How Software Can Ensure A Healthy School Lunch
School lunch may not be the first thing that comes to mind when talking about healthy eating. But with the help of software, a Dutch organization is working to change that.
Every school day, a team of professionals from the Netherlands Nutrition Centre visits school cafeterias across the country, reporting on whether they meet guidelines for healthy, safe and sustainable food choices. After running into problems submitting their observations using a VPN connection, the centre adopted Horizon DaaS, virtual desktop software from VMware.
The software offers a simple and affordable pay-as-you-go model for externally hosting the desktop. It also gives the centre unlimited scalability in the number of desktops available and makes the desktops easy to manage.
“Our Healthy School Canteen ‘brigadiers’ no longer face any restrictions during their work,” said Jelle Jager, business operations manager at the centre. "Irrespective of the operating system, everyone can log in immediately. The device they use for this has no influence on the performance."
Systems Crashed
To collect and report data from school canteens, field representatives must be able to quickly log in, access the appropriate applications and upload information from their location. With the VMware software, these mobile employees can quickly start applications with logins that are substantially more efficient than when team members used a VPN-based virtual server.
Victor Cats, the centre’s system and network administrator, said the customer relationship management part of the VPN-based solution caused bottlenecks. The CRM stores contact information and accounts in a central location.
"It caused conflicts in the memory area, causing Microsoft Outlook to crash regularly,” Cats said.
In addition, the practice of field representatives logging in through web browsers made the network susceptible to security threats, he said.
Bottlenecks Gone, Security Up
Adopting the virtual desktop software eliminated CRM-related bottlenecks. The virtual desktop also introduced another security layer with no negative effect on login time.
“The solution to our problem had to be easily accessible and extremely secure, and the speed of the system had to be acceptable,” Jager said. “It also had to be possible to run existing applications in the new environment.”
Field employees can now use any device and any operating system to login to a virtual desktop session quickly, efficiently and securely. Additionally, the software is easily scalable, accommodating new desktops quickly and at a low cost.
As a result, the centre can focus on its important work of making sure the food that children eat is safe and healthy.
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