Virtual Iron Software and Provision Networks today introduced a new integrated, 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, 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. The Virtual Iron/Provision Networks’ 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.
The joint solution enables a fully isolated, secure environment where users can work with standard desktop OSs and applications. Virtual desktops can be user-customized and provisioned on demand instantly, providing performance and user experience comparable to desktop PCs. This allows enterprises to replace legacy desktops with virtual desktops for many usage scenarios such as call centers, offshore development, and secure, remote access. Server-hosted VDI also provides capabilities not available in standard PCs, such as the infrastructure for HA/DR that can further reduce downtime and improve end-user productivity.
The Virtual Iron/Provision Networks VDI solution provides a complementary alternative to both terminal services and fat-client desktop virtualization at a significantly lower total cost of ownership. The joint solution provides for a personalized client experience very similar to that of a dedicated PC including fast performance, a fully isolated and secure environment and standard desktop operating systems. Unlike distributed desktops, Virtual Iron and Provision Networks provide centralized management of the virtualized desktop infrastructure. Software can be easily deployed and upgraded, ongoing patch management is made simpler, applications can be load balanced and corporate IP can be more securely protected, especially from contract or outsourced employees.
Pricing for the joint solution is $120 per virtual desktop and is available immediately through both Virtual Iron’s and Provision Networks’ 400 resellers and channel partners worldwide. For more detailed information, click here.
The companies have also made a number of supporting resources available: