Oracle, battling for market share with competitors Citrix, VMware and Hewlett-Packard in an increasingly busy sector of IT, spiffed up its desktop virtualisation offerings on 10 May with several service enhancements and new storage-related options.
The company upgraded its enterprise VDI controls (Oracle Virtual Desktop Infrastructure 3.4), thin-client software system (Sun Ray Software 5.3) and desktop client (Oracle Virtual Desktop Client 3.1) and announced them as a package deal.
The updates Oracle is making are being driven at least partially by a growing trend of enterprise employees who want to use their own smartphones, tablets and notebook PCs to handle work duties in a more convenient fashion. Desktop virtualisation, actually an outmoded term in some cases (device virtualisation may be more appropriate), enables this secure access.
Companies are buying into this trend for several purposes, not the least of which is saving capital expenses on expensive connected devices that their employees may not want or use.
As for the new storage options, Oracle is becoming more open-minded about interacting with competing storage systems, which is a reality of life in most IT shops.
Obviously, Oracle VDI 3.4 integrates with Oracle’s new Sun ZFS Storage Appliances, but it now also has support for local storage and non-Oracle storage systems. Storage administrators in Oracle shops will enjoy that development.
As for expanded administration powers, the new Global VDI Centres feature in Oracle VDI 3.4 allows the creation of multiple, independently administered VDI deployments that automatically direct users to the proper server group on log-in, Oracle said.
For years, thin clients have had to fight a bad reputation on performance issues. Oracle has moved on this. Key improvements for Sun Ray 3 Series Clients and PCs running the new Oracle Virtual Desktop Client 3.1 software include:
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