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Concepts
like virtualization have become familiar these days: by sharing resources –
f.i. servers – to run multiple server instances on one physical machine, we
obtain a lot of advantages: better use of resources, stability of the
environment, the possibility to shift easily from physical to virtual
environments, ...
Well, the IRIS ICT
Virtual Desktop does exactly the same: we use a central hardware configuration
with all safety aspects like redundancy, etc incorporated, and let the desktop
run on that platform ! By using a small desktop appliance – a “thin
client-like” device, we are able to provide the user with exactly the same
functionality that he would have with his desktop computer, but offering a lot
more advantages:
- server equivalent
performance for the desktop – just imagine Windows to start up in
something like 5 (five !) seconds);
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- full functionality
including the support of local devices – many local USB devices are used
these days, and we offer full support for these, including application
support from it (which the traditional “thin client” does not or only very
basically)
- redundant
functionality built into the central hardware configuration or into the
virtualization layer: when a desktop crashed for instance, it can
immediately be restarted in another session
- complete
OS-independent functionality: a user can easily use many desktop instances
and simultaneously be connected with a Windows XP, a Windows Vista and a
Linux session – these are only examples; there are theoretically no limits.
Imagine just the costs of a desktop OS upgrade in a traditional
environment ..
- central software
dispatching into only one reference-desktop instance: every desktop can
such be provided with the latest versions of all the required licences
- desktop independent
logon: a user can work from any place on any desktop appliance by
declaring himself to the system; the session broker makes sure that he
finds always his original session
- central management
of all the desktop operations; automatic load balancing for performance optimization,
functional control of all the environments from within one tool, smooth
online disk allocation to every desktop that has a need to it, …
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