FBI goes virtual in largest federal VDI deployment

The agency announced a $28 million contract with Dell on Oct. 7 to deploy a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) for 55,000 users.

"With this addition, the FBI will be able to better empower its field agents and administrators, as well as dramatically expand its operations across its global footprint," according to Dell. "The addition of these hyperconverged appliances offers FBI users the opportunity to reduce the number of elements managed in the IT environment, increase overall savings and decrease time-to-value. The infrastructure also enables users to securely access agency data and applications at any time across any device."

The system is built on Nutanix software, along with cybersecurity software from Dell Networking and Dell AppAssure.

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