Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Desktops

Desktop virtualization made easy

Instantly deliver Microsoft Windows and Linux® desktop operating environments to thousands of users from centrally managed servers in the datacenter. Users can remotely access their individualized desktops from nearly any client device, including thin clients or repurposed PCs.

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Deliver desktops you need, with the experience you expect

  • Exceptional user experience: Multimedia capabilities deliver the experience users have come to expect from their desktop PCs.
  • Cross-platform support: Support for both Windows and Linux virtual desktops ensures that users always have the right desktop for the right job.
  • Open source: A foundation built on open source technologies means a new level of choice and freedom is coming to the world of desktop virtualization.

Securing the desktop and obtain compliancy

  • Data security and compliance: A centrally hosted desktop architecture helps businesses safeguard data.
  • Regulations and compliance: Maintaining desktops behind corporate firewalls in a controled datacenter helps businesses meet strict government security and data privacy laws.
  • A trusted partner: Over 15 years of providing enterprises with the most secure operating system in the world makes Red Hat the best choice for enterprises looking to deploy hosted virtual desktops.

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BENEFITS & FEATURES

Improved data security and regulatory compliance

By moving desktop environments off disparately located desktop PCs and into the centrally controlled datacenter, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Desktops helps businesses safeguard company data and meet strict government compliance regulations.

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Exceptional end-user experience

SPICE is an open source, dynamically adaptive remote rendering protocol used to connect users to their virtual desktops.

Unlike first-generation remote rendering protocols, such as Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) and Independent Computing Architecture (ICA), SPICE features a multitiered architecture designed to support today's multimedia desktop experience.

SPICE is designed to deliver a remote user experience that is indistinguishable from a local desktop PC over the LAN or the WAN.

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Advanced desktop management

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager is a feature-rich desktop virtualization management system that provides advanced capabilities for physical host servers, virtual machine guests, and everything in between.

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Lowest total cost of ownership

As an add-on to Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Servers, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Desktops offers an unrivaled total cost of ownership at up to 75% less expensive than the market leaders. Subscriptions include:

  • Centralized management for desktop and server virtual machines.
  • The SPICE remote rendering protocol.
  • Integrated connection broker and access policies.
  • Support for Windows and Linux desktop guest operating environments.
  • Desktop management features, such as desktop pooling, desktop templates, desktop snapshots, desktop user policies, and more.
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HOW TO BUY

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Contact your local Red Hat reseller or visit the Red Hat online store to purchase the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Desktops Starter Kit:

  • 6 managed sockets of the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor
  • 100 concurrent desktops of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Desktops
  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager, sufficient to manage a desktop virtualization environment with up to 100 concurrent Windows or Red Hat Enterprise Linux desktops hosted on 3 dual-socket hypervisor hosts

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Contact Red Hat Sales to learn more about Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, to get an evaluation copy, or to purchase Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Desktops.

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