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Nimble Storage SmartStack for VDI with VMware Makes Desktop Virtualization a Cost-Effective Reality for Midsized IT Organizations | |
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 03:18:58 PM | |
Company Delivers Easy-to-Deploy and Sell Storage Solution for VMware Horizon View 5.2 for the Channel. San Jose, Calif. - Feb 26, 2013 – Nimble Storage, the leading provider of flash-optimized hybrid storage solutions, today announced a reference storage design to complement VMware® Horizon View™ 5.2 for midsized VDI deployments. Nimble Storage SmartStack™ for VDI with VMware is a VDI reference architecture for midsized and enterprise deployments. The pre-validated solution is delivered by a network of joint channel partners leveraging the easy-to-deploy and sell reference architecture. The fully validated and tested reference architecture eliminates the complexities of configuring compute, networking and storage. Highlights
Supporting Quotes “IT departments may not have the expertise to integrate separate best-of-breed solutions for VDI,” said Mason Uyeda, director of technical marketing, End-User Computing, VMware. “Nimble SmartStack for VDI with VMware Horizon View 5.2 offers our mutual customers and channel partners a simple, cost-effective solution for hundreds of VDI users that is easy to deploy and scales as organizational needs grow.” “We are committed to providing real ROI to our end users through our value-added reseller community,” said Mike Munoz, vice president of sales at Nimble Storage. “To help our channel partners deliver real business benefits, we are happy to support VMware Horizon View 5.2 and will be announcing new go-to-market programs and incentives for SmartStack for VDI at VMware’s Partner Exchange.” “Together Cisco, Nimble and VMware have made VDI easy to manage and very cost-effective,” said Suzette Allaire, CIO, Lindquest & Vennum. “We can now scale our VMware View environment at a moment’s notice—adding a block of new users in a lot less time that it took us with our previous solution. This has given us the ability to better serve our customers inside the organization and embark more quickly on new projects.” |