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Leostream Announces Connection Broker 7.5 with Support for Citrix XenDesktop and Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0
WALTHAM, Mass. --(Business Wire)--
Leostream Corporation, a leading developer of virtual hosted desktop
software, today announced the general availability of Leostream™
Connection Broker 7.5 with support for Citrix® XenDesktop® 4.x
installations and Red Hat (News - Alert)® Enterprise Virtualization 3.0. In addition,
version 7.5 adds to Leostream's already comprehensive suite of
user-session management tools, enabling enterprises to deploy
large-scale virtual desktop infrastructures (VDI) throughout their
organization.
Highlights in Connection Broker 7.5 include:
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Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0 support: The Connection
Broker 7.5 release includes a virtual appliance that installs directly
onto the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor. New Red Hat
Enterprise Virtualization Manager centers allow the Connection Broker
to natively inventory, power control, and assign virtual machines
hosted in a Red Hat environment, as well as connect users to their
virtual machines using the high-performance SPICE protocol.
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Citrix XenDesktop 4.x and HDX support: Connection Broker 7.5
allows organizations to manage existing XenDesktop farms inside a
Leostream VDI, providing connections using HDX® technologies for users
and expanding Leostream's support for different use ases.
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Collaboration support for NoMachine NX: Connection Broker users
with NX sessions can shadow other users' sessions, providing advanced
collaboration functionality in a VDI environment. Connection Broker
7.5 further expands its support for the NoMachine NX protocol with
features that allow users to set and save NX session configurations.
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Proximity card support: Connection Broker 7.5 expands support
for proximity card authentication solutions by including tight
integration with Ensure Technologies XyLoc® workstation security
solution RF Ideas pcProx® HID proximity readers.
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Desktop failover enhancements: New functionality associated
with Leostream backup pools allows organizations to ensure that users
always have access to a desktop, even if their primary desktop is in
an unusable state.
In addition, Connection Broker 7.5 includes a suite of new policy,
pooling, and protocol plan options that provide more control of user
sessions.
"With each release, Leostream strives to bring more flexibility and
control to our customers," said Michael Palin, CEO of Leostream.
"Connection Broker 7.5 introduces additional virtualization platforms,
high-performance protocols, and advanced functionality into Leostream
environments. Even more than before, Leostream customers have the
ability to use the best virtualization platform and capabilities to
satisfy each of their user's needs."
About Leostream
Leostream (http://www.leostream.com)
provides the critical connection-broker technology required for
enterprises to achieve successful large-scale desktop virtualization
implementations. The Leostream Connection Broker is the industry's most
widely deployed vendor-independent connection broker, enabling
enterprises to integrate the complex array of clients, back-end systems
and protocols required for successful virtualized desktop deployments.
Hundreds of large enterprises in financial services, healthcare,
government and other sectors rely on the Leostream Connection Broker to
"make desktop virtualization work" and deliver the best end-user
experience. Leostream is based in Waltham, Mass.
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