Sun Announces Availability of Sun Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
Software 2.0
New Solution Provides Secure Access to Information and Applications
Through Virtual Desktop Sessions Across Any Operating System –
Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and Solaris Operating System
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (Business Wire EON) March 18, 2008 --
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) today announced the launch of
Sun(TM) Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Software 2.0, its
end-to-end solution that helps organizations to easily and efficiently
establish and manage virtual desktop sessions on any operating system,
including Windows XP, Windows Vista, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris(TM)
Operating System (OS) and even Windows Mobile. Sun VDI
Software 2.0 is available for purchase immediately and a free trial of
the software can be downloaded at: http://www.sun.com/software/vdi/get.jsp.
Sun VDI Software 2.0 is part of Sun's broader virtualization software
portfolio, Sun(TM) xVM software, which includes Sun(TM) xVM Ops Center,
the soon to be released Sun(TM) xVM Server and the newly acquired
Sun(TM) xVM VirtualBox software. Sun VDI Software 2.0 is designed to
deliver a secure, centralized desktop environment, enables IT managed
data backup and security and allows users to access their full desktop
environment from nearly any client device without installing software.
Sun VDI Software 2.0 builds on the world-class security and mobility
benefits of the previous release and introduces the new Sun Virtual
Desktop Connector, which provides seamless integration to third-party
virtualization technologies within an organization's infrastructure. Sun
VDI Software 2.0 includes support for virtual desktops based on the
Solaris OS, Windows, Mac OS X or Linux and provides access from any
supported client device – from traditional PCs
to alternative devices such as Sun Ray(TM) ultra thin virtual display
clients – over nearly any network connection.
In February, as part of a broader agreement (see
press release) with VMware Inc., Sun demonstrated and announced its
support for Sun VDI Software 2.0 on VMware Infrastructure 3 software,
which allows customers to use their VMware deployment to host Windows
virtual machines and leverage Sun's nearly 10 years of experience in
delivering full screen desktop sessions over the network.
“Sun VDI Software 2.0 offers customers
virtually unprecedented choice and flexibility in the types of desktops
and client devices it can support; so they can provide their users with
secure access to a centralized desktop environment that can be accessed
from practically any location, at any time, via the corporate network.
The unique capabilities of Sun's virtual desktop infrastructure can help
companies improve their information security, manage access to critical
data more effectively, reduce IT operational costs and empower employee
mobility,” said Jim McHugh, vice president of
Solaris marketing at Sun.
Administrators can choose between multiple options for the desktop
environment, from individual virtual machines running Windows XP
Professional or Windows Vista, to more traditional shared remote desktop
environments hosted on Windows Terminal Services or UNIX-based hosts,
either on physical hardware or through virtualization. By deploying the
optional Sun Ray virtual display clients as part of a Sun VDI Software
2.0 deployment, organizations can also offer their users instant desktop
access via a smart card.
New features of Sun VDI Software 2.0 allow administrators to create
template-based pools of virtual machines that can be temporarily or
permanently assigned to a targeted group of users. For example, an
administrator could create job description-specific pools of virtual
machines such as “Accountant Desktops”
or “Engineer Desktops.”
Each pool would contain a virtual machine template already provisioned
with the applications and settings most pertinent to its respective
group of users. When a virtual machine is assigned to a user, advanced
features allow the administrator to define policies that govern the
virtual machine's life cycle, providing outstanding flexibility and the
ability to delete, reset, or even recycle a virtual machine.
Sun VDI Software 2.0 is priced at U.S. $149* per concurrent user with
one year of service. More information on Sun VDI Software 2.0 and other
Sun Virtual Desktop Solutions can be found at: http://www.sun.com/software/vdi.
Sun's Virtualization Products and Services
Sun offers a complete desktop-to-datacenter virtualization product
portfolio and comprehensive set of virtualization service offerings to
help customers deploy new services faster, maximize the utilization of
system resources, and more easily monitor and manage virtualized
environments. Sun's virtualization products provide unified software
management tools and virtualization capabilities across operating
systems, servers, storage, desktops and processors. For additional
information visit:
http://www.sun.com/virtualization
About Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Sun Microsystems develops the technologies that power the global
marketplace. Guided by a singular vision -- "The Network is the
Computer" -- Sun drives network participation through shared innovation,
community development and open source leadership. Sun can be found in
more than 100 countries and on the Web at http://sun.com.
Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Solaris, Sun Ray and The Network Is
The Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun
Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.
* U.S. list price. All prices quoted are in U.S. Dollars
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