ClearCube High Availability Centralized Computing Solutions

for Emergency Operation Centers

When Reliability, Security and Flawless Operations Matter Most, Governments Around the Globe Look to ClearCube Technology
Eliminating noise and heat, improving computing reliability and lightening fast fail-over help emergency operation centers perform at their best. Operations like Dyfed-Powys, Dane County and Stanislaus County are benefiting by moving the PC from the desktop to the data center.

In a recent State Tech Magazine article Jeff Meyer of Dane County was quoted “If a blade PC goes down, all I have to do is switch the Ethernet cable from one blade to another on the back end, and the 911 worker is up and running,” says Meyer. “And if I’m ever home over the weekend and a blade PC goes down, I can activate a spare blade on one of the racks remotely and get workers back up without them having to wait 45 minutes for me to drive in,” he adds.

ClearCube's Sentral Management Software enables administrators to assign a new blade PC to a user with just a few keystrokes from a single console, thus providing almost real-time recovery from any incident.

ClearCube delivers significant value; with 99.99% uptime, no noise to disturb end-user operations, inherent security to prevent disruptions and a 44% lower total cost of ownership than desktop PCs. Centralized computing is a much more effective model for command and control centers because of the performance improvements that blade PCs have over distributed desktop PCs. They're more reliable with greater uptime and the architecture allows for users to have access to a pool of blade PCs so in the event of a failure, the time to recovery is minimal. Dyfed-Powys' command and control center in Wales is one example of how ClearCube blade PCs benefit emergency operations. As you can see in the image, removing PCs from the desktop also eliminates clutter from the workspace - click on the image below to read their case study.

Mitigate USB Storage Threats

By definition, emergency operations are mission critical so downtime is not an option. With the proliferation of USB borne cyber threats, it is imperative to protect the computing environment in emergency operations centers. ClearCube was the first company to respond to USB borne virus, trojan and malware threat with a hardware security layer solution call Mass Storage Lockout (MSL). MSL is a hardware setting on ClearCube blade workstations that prohibits USB storage devices from accessing the computing resources. To learn more about securing your computing infrastructure from USB borne viruses and malware - view this white paper by clicking the image below.

ClearCube Centralized Computing featured in a Dateline NBC special on the Mexico Federal Police Emergency Operations Center: