March 23, 2009

Leostream connection broker technology still pushing forward

Much like the hypervisor in a server virtualization world, VDI connection brokers are beginning to become commodity for the virtual desktop. So how does a small, pioneering software firm like Leostream survive?

This month, Leostream announced yet another partnership designed to push along its virtual desktop initiative. The company announced that they will fully support and integrate NoMachine's NX protocol into the Leostream Connection Broker. This combined solution will allow enterprises to more easily deploy and manage Linux virtual desktops within their IT environments.

Leostream said users will be able to leverage the power and speed of NX technology, connecting quickly and securely through the NX Client to a Linux VDI hosted on the NX Server, while using the Connection Broker to manage the connections of end-users to their desktops, applications, and sessions. Users will be provided the most efficient way to access hosted environments on centrally managed servers. And the company claimed that outstanding compression, session resilience, and resource management make NX the ideal solution for shared, dedicated, and virtual services.

This latest partnership will help further extend the company's support into the Linux world. Doing so could provide them with a nice niche for the company, pushing them further into a Linux world that may grow with added KVM support, currently has less competition, and at the moment isn't being dominated by VMware.

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