Datacore Introduces Virtual Desktop for European SMBs Only

DataCore Software Corporation announced its VDS 2.0 software to make it simple to deploy persistent ‘stateful’ virtual desktops.

The release adds 25 virtual desktop entry-level offering, priced
to meet the needs of smaller scale VDI deployments and makes
enhancements to its virtual desktop server software platform. 
These include performance optimizations to speed response times; a
hot standby VDI server protection option; support for single sign-on
access and active directory; plus wizards, templates and tools to
achieve higher degree of integration with Microsoft VDI and Windows
Server 2012 platforms and their remote desktop and delivery services.
The release is available to customers via select authorised European
solution providers who are trained and qualified to deliver
high-performance VDI solutions packaged and designed to meet the
underserved needs of SMBs.

"DataCore
VDS overcomes the VDI adoption issues for SMBs and
addresses the major market need for affordable desktop virtualisation
solutions in a climate where smaller budgets and the European crisis
are impacting all IT decisions. It allows our solution provider
partners to deliver cost-effective and highly productive VDI
solutions, well matched for 25 to 200 virtual desktop environments.
Unlike highly complex VDI solutions that are costly and designed for
very large 1,000 or more desktop projects, DataCore VDS 2.0 removes
many of the most painful implementation obstacles while significantly
reducing the cost per virtual desktop instance,"
says Christian Hagen, VP, DataCore EMEA. “DataCore finally makes
it practical for small and medium enterprises to operate a virtual
desktop infrastructure to improve their productivity and costs."

DataCore VDS addresses the VDI paradox;
designed and
priced to meet
pent up SMB market demand
The paradox is simple, SMBs want to adopt desktop virtualisation
for the same reasons large enterprises do – to reduce desktop
management costs, improve productivity and increase business agility,
but they can’t afford enterprise solutions since they cost a fortune
and are overkill for smaller environments.

Unlike VDI offerings aimed at big companies on the market
which are complex and require many 1000’s of desktops to justify
the high costs involved, this lowers the complexity and reduces the
cost per VDI instance. The solution is priced and sized for SMBs and
departmental users. VDS addresses this underserved market
with solutions specifically designed to meet the budgets of 25 to 200
virtual desktop deployments. It makes it economically possible to not
sacrifice performance while maintaining a ‘true’ desktop user
experience.

VDS – Virtual Desktop Server
It is build on the company’s architectural and storage saving
advantages to make it feasible to deploy and operate persistent
‘stateful’ virtual desktop environments at a lower cost and higher
performance than alternatives.

It serves complete virtual desktops which are ‘stateful’ (or
persistent), they deliver a similar user experience as if a user were
located directly on a physical desktop or laptop PC. With ‘stateful’
virtual desktops, an end-user is assigned a virtual machine for their
own use to browse, to do downloads and to run their personal
applications. Turn the virtual desktop off and then back on and it
retains the ‘state’ of what you were doing just like when you
close and open a laptop, it functions like your own private desktop,
it’s just virtual.

VDS delivers powerful virtual desktops
for
less than the cost of a PC refresh
It deploys on a single server, and includes the tools Windows
administrators need to deliver centrally-managed virtual desktops to
any user for less than the cost of new PCs.

The architecture eliminates up to 75% of VDI costs without
compromising performance nor user experience.

VDS is:

Fast to Install, Administer and Use

• Runs on
  off-the-shelf servers; any storage. Intuitive for administrators to
  use

Affordable and Storage Efficient

• Uses a fraction of
  storage compared to other VDI architectures

Performance Optimized Architecture

• Manages I/O
  traffic and caches to achieve performance

‘Stateful’ Virtual Desktop Computing Solution

• True desktop computing

The solutions are ready to ship and available exclusively in
Europe through DataCore’s network of trained and
authorized EMEA-based solution providers.

Pricing for software licenses start
at around $3,000, enabling centrally managed VDI systems
to be deployed at prices much less than the cost per user of new PCs.