UPDATED 05:49 EDT / APRIL 02 2012

Dell Unveils VDI Product Lineup

Hardware giant Dell revealed three new desktop virtualization offerings today, each designed for different clients. The products are appliances consisting of Dell servers and OEM’s software and VDI components from partners.

The first solution is the DVS Simplified Appliance. It includes a Dell server pre-configured with VMs, management software and a hypervisor from virtualization firm Citrix. The idea is, as the name suggests, to simplify setup – which takes only hours according to Dell – and scaling.

The higher end alternative is DVS Enterprise. It runs on PowerEdge G12 servers, offered with a minimum of 50 seats and can run on either Citrix or VMware. The University of Connecticut is one client that has implemented the technology, specifically to power its remote learning program.

DVS Simplified DaaS is the third and most notable new addition to Dell’s VDI portfolio. It’s a  desktop-as-a-service that’s still in development and will channel computer and storage from Dell’s data centers to users’ end devices using software by Desktone.

“The combined power of Desktone’s DaaS Platform–which was built from the ground up to deliver desktops from the cloud–and Dell’s datacenter IP and Services delivers the reality on the virtual desktop vision for everyone,” said Peter McKay, CEO of Desktone. “This is the revolutionary step in cost and scale that the industry has needed in order to accelerate the adoption of virtual desktops.”

Virtualization is becoming the emphasis for many vendors, now that it is becoming more viable in light of enterprises’ growing amounts of data. And data centers need to be scaled and better provisioned in order to handle it.

Violin Memory is one recent example. It hired former VMware cloud infrastructure head Narayan Venkat to become its VP of product management, SiliconANGLE’s Matt Weinberger reported earlier.


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