The Wyse Viance and XenDesktop
I was talking with some folks this weekend and the discussion centered around Citrix and virtual desktops. We got on the subject of thin clients and here is where I wanted to share some thoughts with you on this.
Back on April 15th, Wyse announced that they would come to market with a new class of appliances that are focused specifically on the Citrix XenDesktop product.
“Wyse has partnered with Citrix in the past to sell thin clients for Terminal Services and Presentation Server, but now a new, bigger opportunity has emerged” said John Abbott, chief analyst of the 451 Group. “Desktop virtualization all but forces an appliance model onto the desktop – users typically aren’t keen to control a virtual PC image with a physical PC. Citrix and Wyse are in a good position to capitalize on the fast-growing VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure) sector and push thin clients into the broader marketplace for the first time.
For the mobile professional, Wyse offers the Viance Pro X which comes with 802.11 b/g/n wireless support, a 15.4 inch WXGA TFT LCD screen, full multimedia performance (supports WPF Enabled Apps) as well as Gigabit network connectivity for access to the fastest LAN connections. The Viance Pro X is ideal for on-the-go professionals such as insurance claim processors, medical staff (nurses and doctors), government workers and office administrators.
Wyse Viance appliances handle multimedia and USB devices differently than PCs. Exceptional video quality is delivered because multimedia is decoded locally on the device using the local processing power while all drivers and USB ports are virtualized back at the server. This gives IT the granular control over what USB peripherals are allowed and no drivers are ever needed on these appliances.”
I spoke with Wyse on this and they let me know they don’t even have listing of anything internally yet as far as availability, but they did elude that this would only be sold through their channel. I would seriously look for a demo of this mobile solution during Synergy next week (register here for Synergy). I’m looking to put my hands on a couple for the test lab. I’ll be sure to write a review as soon as I put it through it’s paces. For this price $399 MSRP this will be another very powerful reason to put these into your environment.
Stay tuned for more on this.
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