SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- 09/10/07 --
VM World Conference -- At the VM World
Conference running this week, Leostream Corp., a leading provider of
Virtual Hosted Desktop software and physical-to-virtual conversion tools,
today announced version 5 of its Connection Broker for the management of
access to hosted desktops running in virtual machines. The Leostream
Connection Broker dynamically assigns users to Hosted Desktops whether
running on physical or virtual machines.
"Leostream has been building Connection Brokers for the last two years --
starting with a 5,000 seat project for the US Patent and Trade Office,"
said David Crosbie, Leostream CTO. "Using Connection Broker is extremely
simple -- simply enter your user credentials and you are automatically
logged into the Windows session."
Version 5.0 of Leostream's Connection Broker was co-developed with a major
financial institution that is using it as a key component in its move to
Hosted Desktops with thin clients. This reduces the per user power
consumption from 400W to around 100W and eliminates the need for UPS to the
desktop as well as halving the amount of wiring in the building. These cost
savings alone justify the project -- particularly in major financial
centers where there are acute power shortages.
The product is proven to scale globally to 30,000 users and eight
datacenters. As well as being highly scalable it is also highly robust --
and capable of providing uninterrupted service in a wide variety of
disaster recovery scenarios.
From an Administrator's perspective, Connection Broker v5's Virtual
Appliance architecture means that an initial deployment can be up and
running in a couple of hours -- while it has the depth of functionality to
satisfy the largest of deployments.
Support for a wide range of remote viewer technologies -- from Teradici's
PC over IP to VNC and RDP -- enables Connection Broker to work across both
Windows and Linux Hosted Desktops. Integration with third party SSL VPN
hardware (Cisco, F5, and Juniper) ensures the same single sign-on
experience from outside the firewall.
Users are given single sign-on access to their assigned desktops using
Leostream Connect for Windows 2000, XP, and Vista; thin clients from
Compumaster, Devon IT, IGEL, Neoware, and Wyse; or simply using a web
browser.
For more information visit www.connectionbroker.com
About Leostream Corporation
Leostream's Connection Broker delivers the most scalable and reliable
Hosted Desktop control solution on the market -- intended for the most
demanding of organizations that require sophisticated and detailed control
over their Hosted Desktops, whether they are running on Blades, Physical,
or Virtual Machines. By focusing on the core Connection Brokering and
tightly integrating with existing data-center infrastructure such as Thin
Clients, SSL VPNs, and VMware's VI3, Leostream has been shown to scale to
thousands of global users spread across multiple data-centers. Leostream's
P > V Direct supports Windows NT4, Windows XP, Windows Server 2000/2003,
and conversion targets include VMware, Microsoft virtualization, and
XenSource software.
Visit www.Leostream.com or contact sales@leostream.com. Leostream Corp.,
950 Winter Street Suite 2400, Waltham, MA 02451. Tel. (781) 577 9584.
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