Sun Microsystems announced the company will add VMware Virtual Desktop Manager and VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure to its line up of fully supported desktop virtualization solutions Sun offers to customers. As part of an expanded relationship between Sun and VMware, the new offerings from Sun bring more choice to Sun Ray thin client customers who now have the flexibility to select either the Sun Virtual Desktop Connector, a component of Sun VDI Software or VMware Virtual Desktop Manager as their preferred connection broker for virtual desktop deployments. Sun will make VMware VDI and VMware Virtual Desktop Manager, along with support services for the products, available to customers via the Sun price list later this month.

In addition to offering VMware VDI and VMware Virtual Desktop Manager, Sun Ray virtual display clients are now VMware Ready Certified for VMware VDI. The certification signifies that Sun Ray thin clients have passed VMware’s testing criteria for interoperability and consistent quality performance when deployed in conjunction with VMware VDI and Virtual Desktop Manager.

This is made possible through the new Sun Ray Connector for VMware Virtual Desktop Manager, an add-on component of Sun Ray Software, that provides tight integration and allows a highly-secure connection between Sun Ray thin clients and VMware Virtual Desktop Manager. With this joint solution, Sun Ray users can access and display virtual desktops based on Windows XP Professional, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008.

Commenting on this update, Jerry Chen, senior director of enterprise desktop at VMware said “Sun Ray thin clients and software, which feature Sun’s high-performance Appliance Link Protocol are an attractive choice for organizations that deploy VMware VDI and Virtual Desktop Manager. Adding the availability of VMware Virtual Desktop Manager with Sun Ray technology combines two best-of-breed technologies to offer an outstanding desktop virtualization solution for customers.”

Sun Ray virtual display clients, Sun Ray Software and Sun VDI Software are key components of Sun’s broad desktop virtualization offering, which are a set of core desktop technologies and solutions within the Sun xVM virtualization portfolio. Sun Ray thin clients offer a longer device life-cycle at a fraction of the cost and total power consumption of a traditional desktop PC and allow customers to display their choice of Solaris, Windows or Linux virtual desktops.

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