Oracle Enhances Desktop Virtualization Portfolio With New Releases
May 10 2012 - 8:00AM
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News Facts
- Today, Oracle announced Oracle Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
3.4, Sun Ray Software 5.3 and Oracle Virtual Desktop Client 3.1,
which are part of Oracle's desktop virtualization portfolio.
- These products provide users access to their personal desktop
computing environment, enterprise applications and data without
being tied to a particular physical client device, delivering
benefits such as greater mobility, data security, and easier,
centralized administration.
- Oracle Virtual Desktop Infrastructure 3.4 and Sun Ray Software
5.3 provide up to 720p High Definition (HD) video playback on
Oracle Sun Ray thin client devices, for a richer user
experience.
- New security features including support for 802.1x
identity-based network authentication enhance security.
- Oracle Virtual Desktop Infrastructure 3.4 delivers expanded
storage options, allowing customers to choose from a wide variety
of Oracle and third party storage solutions.
- Oracle Virtual Desktop Client 3.1 introduces the ability to
copy and paste between local applications on the client device and
remote virtual desktops, new HD multimedia capabilities, and
enhanced integration of smart card authentication.
Richer User Experience, Enhanced Security and
Expanded Storage Options
- Key improvements in both Oracle Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
(VDI) 3.4 and Sun Ray Software 5.3 server software include:
- Broader range of storage options: In
addition to taking advantage of integration with the
industry-leading performance and analytical capabilities of
Oracle's Sun ZFS Storage Appliances, Oracle Virtual Desktop
Infrastructure 3.4 now enables support for local storage and
third-party storage solutions, giving customers a variety of
storage choices when designing deployments or leveraging their
existing storage investments.
- Easier management scalability: The new
Global VDI Centers feature in Oracle Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
3.4 allows the creation of multiple, independently administered VDI
deployments that automatically direct users to the proper server
group on login.
- Key improvements for Sun Ray 3 Series Clients and PCs running
the new Oracle Virtual Desktop Client 3.1 software include:
- Richer user experience: Improvements to
multimedia acceleration enhance the desktop user experience. New
features include acceleration of Adobe Flash and Windows Media
Player on the Sun Ray 3 Series Client devices and 720p HD quality
video on Sun Ray 3 Plus Clients and PCs with Oracle Virtual Desktop
Client 3.1.
- Smarter hot-desking: New user location
awareness features enable applications to provide dynamic
capabilities such as follow-me-printing and help ensure more secure
access to applications. New auto-resizing features automatically
adapt the user's virtual desktop display size when moving between
devices.
- Enhanced smart card support: Oracle
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure and Sun Ray Software now support the
Extended Application Protocol Data Unit (APDU) standard for smart
cards that allows larger amounts of information to be stored on
smartcards and exchanged with applications, for greater user
functionality.
- Increased security: Sun Ray 3 Series
Clients now support more sophisticated authentication to the
network using 802.1X Extensible Authentication Protocols to allow
matching of the network address of the device to the identity of
the user prior to access authorization.
- Enhanced USB support for Sun Ray 3 Series
Clients: Delivers up to five times faster USB mass storage
performance and provides access to a broader range of USB
devices.
Supporting Quote
- "Oracle is the only company that offers everything needed for a
complete desktop virtualization solution -- hardware and software,"
said Wim Coekaerts, senior vice president, Linux and Virtualization
Engineering, Oracle. "With our continued product enhancements,
Oracle's desktop virtualization solution is making it easier and
more cost-effective for IT to deliver centrally managed, secure
services for end user desktops and provide access to enterprise
applications from a wider variety of locations and devices."
Supporting Resources
- Oracle Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
- Oracle's Sun Ray Clients and Sun Ray Software
- Download Oracle's Desktop Virtualization software here. Terms,
conditions and restrictions apply.
- Oracle Virtualization home page, Blog, Twitter, Facebook,
YouTube
- Relevant Blogs: Wim Coekaerts
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