Provision Networks and IBM Collaborate on VCS Deployments

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Jul 19, 20071 min

Yesterday, Provision Networks announced that its market-leading Virtual Access Suite has been selected by IBM for inclusion in its Virtual Client Solution (VCS) ecosystem. According to a statement made by the company, the Provision Networks Virtual Access Suite is the only enterprise-class desktop management solution that consolidates the delivery of applications and deployment of desktops from a centrally manag

Yesterday, Provision Networks announced that its market-leading Virtual Access Suite has been selected by IBM for inclusion in its Virtual Client Solution (VCS) ecosystem.

According to a statement made by the company, the Provision Networks Virtual Access Suite is the only enterprise-class desktop management solution that consolidates the delivery of applications and deployment of desktops from a centrally managed infrastructure consisting of terminal servers, blade PCs (and other physical desktops), as well as virtual infrastructures such as VMware VI3, Virtual Iron, XenEnterprise, Microsoft Virtual Server and SWsoft Virtuozzo.

With IBM’s Virtual Client Solution, users are able to enjoy all of the benefits and personal control of a stand-alone desktop – functionality including print capabilities, USB drive support, and audio – while reducing many of the challenges related to current stand-alone desktop environments. These challenges include limiting susceptibility to theft and viruses, ease of deployment of new users, extended downtime during a hard drive failure, or having to rebuild their preferences and settings after each client “refresh.”

Paul Ghostine, co-Founder and CEO of Provision Networks said, “Our relationship with IBM affords customers continued innovation, better reliability and manageability of their virtual client infrastructures.”