Karyn Jeffery, Vice President and Head of End User Services, Global Delivery in Fujitsu’s Managed Infrastructure Services business, says: “We are leveraging Fujitsu’s extensive know-how as an established leader in Virtual Client Services to now also provide smaller organizations with all the benefits of the Citrix XenDesktop virtualization technology at a lower price point, coupled with an easy set-up process with automated scripting which ensures that customers gain faster time to value. The result is a highly competitive, enterprise class, secure VCS Hyperscale Appliance managed service for desktops and data.”
Calvin Hsu, Vice President of Product Marketing, Desktops & Apps at Citrix, comments: “Comprehensive market proven App Virtualization and VDI solutions provide Citrix customers and their employees with the freedom to work securely from anywhere while cutting IT costs. We believe that solutions such as Fujitsu’s new VCS Hyperscale Appliance, coupled with their world class knowledge and experience, will accelerate and further reduce the cost of centrally delivered Windows, Linux, web, SaaS apps and full virtual desktops to any device.”
Bob Davis, Chief Marketing Officer, Atlantis Computing, explains: “VDI and hosted shared applications are gaining increasing acceptance among IT organizations as they satisfy the ever rising demand for access to data and applications anytime, any location, on any device. Fujitsu’s new solution leverages Atlantis software know-how in optimizing storage to enable virtual desktops and applications to be faster and more cost-effective than physical PCs and to deliver a great user experience. Our unique integration with Citrix XenServer and XenDesktop is quickly becoming accepted as the core platform for Citrix deployments, and is helping to drive down overall costs. Fujitsu and Atlantis are providing the balance IT organizations need for greater user experience, flexibility and security.”
Pricing and availabilityThe VCS Hyperscale Appliance is immediately available as a managed service from Fujitsu. Pricing varies according to country and configuration.
Notes to editorsThe Virtual Client Services (VCS) Hyperscale Appliance managed service bundle from Fujitsu comprises:
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Date: 03 August, 2016
City: Luxembourg