Citrix, Dell team up for mass market VDI appliance

Citrix Systems has collaborated with Dell to deliver a new VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure) appliance to simplify and accelerate desktop virtualisation deployments for the mass market. The Dell DVS Simplified solution with Citrix VDI-in-a-Box will be sold through Dell’s global sales team and channels.

Leveraging the all-in-one Citrix VDI-in-a-Box software, Dell and Citrix have created an integrated hardware VDI appliance that is pre-certified to support defined numbers of desktops. Based on the VDI-in-a-Box grid architecture running on Dell servers, the Dell DVS Simplified VDI appliance is backed by a full Citrix Ready verified ecosystem, providing customers with tested and validated workforce mobility solutions, supporting over one billion devices, including PCs, Macs, thin clients, tablets, smartphones, and peripherals such as webcams, printers, mice and keyboards.

Krishna Subramanian, vice president, marketing and business development, SMB Solutions, Citrix, said:
"We are seeing tremendous customer and partner momentum with Citrix VDI-in-a-Box as SMBs and departments within enterprises seek to capitalise on the benefits of delivering IT services from the cloud by virtualising desktops."

Steve Lalla, vice president and general manager of Dell’s mobility products and solutions, said:
"Our new DVS Simplified solution with Citrix VDI-in-a-Box addresses these issues so companies can focus on their core business objectives. Dell’s DVS Simplified dramatically reduces VDI deployment complexity, with nothing to architect, configure or install – simply power it on and go. What’s more, the solution enables businesses of all sizes to realise the benefits of central desktop management that were previously reserved only for the largest enterprises."

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