VDI GOES GREEN WITH VERDE
Nov 4th, 21:04 UTC
Product Serves Modern Linux Desktop Environment from Linux and Solaris Servers
AUSTIN, TX -- Virtual Bridges, a provider of desktop and enterprise virtualization solutions for education and business, announced today the release of a new product in its Win4VDI family. Virtual Bridges' VERDE (Virtual Enterprise Remote Desktop Environment) is a powerful platform for consolidating Linux desktops on x86-based Linux and Solaris servers.
VERDE uses ordinary thin clients for end-points. Organizations benefit from reduced energy consumption, fewer points of failure, and increased security when compared to traditional desktop environments. The VERDE stack further facilitates desktop management through the use of powerful virtual machine technology. VERDE is fast, efficient, and highly scalable. Because of its foundation on Virtual Bridges VDI software, VERDE also benefits from over 20 years of proven experience and functionality in serving content-rich virtual desktops.
Through Virtual Bridges' work on virtual desktop computing with hundreds of thousands of users, the company has crafted a product that delivers all of the core features a typical organization would require to accomplish their IT goals. Features like automatic local printing, one-click Windows installation, the ability to integrate with Active Directory, availability of web display or third-party display options, use of write-protected Windows system images for true malware resistance, and integration of RDP support, are just some of the features that combine to put Win4VDI in the lead of the desktop virtualization and consolidation market.
"Availability of a virtual Linux client is timely given the opportunity for customers to innovate while taking down desktop costs", said Jeff Smith, Vice President of Open Source and Linux, IBM Software Group. "Organizations can benefit from the Green effect as well as lower total cost of ownership by adopting a heterogeneous thin hardware client strategy driven by user segmentation".
Win4VDI, Virtual Bridges' Educational/SMB and enterprise product, allows an organization to easily and cost-effectively deliver multiple Windows desktop sessions to PCs, Workstations and thin clients from a non-Windows server such as Linux and Solaris OS.
Maintaining and upgrading desktop computers physically distributed across an organization is a difficult and slow process that is also not effective for users who find themselves with aging computers with degraded performance. VERDE offers IT organizations the ability to easily deploy "desktop as a service" across the organization for both fixed-function as well as custom desktop users, all from a central location, reducing the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of desktop computing.
"VERDE represents the culmination of over eight years of serving the Linux community," said Jim Curtin, Virtual Bridges, president and CEO. "Our goal at Virtual Bridges has always been to create a bridge to a Microsoft-free end user computing environment. With VERDE, we have reached this goal. Users of all sizes can now take advantage of the cost-effectiveness of Linux, the green benefits of VDI, while enjoying state-of-the-art applications, without dependence on expensive proprietary lock-ins from Microsoft."
Features of VERDE include:
FEATURES
* Serves modern Linux desktop environments and applications
Optionally serves legacy (Windows) applications side-by-side
* Highly-scalable, supporting high-density deployments
* Multi-media playback to clients, enabling content-rich applications
* Seamless to clients
* Dynamic Renewable Desktop technology for centralized management of corruption-proof environments
* Dynamic Desktop Load Management to further increase responsiveness of sessions in high-density deployments
* Takes advantage of Intel VT or AMD-V virtualization extensions to increase performance and scalability via KVM on Linux hosts
Powerful, proven software virtualization technology for platforms not supporting VT or AMD-V
* Serves clients connecting via LAN, WAN, or Internet
Seamlessly connect from thin client devices, repurposed/multi-role PCs, or mobile desktops
* Integrates with existing Enterprise infrastructure such as LDAP or Active Directory
* Runs on industry-standard Linux or Solaris host platforms
BENEFITS
* Reduce energy costs by consolidating desktop workloads and serving to low-consumption thin client devices
* Increase productivity and uptime by hosting desktops on more reliable server platforms
* Avoid re-training as users access familiar desktop environments
* Reduce management overhead with centralized updates
* Save time and money by reusing existing Enterprise infrastructure
* Avoid vendor "lock-in" thanks to "freedom of platform"
* Peace-of-mind, thanks to proven, established technology base
VERDE allows organizations to standardize the application environment to users regardless of desktop hardware and operating system - Windows, UNIX, Linux or Mac can be used on the client, but a common application profile can be created and served from VERDE server configurations such as blade servers, rack arrays or large multi-way machines.
Win4VDI products are very popular in the retail, education and health services industries due to its ease in supporting legacy Windows applications for industries that are looking to preserve their application investment while migrating to lower cost operating system infrastructure.
Availability
The VERDE product is available immediately. Please contact sales@vbridges.com for questions regarding commercial pricing discounts.
Virtual Bridges Product Family
Virtual Bridges (VB) develops software that offers users of open source platforms the ability to run Microsoft Windows applications in addition to the wealth of Open Source applications available to them. Virtual Bridges' Win4 brand professional-grade virtualization products help businesses extend their Open Source desktops without additional hardware costs.
Virtual Bridges' desktop products include Win4Lin for running Windows on various Linux desktops, Win4BSD for running Windows applications on FreeBSD and PC-BSD and Win4Solaris for running Windows applications on Sun Solaris.
For more information about Win4 branded products, please visit http://www.win4lin.com/. For more information about Virtual Bridges, Inc., please visit http://www.vbridges.com/.
About Virtual Bridges
Virtual Bridges, Inc. develops SMB and enterprise virtualization solutions for business. Virtual Bridges' products are multi-platform and are aimed at businesses that want to use virtualization solutions to create sustainable business advantage.
Win4, Win4Lin, Win4Lin Desktop, Win4BSD Desktop, Win4Solaris Desktop, Win4VDI and VERDE are trademarks or registered trademarks of Virtual Bridges, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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