesh
Dean:
Batalama, Stella
Facilities:
N/A
OIT:
Bagdonas, Joseph A.
Proposal Funding
Year 1:
$ 0.00
Year 2:
$ 0.00
Year 3:
$ 0.00
Total:
$ 0.00
Proposal Funding versus Average
Questionnaire
Narrative
VMware has released a new tools called User Environment Manager (UEM) and APP Volumes. These tools provide a consistent profile and application versions across machines. This will allow our students that use the College of Engineering and Computer Science VMware Environment in a much more efficient manner. This will benefit both Engineering students and non-Engineering students who use the VMware Environment.
Currently, we use a tool from VMware called View Persona. Unfortunately, View Persona is not supported and this causes slowdowns in user experience. The new UEM will solve some crucial problems we are facing when it comes to the VMware Environment performance. These two tools are included in the same quote (when you buy app volumes you also get UEM)
We are asking the techfee committee for $55000.00 funds to help purchase this new license for our 500 seat license of VMware that we currently have.
With the purchase of this software, we intend to present on how UEM helped FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science at local VMware user groups and at VMworld (pending approval).
These presentations will help others hear about what FAU is doing for their students and will showcase the world class computing environment we provide for our students.
Hardware Requirements
No new hardware requirements are needed for this.
Software Requirements
VMware (which is already running) , and the software in this Project request (VMWare App Volumes and User Environment Manager)
Personnel Costs
This will be implemented by the College of Engineering and Computer Science Technical Services Group
Other Costs
The normal operating costs of vwmare and the servers associated , but no new cost to Engineering or FAU
Timeline
This will be implemented within a few weeks of the project getting funded.
Sustainability
This quote is for 1 year and is for 500 concurrent users
Resource Matching
There is currently no matching funds for this project.
Implementing Organization
College of Engineering and Computer Science (TSG)
Proposal Budget
|
Fiscal Year 1 |
Fiscal Year 2 |
Fiscal Year 3 |
Total |
| Hardware One-Time |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
| Hardware Recurring |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
| Software One-time |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
| Software Recurring |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
| Personnel One-time |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
| Personnel Recurring |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
| Other One-time |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
| Other Recurring |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
| Totals |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
Supporting Documentation
| Filename |
Size |
Description |
| Engineering VMWare Quote.pdf |
77,897b |
This is for VMware App Volumes (includes User Environment Manager) for 500 seats (concurrent) |
