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Global law firm Jenner & Block’s formula for award-winning VDI – The NextJen Experience Chad Rissman Manager of Applications Andy Bradford Desktop Engineer Anne Gallagher Marketing Manager Amol Bargaje Chief Information Officer Mark Mast Desktop Engineer Brad Burnett Network Engineer Sponsored By:
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2 Meet Jenner & Block Premier law firm with international reach and more than 500 lawyers Offices in Chicago, London, Los Angeles, New York and Washington, DC Sophisticated litigation and transactional capabilities NextJen Award Winner: Legal Marketing Assn’s Regional and International Your Honor Awards AITP’s Most Effective IT Team for Mid-sized Firms
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3 The Business Case for VDI Consistent Look & Feel Any device Faster deployment and recovery times Secure Increased productivity
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4 VDI Solution Set Lenovo X1 Carbon Macbook Air 1200 HP T310 Zero ClientsPersonal Device 28 Cisco UCS B-Series ServersEMC VNX2 PureStorage FA-420 Arrays
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5 Jenner VDI Environment Mostly persistent Machine types Regular Temp Employees Loaners (non-persistent) Conference Rooms (non-persistent) Training (non-persistent) 140+ Application layers Microsoft Office w/multiple plug-ins Finance specific apps (LMS, Cognos, Custom Apps) Marketing specific apps (Adobe Creative Cloud) Many more
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6 Our Journey Proof of Concept Conference Room Pilot TweaksPilotRollout
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7 Secret Sauce Communication! Communication!! Communication!!! Firmwide Collaboration and Participation CxO and Influential Partner Engagement Early On Change Management
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8 Marketing – Factors to Consider Firm’s commitment to innovation – staying ahead of the curve Excellence in serving clients – productivity and efficiency Change process management – meeting internal clients ‘where they are at’
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9 Communicating Change Value Creation – Cultural Evolution at Jenner & Block Engaging the internal client via intranet communications “Layered approach” involving internal comms and creative internal videos Hands-on demonstrations – “Jennius Bars” Internal branding – logo, t-shirts, etc.
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10 Communicating Change Externally Value Creation for our Clients Articles on the NextJen Innovation Bloomberg BNA BIG LAW BUSINESS, “Jenner & Block to Unveil NextJen Desktop” Chicago Lawyer, “Rise of the Law Firm Management Corps”
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11 Rollout No change to Windows OS and MS Office user experience Farthest office first After close of business, Monday – Thursday 45/night Next-day floor support “Jennius” Bar on Friday
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12 Road Ahead NextJen 2.0 London Unidesk 4.x
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13 Live Demo!
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14 Q&A
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15 Questions and Next Steps Connect with Amol, Chad, Anne, Andy, Mark and/or Brad Learn more about our sponsors www.purestorage.com www.unidesk.com www.purestorage.com www.unidesk.com Try Unidesk in your Cloud
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