At last, a desktop virtualisation product we can really recommend. We now have a way to provide lower costs, better security and management, and the ability to access your Windows (or Linux) desktop from pretty much any device with a browser, including smartphones. All while maintaining performance and the flexibility of each user's environment.

Organisations with limited IT staff can reduce the cost, complexity and security risk of managing their employee's desktops with IBM Virtual Desktop for Smart Business - a comprehensive desktop management solution that helps lower the barriers of adoption as well as cost, complexity and coverage challenges traditionally associated with VDI technology.

BM Virtual Desktop for Smart Business provides virtual Windows or Linux desktops, running on a server that can be accessed from a variety of end user devices such as iPads, thin clients, old desktops, netbooks, and laptops. It combines VDI technology with stateless and personalised dynamic sessions, integrated offline VDI (for disconnected and mobile use) and remote branch support.

Its open architecture provides flexibility and choice by supporting virtual Windows (XP, 7), Linux (Ubuntu, Red Hat, Novell) desktops, and a variety of storage, directory, peripherals, and remote display protocols.

You can use the offering to host employees' Microsoft® Windows® and Linux® technology-based desktops in a central location

Reduce desktop management costs (including user administration, hardware con?guration and deployment, operating system and software deployment, operating system and application management, backup archive and recovery, service desk, security management, and IT administration).

Lower server expenses by supporting more virtual desktops per server.

Lower storage expenses by using direct-attached storage and network-attached storage rather than more expensive storage-attached networks, by caching input/output (I/O), and by providing stateless and personalised dynamic sessions through gold master image provisioning.

Avoid network upgrade costs with integrated off line and remote branch capabilities.

Simplify administration using an integrated console, automatic ?x updates, self-managing autonomics, and automatic backup and recovery.

Reduce capital expenditures with the help of straightforward per-concurrent-user per-year ?xed term subscription license pricing.

Lower Microsoft software license costs by providing the ability to provision virtual Linux desktops.

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