Joint Solution Accelerates Desktop Cloud Deployments With Scalable and Efficient Storage
SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - Oct 9, 2012) - NetApp (
The new service, built specifically for cloud delivery environments, features technology that enables a single infrastructure to be elastically scalable and cost efficient. Security is designed in at the application, network, and storage layers to help maintain the privacy of customers' data.
"Desktops as a Service represents a high revenue opportunity. NetApp® and Desktone's enterprise-ready desktops as a service solution enables service providers to deliver on-demand, cost-effective solutions that allow enterprise IT to more easily meet their end-user business objectives," said Brendon Howe, vice president, Product and Solutions Marketing, NetApp.
The Desktone and NetApp integration takes full advantage of NetApp storage efficiency technologies, such as thin provisioning and deduplication, to minimize storage requirements on a platform designed to use 50% less storage. NetApp enables the near-instant provisioning of new virtual desktops so that new customers and users can be up and running on the service fast. NetApp Integrated Data Protection features allow service providers to deliver enterprise-level data protection including point-in-time backups for user data, self-restore, and data archiving.
The new solution supports deployment on FlexPod®, a pretested and validated data center platform for networking, computing and storage. The FlexPod components include NetApp® unified storage systems, Cisco Unified Computing System™ servers, and Cisco Nexus® switches. The FlexPod's prevalidated, flexible architecture can be optimized for a variety of mixed workloads with high scalability and it supports organizations with the move to virtualized, private and public cloud environments.
Visit NetApp and Desktone at VMworld Europe, October 9 - 11, in NetApp Booth D206 and Desktone Booth E609.
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Today's announcement enables the combined NetApp and Desktone solution to provide:
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About NetApp
NetApp creates innovative storage and data management solutions that deliver outstanding cost efficiency and accelerate business breakthroughs. Our commitment to living our core values and consistently being recognized as a great place to work around the world are fundamental to our long-term growth and success, as well as the success of our pathway partners and customers. Discover our passion for helping companies around the world go further, faster at www.netapp.com.
About Desktone
Desktone is changing the way people buy and manage desktops. Desktone pioneered the concept of cloud-hosted Desktops as a Service (DaaS), the easiest and most affordable way to deploy hosted virtual desktops. Desktone's DaaS offering, provides all of the benefits of virtualized desktops without any of the hassles. By delivering virtual desktops in the cloud, Desktone enables enterprises to rapidly provision desktops to users connected on any device, anywhere, without the upfront costs and complexity of traditional desktop virtualization -- transforming desktops from a CAPEX to OPEX item. Founded in 2007, Desktone is funded by Highland Capital and Softbank and is headquartered in Boston, MA. For more information, visit www.desktone.com.
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