| Zeus Enters VDI Market |
| Tuesday, 24 April 2007 by Michel Roth | |||
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"Promoted by VMware but usable with any virtualising system, VDI is a rival to Citrix and Windows Terminal Server in that it runs your desktop remotely, and you access it through a thin client device. The difference is that where Citrix runs all its clients on one multi-user shared server, VDI gives each user their own virtual PC. "Zeus's idea was to put its virtual desktop broker (VBD) in the path – it adds latency and scalability issues, but we've been building traffic managers for years so we know how to deal with those," Garrett said. "It enables us to solve extra problems, especially security, because now the user can't go direct to the desktop." He said it is also possible to write server-side rules, for example to control which desktops a user can access. If users lose their network conection, they can be reconnected to their sessions later, he added. Zeus has already signed up Dell, which will sell VDB as part of its Virtual Desktop Solution. "The Zeus ZXTM VDB connection broker provides Dell with a scaleable solution for secure multi-entry point connections to virtual desktops," said Nigel Goodwin, Dell Europe's virtualisation and consolidation practice lead. " Read more here.
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