Citrix unveils Provisioning Server solution
ConvergenceAsia staff
15/10/2007

Application delivery infrastructure provider Citrix Systems officially unveiled its new Citrix Provisioning Server solution at the Gartner IT Expo in Orlando, Florida.

Based on the OS-streaming technology acquired in its January purchase of Ardence, Provisioning Server enables IT organisations to dynamically stream datacentre and desktop operating systems and workloads to both virtual and physical machines from a central location.

The new solution enables organisations to stream a server OS and workload from network storage to bare-metal or virtual servers in the datacentre, and a desktop OS and workload to virtual desktops and LAN-connected diskless PCs on-demand.

By streaming a server OS and workload on-demand rather than physically loading them on each server, Provisioning Server increases IT flexibility, reduces the need for backup servers, cuts energy costs and streamlines IT management.

This will provide significant economic and productivity benefits for enterprises, said Lou Shipley, group vice president and general manager, management systems group.

Provisioning Server will be sold through the Citrix worldwide channel organisation.

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