Win4Lin announces virtual desktop server product

  http://www.win4lin.com/content/view/206/202/

   
  WIN4LIN ANNOUNCES VIRTUAL DESKTOP SERVER PRODUCT 
  New Product Provides ability to consolidate and serve multiple Windows
Desktops from Linux Servers merging the best of Virtual Desktop and Terminal
Server technologies in one offering
   
  AUSTIN, TX -- Win4Lin, the leading purveyor of desktop and enterprise
Windows-on-Linux solutions for business, announced today the immediate
availability of their new Enterprise and SMB product, Win4Lin Virtual Desktop
Server (VDS).  The product provides the ability to consolidate and serve
multiple Windows Desktops from Linux server infrastructure. 
   
  Win4Lin Virtual Desktop Server allows organizations to standardize the
application environment to users regardless of desktop hardware and operating
system - Windows, UNIX, or Linux can be used on the client, but a common
application profile can be created and served from Linux server
configurations such as blade servers, rack arrays or large multi-way
machines.
   
  Win4Lin Virtual Desktop Server is very popular in the retail, education and
health services industries due to its ease in supporting legacy Windows
applications for industries that are looking to preserve their application
investment while migrating to lower cost operating system infrastructure.
   
  The features of Win4Lin Virtual Desktop Server include: 
   
    
   Integrated Virtual Machine hosting of Windows XP/2000 desktop sessions on
Linux servers   
   Centralized management and provisioning of users   
   "Renewable" windows - recover from any malware corrupted session by
re-launching the original master copy of Windows with your individual
"Documents and Settings"  
   Display either a single application or an entire Windows desktop.   
   Automatic local printing from the server to the local attached printer.
   Consistent user access to personal desktop environment from home, office
and other network connected locations.   
   Support for multiple remote display choices - Win4Lin client, Sun Ray,
NoMachine, LTSP, VNC, X, and others. 
  Win4Lin VDS serves Windows applications to network-connected users using
Linux server infrastructure while providing all the advantages of
consolidation and central management. Linux Servers, the fastest growing
sector in the server market, are more cost effective, more secure, and more
reliable than other server operating systems.
   
  "IBM is committed to an enterprise software strategy based on open
standards such as J2EE, Linux and others, using tools like Eclipse and
Rational," said Jeff Smith, Vice President, Open Source & Linux Middleware,
IBM Software Group. "Products like Win4Lin Virtual Desktop Server provide a
bridge for hard-to-replace legacy desktop applications as customers fully
transition towards an open standards based application environment."
   
  "As more and more enterprises look to the advantages of Linux on the
desktop, they need to provide a seamless way of bringing legacy Windows
applications to Linux," said Roger Levy, vice president and general manager
of Open Platform Solutions for Novell. "Win4Lin Virtual Desktop Server is a
natural complement to Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise platform, as Win4Lin
allows customers to fully leverage an end-to-end Linux infrastructure without
giving up access to their legacy Windows applications."
   
  "Many businesses are in a transition phase regarding their IT
infrastructure and applications," said Malcolm Yates, ISV and Partner Manager
at Canonical, "and the Virtual Desktop Server on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS delivers a
stable, secure and manageable solution to support a broad range of existing
applications and users." 
   
  "Mandriva, as a worldwide Linux and Open Source leader, is committed to
leveraging virtualization technology, such as OpenVZ, for Linux OS
virtualization. We also recognize that customers still may have some number
of Windows applications that provide challenges in making the complete
transition to Linux", said Francois Bancilhon, president and CEO of Mandriva.
"Win4Lin Virtual Desktop Server provides our users with complementary virtual
machine technology to host and serve legacy Windows guests environments from
our Mandriva Corporate Server 4.0 platform." 
   
  "This is an important step forward for Win4Lin in both its usability and
performance allowing the enterprise to embrace Linux but continue to provide
access to Windows applications. Choosing Win4Lin makes sense for
organizations who want to move off Windows to Linux, but have trepidations
about the new environment. Along with the connectivity of NoMachine, users
can finally experience fast and easy access to Windows on the Linux desktop,
making the migration to Linux smoother", said Gian Filippo Pinzari CEO and
CTO of NoMachine.
   
