Cisco and Citrix Systems have announced that they are collaborating on a new combined desktop virtualization solution that will make it easier and cheaper for companies to deploy comfortable high-definition virtual desktops and applications for all their users.
New Cisco Desktop Virtualization Solution with Citrix Xen Desktop Combines Cisco Unified Computing Technologies with Citrix Desktop Virtualization Technologies, including FlexCast ™ and HDX ™, to offer the most efficient, scalable, and high-performance solution for hosting, securing, and optimizing virtual desktop delivery and applications. The Cisco Desktop Virtualization Solution with Citrix XenDesktop is now available through a shared network of business partners.
Desktop virtualization is rapidly gaining popularity as a more secure and flexible way to deliver Windows desktops and applications to all business users, anywhere cisco one data center,
and through any compatible device. It turns out that companies of all sizes are looking for a simpler and more scalable solution that integrates software, hardware, and support as they move to desktop virtualization. The new desktop virtualization solution from Cisco and Citrix is the first combined solution on the market that responds to these needs and offers IT organizations an easy way to accelerate the deployment of desktop virtualization with the best performance, user comfort and cost savings.
Key facts and features:
Cisco and Citrix desktop virtualization solutions combine Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) with Citrix XenDesktop technologies to offer customers the following benefits:
Accelerate mass deployment of desktop virtualization
Service profiles to speed installation - Preconfigured service profiles for hosted shared desktops and hosted virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) desktops greatly simplify their deployment by reducing the time required to install and configure XenDesktop with Cisco UCS.
Preconfigured kits for easy deployment - Kits tailored to different XenDesktop usage scenarios greatly simplify work and speed deployment. The starter kit makes it easy for customers to get started with the first 300 virtual desktops. The expansion kit allows expansion in a simple modular way to thousands of other desktops and users.
Cisco Proven Design for Basic Interoperability - To further simplify
and accelerate user deployments, a reference architecture design is now available, built on extensive testing conducted jointly by Cisco, Citrix, and NetApp. The reference design also includes NetApp as a proven storage platform. This architecture design is a continuation of the open ecosystem strategy to support customer decision-making shared by Cisco and Citrix.
Combined Support Services - For this solution, customers are offered combined services through a single shared technical support number. Cisco and Citrix service teams work together and train each other to provide customers with a unique level of service.
Open architecture for easy integration - This solution is also designed to be open so customers can easily leverage their existing storage
and hypervisor investments . It is now validated for Citrix XenServer® and VMware vSphere ™, and support for Microsoft Hyper-V ™ is planned in the near future.
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