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VMware offers a VDI Bundle, so why would I use Provision Networks’ Connection Broker? June 26th, 2008 by Patrick Rouse

VDI is still a fairly new concept to most companies, even those with extensive investments in Server Virtualization.  With that in mind, I get this question several times a week, so below is my answer to one of these queries.

Just like customers use our Virtual Access Suite to extend the base functionality of Windows Terminal Services, they can also use it to extend VMware, Microsoft, Virtual Iron or Parallels base VDI functionality.  We actually announced our VDI offering (project TITAN) at VMworld in 2005,  and released it as Virtual Access Suite for VMware VDI at VMworld in 2006.

Provision Networks started doing business in 1990s under the name Emergent Online (EOL), which was a Citrix Platinum Partner in the Metro DC Area.  We started making tools to address issues with Citrix and Terminal Services in 1996, and many of these tools still exist in our Virtual Access Suite today.  We treat VDI as single user terminal servers, so most of our tools that enhance management, performance and user experience on TS, translate directly to VDI.

So at a high level, Quest Software’s Provision Networks Division does the following:

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Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Connection Broker Comparison May 24th, 2008 by Patrick Rouse

We’re often asked (by customers and sales people) how the different VDI Connection Brokers compare to eachother. One of my colleagues (Ken Davidson) & I have created a Connection Broker Comparison Document that attempts to provide an honest comparison of VMware View 3.0, XenDesktop 3.0 and Quest vWorkspace 6.0. We’re interested in feedback from the community to make sure that we’re accurately portraying the feature set of our competitors, so please let us know if there are corrections to be made. We also know that there are many other connection brokers on the market, and new ones seem to pop-up every couple of months. Others of note are Leostream, 2X, Ericom, Qumranet, Panologic, [insert any number of other vendors here]… Our document was created to compare Quest vs the competition, as defined by the customers we visit. If I start getting lots of requests for information on another vendor, I’ll consider expanding the document.

Download the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Connection Broker Comparison here: Quest Connection Broker Comparison

This document was updated in September 2009 to reflect the features of VMware View 3.1, Quest vWorkspace 6.2 and XenDesktop 3.1.