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Virtual Iron And Provision Networks Team To Deliver Bundled VDI Solution

Monday, 16 April 2007 by Michel Roth

It seems that Virtual Iron and Provision Networks have teamed up to deliver a full VDI package. This combines the capabilities of Virtual Iron to create the Virtual Infrastructure needed for VDI similar to what ESX does) and the capabilities of Provision's Virtual Application Suite (VAS) to facilitate the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI). The great part about the pricing is that the bundle is much cheaper.

" Virtual Iron Software and Provision Networks today introduced a new bundled, server-hosted, virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solution.
Virtual Iron provides enterprise-class server virtualization and virtual infrastructure management capabilities for unmodified Windows and Linux at one-fifth the cost of comparable alternatives. Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) is one of several common use cases addressed by the product. The Virtual Iron platform combines an open source hypervisor with advanced virtualization services and policy-based management. It also leverages new hardwareassist capabilities available on x86 servers to deliver near native performance.

Provision Networks Virtual Access Suite (VAS) is a comprehensive framework that leverages Virtual Irons virtual infrastructure to transform the physical desktop computer and its applications into on-demand virtual services. More than a traditional connection broker, VAS empowers a hosted desktop infrastructure with extensive virtual machine provisioning, management and monitoring capabilities, as well as a complete enterprise access and application delivery solution.

Pricing for the joint solution starts at $120 per desktop license and is available immediately through both Virtual Irons and Provision Networks distribution channels."

Read the press release there's lots of more links to all kinds information (demos etc.) near the bottom of the press release.