Dell today announced the Dell Precision Appliance for Wyse
to support the growing use of graphics-intensive, workstation-class
workloads in a variety of work settings. The industry’s first ever
ISV-certified virtual workstation appliance solution, the Dell Precision
Appliance for Wyse helps a variety of organizations – from media and
entertainment to engineering firms to the exploration and energy
industries – reap the benefits of ultra-powerful, workstation-class
computing with greater IT efficiency, better data security and improved
user workflows, but without compromising on user experience or
performance.
Organizations
that depend on graphics-intensive, workstation-class workloads are
increasingly demanding mobility and flexibility to enable workers to
achieve secure, need-based access to data and mission-critical
applications wherever they are located. The Dell Precision Appliance for
Wyse leverages the award-winning Dell Precision Rack R7910 workstation,
NVIDIA Quadro and GRID GPU technology, Teradici PCoIP remote
workstation technology and VMware virtualization software, offering
access for up to three users per appliance in dedicated GPU mode or four
to eight users per appliance in shared GPU mode. Users can connect via a
diverse set of endpoints including Dell Wyse dual or quad display thin
and zero clients, desktops, laptops, or Dell Precision tower and mobile
workstations.
Dell
has worked closely with the ISV community to validate and certify their
software on the Dell Precision Appliance for Wyse, making it easier
than ever to plan and deploy the appliance solution. The solution offers
certified configurations for workstation-class applications including
those from Siemens PLM software. Applications from other ISVs including
PTC Creo are expected to be certified in the coming months. Users can
expect a similar experience using an ISV application with the Dell
Precision Appliance for Wyse virtual workstation solution as on a
traditional fixed or mobile workstation.
Consistent
with the Dell promise of making virtualization easier to plan, deploy
and run, the Dell Precision Appliance for Wyse can be deployed in just
five minutes once powered on, and can be managed without a dedicated IT
staff, or by IT staff with limited virtualization experience. IT
administrators can provide need-based access to data and applications
and centralize enforcement of security policies for easier management,
better control of valuable IP, and reduced complexity. The Dell
Precision Appliance for Wyse is a true end-to-end solution which
includes Dell Precision-class data center hardware, software, end points
and services.
Steve Lalla, VP and General Manager, Cloud Client-Computing, Dell
"Organizations
today have an increased need for mobility and collaboration, and need
to provide secure access to apps and data for their employees wherever
they are, whether that’s at a desktop or on an exploration worksite. The
customers we work with are on the cutting edge of their industry, and
we are pushing the technology envelope to provide them with the
graphics-intensive, workstation-class experiences they require –
anywhere. That wasn’t even technologically possible a couple of years
ago."
Andrew Cresci, GM, NVIDIA GRID
"There’s
a tremendous productivity uptick when engineers, designers and creative
artists become mobile. With NVIDIA GRID technology and the Dell
Precision Appliance for Wyse, customers can work on projects remotely,
with a superb experience running high performance graphics applications
from any location."
Availability
The
Dell Precision Appliance for Wyse will be available in the United
States and select countries around the world, starting May 2015.