
Flexxible
IT, provider of turnkey enterprise computing solutions powered by
Citrix technology, today announced a new hyperconverged appliance
designed to help SMBs simplify the deployment, operations and support of
virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) environments and applications,
including Microsoft Office 365.
The solution-Flexxible|SMB Cloud-uses
Citrix XenApp, XenDesktop and NetScaler as well as Microsoft Windows
and Office 365 products in a 2U appliance that enterprises can install
in as little as 30 minutes. The Flexxible|SMB Cloud has been verified as
Citrix Ready with XenApp, XenDesktop and NetScaler. Flexxible IT is
also committed to support the Citrix Ready HCI Workspace Appliance
program, announced separately by Citrix, in an upcoming release of
Flexxible|SMB Cloud.
The announcement was made at Citrix Summit in Anaheim, Calif., today. Flexxible IT is a Platinum Sponsor of
the event and is providing live demos in booth 206. Additionally,
Flexxible IT CTO Kilian Arjona will present in a session today at 2 p.m.
in Platinum Ballroom 3.
Flexxible|SMB
Cloud uses Flexxible|VDI OS for SMB to give users a centralized web
console with automated deployment and orchestration. The console allows
users to manage the virtual workplace stack, including on-the-fly
integration of Active Directory users, desktop and application
templates, application distribution, session support and monitoring,
event log recollection and Windows Services.
Pricing
Flexxible|SMB
Cloud reduces deployment time and costs by avoiding investment in
expensive infrastructure scaled for deployment sizes that most SMBs do
not need. Base pricing for Flexxible|SMB is $16,800 for a typical
configuration of 50 users. The solution is available in six
configurations to support deployments from 50 to 1,200 users.
Other features of Flexxible|SMB Cloud include:
- Office 365 automatically configured via prompted questions
- High availability with clustered storage and hypervisor and Citrix clustered farms
- L3 support via online ticketing system for the Partner: monitoring and patching are also available as an extra service
- All flash (SSD) storage included
- Automatically integrates with Active Directory services
"Citrix
Summit is the perfect venue to launch a product designed for SMBs who
already appreciate the value and reliability of the Citrix ecosystem,"
said Sebastian Prat, CEO of Flexxible IT. "Flexxible|SMB Cloud delivers a
mature, enterprise-grade user experience from an engineering and
support team that has nearly a decade of experience. The appliance is
easy to size to the right number of users, deploys quickly and operates
cost effectively, thus solving a very real problem that SMBs face each
and every day."
"Citrix
SMB customers want the same enterprise-grade performance that our large
customers have come to rely upon," said Nabeel Youakim, vice president
product management and strategic partners, Windows App Delivery at
Citrix. "At the same time, SMB customers-who often have limited in-house
technical expertise-appreciate anything that streamlines deployment of
VDI and Office 365 with XenDesktop, XenApp, NetScaler and XenServer.
Flexxible|SMB Cloud gives SMB customers a new choice to automate much of
the deployment process and simplify operations, in a Citrix Ready
solution."