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Greater Simplicity, Flexibility And Intelligence To Client Virtualization Portfolio
Published Jun 20, 2011
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HP announced additions to its desktop to data centre client virtualization portfolio that offer users improved flexibility, security and productivity.
Announced at Citrix Synergy™ 2011, the offerings include:
- Too smart to be called “zero,” the affordable HP t5335z and t5565z Smart Clients are first of their kind, reprogrammable zero clients that can support a choice of Citrix, Microsoft or VMware based infrastructures.
— The HP Client Virtualisation Enterprise Reference Architecture with Citrix XenDesktop® and Microsoft® Hyper-V is a preconfigured and performance optimised solution that simplifies customer integration and testing, while reducing risk for deployment.
Combining compute, storage, networking and system management, the solution is tuned for client virtualisation efficiency for all enterprise users and includes options to scale up and out to meet changing customer requirements.
“Only HP, the worldwide market share leader in thin clients,(1) has the depth of expertise and global scale to meet customer requirements from the data centre to the end point in client virtualisation and cloud computing deployments,” said Kobi Elbaz, Director, Client Solutions Business Unit, HP Personal Systems Group, EMEA. “With industry leading flexibility and performance at the lowest price points, these new offerings reinforce our leadership in this market and commitment to delivering the best possible experiences in Citrix environments.”
“Desktop virtualisation is rapidly being adopted by organisations of all sizes as a means to transform traditional desktop computing into a people centric, on demand service,” said John Fanelli, vice president of product marketing, Enterprise Desktops and Applications, Citrix. “Through our broad collaboration with HP, we are delivering jointly tested and verified desktop virtualisation solutions that are helping enterprises meet the unique computing needs of all their workers. Citrix desktop virtualisation solutions combined with HP thin clients, Smart Clients and laptops enable unparalleled business productivity by providing customers with virtualisation solutions that span the data centre to the desktop.”
HP Smart Clients: Zero configuration, management, compromise:
The new HP t5335z and t5565z Smart Clients deliver an unmatched combination of flexibility and affordability to the zero client market. The HP Smart Clients’ intelligent capabilities allow end users to be up and running in seconds with no configuration or management required on the device side.
HP Smart Clients are the only zero clients to offer device repurposing, which delivers the same great hardware platform independent of the virtualisation solution deployed (Citrix XenDesktop via HDX, VMware View or Microsoft Session Virtualisation via RDP) and gives customers the option to migrate to any of the three solutions at any time.
Using HP Smart Clients with Citrix XenDesktop, customers benefit from the HDX optimisations, including HDX MediaStream for smooth multimedia rendering, HDX Plug-n-Play for USB redirection, Citrix Smooth Roaming for secure access from any physical location on the network, and a dock bar for toggling between multiple published applications running through Citrix.
The HP t5335z Smart Client uses a powerful, yet efficient ARM chipset with integrated graphics optimised to deliver a rich, full-screen 1080p HDX™ multimedia experience in Citrix environments, all while its energy efficient design uses less than 5 watts of power at idle.
The HP t5565z Smart Client is among the first thin clients in the industry to earn an EPEAT® Gold designation. The t5565z features native dual digital display support and a Superscalar VIA Nano u3500 CPU and VX900 Integrated Graphics Processor to deliver hardware assisted multimedia decoding for performance rivaling a traditional PC.
Both HP Smart Clients use HP Auto-sensing Technology to automatically connect to the HP Smart Client Service, which delivers the appropriate configuration. The HP Smart Client Service enables new software infrastructure configurations, which are inherited upon the next boot.
HP’s virtualization offerings will be on display at Citrix Synergy 2011 in HP booth 312. Additionally, HP will provide industry insight and expertise in a panel session and technical breakout.
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For more information:
Ali Sharif
T: +971 50 1671783
E: ali.sharif@promaxpr.com
Anneka Patel
Edelman for HP
T: +44 203 047 2311
E: anneka.patel@edelman.com
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