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Centrix Software Strikes Alliance with Atlantis Computing to Address VDI Storage Challenge
LAS VEGAS, Nev. --(Business Wire)--
Centrix
Software, a leading provider of workspace computing solutions, today
announced it has joined forces with Atlantis
Computing, the leader in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
storage and performance optimization solutions, to help organizations
accurately size and reduce the cost of storage requirements for
large-scale desktop virtualization deployments.
Many IT organizations are unaware that the major expense of VDI is not
software or server hardware, but storage. As much as 80% of the cost of
implementing a conventional VDI environment is for the storage
infrastructure needed to support implementations that meet user
expectations. Conventional SAN/NAS storage systems can only deliver the
data throughput (IOPS) needed to support VDI by increasing the number of
storage drives and controllers well beyond that needed to deliver the
required disk space. As virtual desktop IO traffic is significantly more
than physical desktops, storage can often be undersized for VDI
installations leading to performance and budget issues, and projects
stalling when these deployments move from pilot phase to production.
As part of this new alliance, Centrix Software and Atlantis Computing
will work together to help organizations optimize the delivery of
virtual desktops, providing solutions that ensure storage infrastructure
costs are minimized and high performance levels are achieved when
scaling VDI.
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With Centrix
WorkSpace iQ, an analytics solution for end-user computing
environments, Centrix Software provides unprecedented and unique
levels of visibility on IOPS activity and detailed analysis on the
impact of user session concurrency on a virtual desktop
infrastructure. The information it delivers enables accurate sizing of
storage architecture based on platform usage and service consumption
patterns as well as continuous analysis of the VDI environment.
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Atlantis Computing enables organizations to scale their VDI without
having to invest in unnecessary storage resources. Its Atlantis
ILIO solution is designed specifically for VDI workloads and as a
result, reduces the amount of traffic going to storage by up to 90
percent and decreases the storage capacity required by up to 99
percent. The impact is a dramatic reduction in the cost of the virtual
desktop and a large boost in desktop performance.
"To gain the best performance and value from VDI, organizations have to
be able to track the impact of service usage and consumption patterns on
the supporting infrastructure. Greater visibility on IOPS is essential
if storage is to be sized and managed correctly," said Paul Burke,
director of product management at Centrix Software. "By working closely
with Atlantis Computing, we are pleased to be adding value to its
pioneering work around storage optimization as we help organizations
accelerate the delivery of successful virtual desktops projects."
"Centrix WorkSpace iQ is unique in its ability to track IOPS
loads at a granular level including boot sessions, providing valuable
intelligence that can be used for defining the impact of VDI deployments
on the storage architecture and identifying where optimization is needed
to curtail costs," said Bernard Harguindeguy, chief executive officer of
Atlantis Computing. "Our alliance with Centrix Software builds on our
quest to help organizations eliminate the storage challenge around VDI
and benefit in faster time from their virtualization investments."
Centrix Software and Atlantis Computing plan to announce the
availability of reference materials and resources as part of the
alliance partnership.
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About Centrix Software
Headquartered in Newbury, UK, with offices in Boston and New York, Centrix
Software provides award-winning workspace computing solutions that
optimize the way IT infrastructures deliver applications and content
provisioned from physical, virtual, web or hosted platforms. By enabling
a user-centric approach to IT service delivery, Centrix Software helps
its customers to be more agile, flexible and efficient in how they
deliver client-side technology services. Centrix Software's solutions
have helped leading organizations in banking and securities, insurance,
telecommunications, retail, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, energy and
utilities, and the public sector. For more information please visit www.centrixsoftware.com.
About Atlantis Computing
Atlantis
Computing is transforming enterprise desktop computing by solving
the challenges of virtual desktop deployments: storage costs,
performance and the impact of security on server density. The Atlantis
ILIO software complements Citrix, VMware, and Quest VDI solutions to cut
VDI costs and deliver a desktop that is faster than a PC. With Atlantis
ILIO, IT organizations can deploy 4-7 times more desktops on the same
storage footprint, making VDI more affordable by both cutting the amount
of storage needed per desktop and enabling the use of less expensive
storage options. Atlantis Computing is privately held and funded by El
Dorado Ventures, Partech International and Cisco (News - Alert) Systems with
headquarters in Mountain View, California, and offices in London,
England.
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