Citrix and Dell Deliver a Simple VDI Appliance for the Mass Market
February 27 2012 - 1:00PM
Business Wire
Citrix Systems today announced it has teamed with Dell to
deliver a new VDI appliance that radically simplifies and
accelerates desktop virtualization deployments for the mass market.
The Dell DVS Simplified solution with Citrix VDI-in-a-Box™ is an
easy, repeatable solution that will be sold through Dell’s global
sales team and channels, reaching millions of customers who want to
take advantage of the significant business benefits that desktop
virtualization offers, such as enhanced mobility and streamlined IT
management.
Leveraging the all-in-one Citrix VDI-in-a-Box software, Dell and
Citrix have created a simple integrated hardware VDI appliance that
is pre-certified to support defined numbers of desktops. Based on
the unique VDI-in-a-Box grid architecture running on Dell servers,
the Dell DVS Simplified VDI appliance can be easily installed to
create and rapidly scale a virtual desktop deployment in response
to business needs, making VDI easily consumable by light IT
organizations that may have previously lacked the resources and
datacenter infrastructure needed for desktop virtualization.
The VDI appliance is backed by a full Citrix Ready® verified
ecosystem, providing customers with tested and validated workforce
mobility solutions, supporting over one billion devices, including
PCs, Macs, thin clients, tablets, smartphones, along with
peripherals such as web cams, printers, mice and keyboards.
Customers can have full confidence that the VDI appliance works
“out-of-the-box” with existing end-user technology. With the
strengths of partnerships like Dell, Citrix is making VDI more
simple than it has ever been and more ideal to grow on-demand than
ever before, allowing businesses of all sizes to enable mobile
workstyles for their users.
The industry is moving rapidly from the PC era to the cloud era,
and small and medium businesses want to capitalize on the business
benefits of desktop virtualization, including driving efficiencies,
enabling mobility and improving business continuity, but typically
have much tighter budgets and far fewer resources. Citrix
VDI-in-a-Box addresses these needs head-on. The VDI-in-a-Box design
eliminates multiple moving parts that can potentially result in
higher costs and complexity of infrastructure. The unique
all-in-one grid architecture enables a building-block approach by
leveraging Dell’s off-the-shelf servers. Scaling a deployment
involves simply adding additional servers, with nothing to
re-architect or reconfigure. Citrix continues to help simplify the
purchase and accelerate the adoption of desktop virtualization with
these new additions:
- A Simple, Integrated VDI hardware
appliance - Dell and Citrix have teamed together to create an
integrated hardware VDI appliance that comes pre-certified to
support defined numbers of desktops. There is no need to determine
how much disk, CPU and RAM to use. Simply unpack the box, power it
on and go. Built on the VDI-in-a-Box grid architecture, adding
virtual desktops is as simple as adding appliances like building
blocks, and high-availability is built-in. This solution simplifies
and accelerates VDI deployment especially for non-enterprise
customers who may lack the resources and datacenter infrastructure
that desktop virtualization may require.
- Support for Mobile Workstyles from
Over One Billion Devices - The popular Citrix Ready
verification program, which helps customers identify third-party
solutions that are recommended for Citrix technologies is now
expanded to include testing and validation for VDI-in-a-Box. Using
the freely available Citrix Receiver™, users can connect from over
one billion devices, including tablets, smartphones, Macs, PCs and
thin clients to access their VDI-in-a-Box virtual desktop.
- Certified and Trained Partner
Ecosystem - Citrix has launched a comprehensive, self-paced
4-hour technical training curriculum for VDI-in-a-Box available
free of charge to qualified partners. Over 1,000 partners have
already taken the sales training curriculum for VDI-in-a-Box in the
first few weeks of availability. The comprehensive partner sales
and technical training is designed to enable the Citrix partner
ecosystem to sell to and support the rapidly growing customer base
for easy, affordable desktop virtualization with Citrix
VDI-in-a-Box.
Quotes
Krishna Subramanian, Vice President, Marketing & Business
Development, SMB Solutions, Citrix
“We are seeing tremendous customer and partner momentum with
Citrix VDI-in-a-Box as SMBs and departments within enterprises seek
to capitalize on the benefits of delivering IT services from the
cloud by virtualizing desktops. Our relationship with Dell and the
new integrated VDI appliance is aimed at making the transition to
the cloud a no-brainer for our mutual customers, ultimately
breaking down the barriers to VDI adoption for this very important
customer segment through a repeatable, simple, affordable and
predictable hardware VDI solution.”
Steve Lalla, Vice President and General Manager of Dell’s
Mobility Products and Solutions
“Our customers look to Dell as a trusted companion to deploy
desktop virtualization solutions that help them promote workforce
mobility, business continuity and streamlined IT management. Our
new DVS Simplified solution with Citrix VDI-in-a-Box addresses
these issues so companies can focus on their core business
objectives. Dell’s DVS Simplified dramatically reduces VDI
deployment complexity, with nothing to architect, configure or
install - simply power it on and go. What’s more, the solution
enables businesses of all sizes to realize the benefits of central
desktop management that were previously reserved only for the
largest enterprises.”
Chris Wolf, Research VP, Gartner
“We have seen strong interest in virtual desktop technology
among our client base. However, cost and complexity have been
barriers to entry in certain use cases, namely with small
businesses and branch office environments. Virtual desktop
appliances represent an emerging virtual desktop solution that
delivers desktop virtualization’s flexibility and TCO benefits at a
reasonable cost and simplicity that many organizations demand.”
Availability
The Dell DVS Simplified appliance will be available from Dell
this spring 2012. Learn more by visiting
www.dell.com/dvssimplified.
Related Links
- Expert blog: Dell teams with Citrix to
offer an integrated VDI appliance for the masses
- Expert blog: Dell and Citrix team up to
blow the lid off desktop virtualization
- Expert blog: Dell and Citrix delivering
solutions to transform your desktops in days
- Announcement: Citrix Launches New SMB
Business for Desktop Virtualization
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