Case Study: King’s College London
Sector: Higher Education Solution: Workspace
King’s College London is one of the top 30 universities in the world (2011/2012 QS international world rankings), the Sunday Times University of the Year 2010/11 and the fourth oldest in England.
Locations: King’s is arranged into nine Schools of Study, spread across four Thames-side campuses in Central London and one in Denmark Hill, South London.
Activities: King’s is a research-led university, with an outstanding reputation for providing world-class teaching and cutting-edge research. It has nearly 23,500 students (of whom nearly 9,000 are graduate students) from 150 countries and approximately 6,000 employees.
Challenge: To replace a complex and ageing infrastructure that was becoming increasingly difficult and costly to support.
Staff and students at King's are constantly on the move across London. The Global Desktop solution has delivered a significant part of the strategy to enhance mobility through technology.
Lynne Tucker, Chief Technology Officer,
King’s College London
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