Virtual Bridges, Inc. today announced a master distribution agreement with Hermitage Solutions, to resell Virtual Bridges’ virtual desktop and workload management solutions throughout French speaking countries within Europe and Africa.

Headquartered in Lyon, France, Hermitage Solutions has more than 15 years of experience selling, distributing, and supporting of a broad range of IT solutions. The company will immediately begin reselling Virtual Bridges’ VERDE, a private cloud desktop virtualization solution that provides secure anytime, anywhere access to end-user devices, files, and applications, as well as Bridgepoint, cloud orchestration software that deploys virtual workloads from an existing infrastructure.

“Virtual Bridges focuses on simplifying complex technology for administrators and end-users, which is a perfect fit for this market,” said Alain Takahashi, owner and General Manager of Hermitage Solutions. “We look forward to working with Virtual Bridges to expand their presence in France, Benelux and French speaking regions of Africa and help our clients solve their evolving desktop and workload management challenges.”

Both products within the Virtual Bridges portfolio deliver broad support for Windows and Linux clients and also feature a technical design that optimizes the use of storage, creating a scalable solution for businesses in transition. The solutions are easy to install and feature a single management console, enabling administrators to deliver virtual workloads quickly and effectively.

“Keeping end-users productive, while managing a mobile ‘workspace’ environment, has become a top priority for organizations around the world,” said Bradley Sanford, vice president of corporate development and strategic alliances at Virtual Bridges. “Hermitage Solutions has deep technical experience and an incredible network of resellers and system integrators that will speed adoption of Virtual Bridges in Europe, addressing customers’ top desktop challenges.”

The Hermitage Solutions agreement expands Virtual Bridges’ existing network of partners in France and the French speaking regions through value add services like recruitment, training, and support of new and existing IT System Integrators, Managed Service Providers and  IT Solution Resellers.