  "Vision Technologies, Boundless Technologies, and UCSI are leaders in thin
client devices to large organizations", said Oscar Smith, President and CEO.
"Win4Lin Virtual Desktop Server is the ideal software complement to our
products, providing cost-effective, open source server-based delivery of
Windows desktops to organizations seeking to use thin client devices and
virtual machine technology to achieve the lowest possible TCO for desktop
computing."
   
  "Win4Lin Virtual Desktop Server is the ideal complement to our Desktop
Multiplier for SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop software," said Trevor Poapst,
Director of Global Marketing and Channel Strategy for Omni.  "Our customers
are seeking the efficiencies and cost savings of a multiplied Linux desktop,
but often still have the need to run specialized Windows applications. We
recommend Win4Lin Virtual Desktop Server in these cases."
   
  "KitASP is a leader for thin client solutions in the Japanese market. The
market for thin client solutions is rising at the same time as the acceptance
of open source platforms is rising," said Toshio Matsuda, president and CEO
of KitASP. "Win4Lin Virtual Desktop Server provides our customers with the
compelling integration of popular Windows applications together with popular
Linux servers."
   
  "Net Integration Technologies manufactures and sells an award-winning,
Linux-based server Operating System solution for SMB resellers( NITIX) ",
said Steve Estabrooks, Director, ISV account Development.  "Win4Lin Virtual
Desktop Server addresses one of the most sought-after capabilities in our
partner base, an efficient Linux-based way to deploy Windows terminal like
desktop sessions. Net Integration Technologies has also  been using Win4Lin
products internally for several years with much success."
   
  “Win4Lin Virtual Desktop Server is ‘just what the doctor ordered’”
according to Jordan Rosen, CEO of Lille Corp. "Our large healthcare clients
want to turn IT right-side up by making Linux the dominant operating system
and Microsoft Windows the legacy player.  VDS not only makes that technically
feasible, but it makes it affordable."
   
  "Win4Lin Virtual Desktop Server is in the vanguard of products opening new
markets for infrastructure where desktop operating environments are uncoupled
from their physical machine dependencies", said Jim Curtin, president and CEO
of Win4Lin, Inc. "Virtual Desktop Server allows an organization to deploy an
end-to-end Linux infrastructure where legacy Windows 2000 and XP desktops are
guests, not rooted control points. This is a watershed event, from SMB to
enterprise, in the shift from ponderous and out-dated desktop paradigms to
flexible, cost-effective virtual desktop infrastructure." 
   
  Win4Lin Virtual Desktop Server can be used in one of two ways. First, VDS
serves as a means to wean a Linux-committed organization from the last few
Windows applications by consolidating them onto a server for as-needed
concurrent use.  Windows can then be gracefully de-commissioned from a
convenient central location once suitable replacements are in production.
Secondly, organizations with reluctant user populations can use VDS to server
Windows desktops in “full screen” mode on top of an end-to-end Linux
infrastructure. This allows the organization to reap the many benefits of
Linux infrastructure without their users needing to be re-trained in the
first phases of the conversion.
   
  Win4Lin Pro Desktop, the single-user Desktop version of Win4Lin Virtual
Desktop Server, was recently picked as the winner in a LinuxWorld Magazine
face-off review against VMware Workstation™ and was the winner of the
prestigious LinuxWorld Expo Award, Best Enterprise Integration Product.
   
  
Pricing and Availability 

Win4Lin Virtual Desktop Server is available immediately. 
   
  For a free 30-day evaluation, please visit
http://www.win4lin.com/component/option,com_akoforms/func....  
For more information or to purchase please call  +1.512.339.7979 or send an
email to sales@win4lin.com. 
   
  Win4Lin Virtual Desktop Server is priced at $125 per user with a minimum
configuration of 20 seats.  The 20-seat configuration is specially priced at
US$2000. Please contact Win4Lin for volume pricing and educational
discounts.
   
   About Win4Lin 

Win4Lin is a leader in technology for creating Windows-on-Linux
virtualization solutions targeted at developing competitive advantage for
business. Win4Lin supplies Fortune 500 enterprises, educational institutions,
SMB and desktop users with solutions that allow them to run the Windows
desktop and Windows applications on Linux in true Windows sessions.

For more information about Win4Lin and its products please visit
http://www.win4lin.com/. 

Win4Lin, Win4Lin Pro Desktop, Win4Lin Virtual Desktop Server and Win4Lin 9X
Terminal Server are trademarks or registered trademarks of Win4Lin, Inc. All
other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. 
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