IBM Virtual Desktop for Smart Business

IBM Virtual Desktop for Smart Business is the solution for mobile personnel which and from any place provides at any time to users access to personal desktops. Access can be provided using different mobile devices, such as tablet computers, netbooks and notebooks and also using thin clients.

The solution IBM Virtual Desktop allows to perform a hosting of desktops for Windows or Linux and to manage on a centralized basis them that also the complexity of management in comparison with Wednesday on the basis of traditional personal computers reduces cost. It is possible thanks to such factors as fast deployment of new applications, automatic update of the software and reduction of needs for technical support. The solution Virtual Desktop for Smart Business which part the software of VERDE from Virtual Bridges company is can be unrolled directly at the customer or in hosting infrastructure of the business partner of IBM founded on the private Cloud-environment.

The solution IBM Virtual Desktop supports the functions of self-configuring, self-government and self-defense providing simplicity of installation and management and also function of continuous backup and recovery. At accomplishment of a wide range of tasks – such, for example, as visit of clients, carrying out inventory, a medical bypass of patients, etc., – this product supports instant access for employees to information that helps them to overcome successfully problems and quickly to make decisions.

The described solution is proposed in the form of the software package, in advance integrated and ready to execution, the cost of the annual contract for which is 150 US dollars in terms of one user. The product IBM Virtual Desktop will be delivered through regional business partners of IBM who will render to the clients consulting services and the qualified support in the organization of network infrastructure and software environment to provide free deployment. The program of experimental application of the described product attracted strong interest of community – more than 100 business partners of IBM already participate in it. These partners actively provide "feedback" and prepare for use of this program for satisfaction of the growing demand of clients for solutions for virtualization of desktops.

The product IBM Virtual Desktop for Smart Business is already available in North America, Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Poland. * at the end of 1 quarter IBM is going to include in this list such countries as China, India, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand. Business partners of IBM can use resources on training and support of sales of the product Virtual Desktop, available to the address: http://www.ibm.com/smartbusiness. It will allow them to start delivery of the packaged solutions combining the specified product with different configurations of the IBM System x servers and storage systems quickly.

About the IBM Solutions for Smart Business family

IBM Solutions for Smart Business is new family of the offers which are specially created for the organizations of small and medium scale with a limited number of IT personnel. It is addressed to the companies which would wish to use specialized IT solutions for business, having avoided at the same time the difficulties or expenses characteristic of packets on the basis of traditional technologies. These offers held for sale through business partners of IBM provide reduction of time before obtaining economic effect thanks to application of a packet, ready to execution, which combines in advance integrated components and flexible options of delivery. This packet is offered by the principle of a subscription with a pricing model on the basis of scales use.

The product IBM Application Manager for Smart Business for comprehensive monitoring and the reporting under performance of all IT infrastructure (including network, servers and databases) and also the product IBM Service Manager for Smart Business for maintenance of functions of technical support service, in addition, is a part of the Solutions for Smart Business family (the approved processes of service, giving of requests, incident management and elimination of problems). Both above-stated solutions use the powerful software of Tivoli to help the client with reduction of its costs by means of optimization of labor productivity of its personnel using the built-in tools for elimination of problems.