2X and Virtual Iron Join Forces to Provide Virtualization and Application Delivery
2X and Virtual Iron announced a strategic alliance to provide a complete Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and Application Publishing Solution. Desktop computing makes up a large part of the enterprise computing infrastructure today. As distributed end points, desktops are among the most difficult to secure, manage and maintain. Refresh cycles, compliance, ongoing maintenance and user support are huge undertakings. These challenges put IT resources under tremendous pressure and significantly increase total cost of ownership. The 2X / Virtual Iron virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solution hosts individual Windows desktop PCs inside virtual machines running on servers in the data center.
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