Virtual Iron Software and Provision Networks today introduced a new bundled, server-hosted, virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solution that targets the challenges of managing, securing and maintaining today’s Windows-based, enterprise desktop infrastructure. The joint solution, which is available immediately, simplifies desktop management, shortens refresh cycles, and reduces hardware and software costs. It delivers all the benefits of server virtualization to desktop infrastructure and provides the first economically attractive alternative for desktop virtualization.
Desktop computing makes up an increasingly large part of the enterprise computing infrastructure today. As distributed end points, desktops are among the most difficult to secure, manage and maintain. Refresh cycles, compliance, ongoing maintenance and user support are huge undertakings. These challenges put IT resources under tremendous pressure and significantly increase total cost of ownership. The Virtual Iron/Provision Networks Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) solution hosts individual Windows desktop PCs inside virtual machines running on servers in the data center. This thin-client architecture is significantly easier to secure, maintain and support and it enables an organization’s complete Windows desktop environment to be securely accessed and serviced centrally.
“Heartland Financial has adopted several virtualization technologies with tremendous success and we expect server-based virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) to provide similar ROI as part of our long term virtualization strategy,” said Marti Vandemore, CIO at Heartland Financial. “We have engaged RapidApp, a leading service provider in the virtualization space, to deliver their QuickStart service offering and a server-based, hosted VDI environment utilizing Virtual Iron and Provision Networks' technologies.”
The joint solution enables a fully isolated, customizable and secure environment where users are able to work with standard desktop operating systems and applications. Virtual desktops can be user-customized and provisioned on demand instantly, providing performance and user experience that are comparable to a desktop personal computer. This allows enterprises to replace physical desktops with virtual desktops for many usage scenarios such as call centers, offshore development, and secure, remote access. The benefits of VDI are numerous and include:
- reduced hardware and software costs
- reduced IT support costs
- streamlined upgrade path for faster adoption of new software; i.e. Microsoft Vista
- increased IT staff productivity and reduced employee downtime
- reduced power and cooling requirements
- increased data and IP security
VDI also provides capabilities not available in standard PCs, such as the infrastructure for high availability and disaster recovery that can further reduce downtime and improve end user productivity.
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