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Leostream Announces Reseller and Support Agreement With IBM
IBM Will Resell and Offer Support for Leostream Connection Broker Software With Its Workstation Blades and VCS Solutions
| Source: Leostream
LAS VEGAS, NV--(Marketwire - September 16, 2008) - VMworld 2008 - Leostream Corporation
(www.leostream.com), a leading developer of Virtual Hosted Desktop
software, today announced that it has teamed with IBM to establish a
reselling relationship for its Connection Broker software. IBM will resell
and support the Leostream Connection Broker software with its
IBM BladeCenter® HC10 Workstation Blade and VCS solutions. Together with
the HC10 and the IBM CP20 Workstation Connection Device, Connection Broker
provides a powerful, flexible workstation blade solution that reduces the
heat, noise, and clutter associated with traditional workstations by moving
desktop assets and corporate Intellectual Property to the BladeCenter.
Leostream Connection Broker software enables organizations to manage end
user access to computing resources such as Virtual Hosted Desktops,
Physical Machines, and Terminal Services. It provides a scalable and
fault-tolerant management layer to centralize and consolidate IT resources
in the data center, and then create, assign, and deliver Hosted Desktops to
end users.
The HC10 Workstation Blade is IBM's server-based desktop computing
solution, providing the benefits associated with centralized consolidation
of desktop data and applications. Use of the HC10/CP20 solution in
conjunction with Leostream Connection Broker creates a flexible, secure,
and more efficient end user infrastructure and can reduce IT resource
needs, and power and cooling costs by up to 40% compared with traditional
Desktop workstation.
"IBM's HC10 Workstation Blade is the ideal platform for server-hosted
client computing, which is rapidly gaining in popularity thanks to its
ability to lower energy costs while increasing the security of workstation
computing," said Scott Tease, worldwide marketing manager for IBM
BladeCenter. "Leostream enhances this solution by providing greater
flexibility and efficiency."
Leostream also offers additional flexibility for HC10/CP20 deployments by
supporting both RDP and the Teradici™ PC-over-IP™ protocol. This
enables HC10 "split blade" deployments in which PC-over-IP can support the
demands of high performance workstations, such as CAD, trading floor
applications, and GIS, while RDP can be used for more conventional
workstation uses.
The HC10 Workstation Blade comes with a Leostream Connection Broker Basic
license that enables a complete workstation solution for the HC10/CP20
system, including management capabilities.
Part of the IBM Virtual Client Solution
Leostream Connection Broker software is also offered as a part of IBM's
Virtual Client Solution (VCS). With Leostream as the connection brokering
layer, VCS can offer a complete Hosted Desktop virtualization solution
supporting heterogeneous deployments that can connect virtual machines,
physical machines (including IBM HC10 Workstation Blades), and Terminal
Server sessions with a range of client devices, including thin clients,
"fat" clients, and web-based clients.
This provides optimal flexibility when creating Hosted Desktops from mixed
IT environments, improves the Total Cost of Ownership for all devices,
increases security, and makes systems administration and management more
efficient.
"The Leostream Connection Broker is part of IBM's strategy to offer the
best and most flexible Virtual Client Solution available," said Donn
Bullock, Program Director, Virtual Client Solutions, Mainline Information
Systems, one of IBM's largest Premiere Business Partners. "The Connection
Broker will help IT administrators get the most value from both IBM
HC10/CP20-only and mixed deployments with a tightly integrated hardware and
software solution. Mainline sees strong interest from customers in building
Hosted Desktop environments."
IBM is offering the Leostream Connection Broker as part of its VCS through
IBM Business Partners as well as throughSystem X and BladeCenter Sales
Representatives. For more information about IBM VCS offerings, visit
http://tinyurl.com/6btadc.
"Leostream Connection Broker is designed to make the HC10 Workstation Blade
solution even more flexible, efficient, and robust, allowing organizations
to derive the most value from investment in this system," said Leostream
CEO Michael Palin. "In particular, the Connection Broker reduces the
operational cost of assigning blades to users, seamlessly handles blade
failure, reduces the overall system cost through a rich set of configurable
policies, and offers end users highly flexible and secure blade access from
any CP20 Client Device. And with IBM's VCS, Leostream helps bring new
flexibility and simplicity to IBM customers who need to build a versatile
Hosted Desktop environment from a heterogeneous environment."
About Leostream Corporation
Based in Waltham, Mass., Leostream (www.leostream.com) is a
vendor-independent software company that has been a driver in the evolving
virtualization space. With its Connection Broker product, Leostream
provides the most complete solution for organizations to manage the Hosted
Desktop. The Leostream Connection Broker supports the integration of a wide
range of clients, back-ends, and viewer, authentication, and security
protocols. Supported client devices include: CompuMaster, Cranberry, Devon
IT, HP®, IBM®, IGEL®, Microsoft® Windows® (2000, XP, XPe,
Vista® 32- and 64-bit), Sun™ and Wyse®. Back-end support includes:
Microsoft Terminal Services, Physical Machines, Workstation Blades,
VMware®, and Citrix™ XenServer™. Connection Broker supports the
following remote viewer protocols: Teradici™ PC-over-IP™, HP RGS,
Famatech® Radmin®, RDP, Sun ALP, VNC. SSL VPN support includes
Cisco®, F5®, Juniper Networks®, and Sonicwall. Authentication support
includes: LDAP, Microsoft Active Directory™, Novell® eDirectory™,
and multi-factor authentication with smart cards.
For more information visit www.connectionbroker.com or www.leostream.com or
contact sales@leostream.com. Leostream Corp., 411 Waverley Oaks Road, Suite
316 Waltham, MA 02452. Tel. (781) 890-2019.
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