VCE Adds Atlantis to Vendor Program

Atlantis Computing, Inc.,
a provider of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure storage and optimization
solutions, announced that Atlantis Computing is now part of the VCE Company LLC independent software vendors
program and that Atlantis ILIO has been certified on VCE Vblock Systems.

The certification will enable mutual channel
partners and customers to accelerate adoption of Vblock systems for desktop
virtualization by lowering the overall cost per desktop and improving the
virtual desktop user experience. VCE is at the forefront of delivering simple
and automated converged infrastructure platforms to transform businesses.

VCE Vblock systems combine technologies from Cisco, EMC, and VMware
to deliver a pre-configured, deployable, converged infrastructure for cloud
computing. This certification provides customers with the assurance that
Atlantis ILIO will integrate with their Vblock systems.

"We have been working
closely with VMware, Cisco and EMC independently for years as part of the Cisco
VXI and VMware Ready programs. We see an increasing number of Vblock customers
using Atlantis ILIO to optimize their Vblock-based infrastructure or scale
their deployments," said Bernard Harguindeguy, CEO, Atlantis
Computing. "Atlantis ILIO’s Vblock
ready certification gives channel partners the confidence to integrate ILIO
into their standard Vblock offering."

The following joint Atlantis Computing and VCE Channel partners are able to
deliver Vblock infrastructure platforms for VDI optimized by ILIO:

• EPLUS
• GreenPages
• INX
• Kelway
• Kovarus
• Long View Systems
• NWN
• Presidio
• Varrow
• WW Technology

Chris Hewertson, CIO, Colt Technology Services Group Limited, said: "We decided to take a new approach to using VDI on Vblock systems, running VMware View desktops with Atlantis ILIO on Cisco UCS servers without storage. All user profiles are kept on highly available EMC shared storage. With our completely stateless virtual desktops, EMC storage is critical for storing user profile data including documents and settings. Using Atlantis ILIO Diskless VDI simplifies our VMware View deployment, reduces operational complexity and delivers both a vastly improved user experience and a much lower cost per desktop."

D. Martin, VP, global channels, VCE, said: "Our channel partners are always interested
in optimizing the Vblock systems they deliver to their customers. We’re
providing our mutual customers and channel partners with the ability to
leverage their Atlantis ILIO and VCE investments and expertise to cut the cost
of desktop virtualization and accelerate desktop performance."

Tommy Figart, director of business development, data center and virtualization, NWN Corporation, said: "VCE provides an excellent unified platform for VDI that helps customer rapidly improve the agility of their workforce. We are happy to see Atlantis ILIO receive Vblock certification so that we can help our customers scale their Vblock deployments and deliver a tremendous user experience."

Steve Kaplan, vice president, data center virtualization practice, Presidio, said: "As both an Atlantis Computing and VCE partner, we are excited that these two industry leaders are working together. Having Atlantis ILIO certified on the VCE system is a big win and will provide our clients with a lower cost and better user experience as they transition to desktop virtualization and cloud computing."

Scott Miller, director of cloud and virtualization, World Wide Technology, Inc. (WWT) said: "We’ve been working with Atlantis Computing on many large enterprise and federal government projects to help accelerate VDI and Vblock projects and seen the cost and user experience benefits first hand. Atlantis ILIO is a critical component of our VDI and Vblock offering that enables WWT to deliver the highest performance and most cost effective desktop virtualization solution available today."