Published on: August 31st, 2009
Devon IT Launches VDI Blaster™ Software to Extend Desktop PC Life
Software helps organizations turns aging PCs into thin clients for $19.99, repurposes PCs as virtual desktops, extends the life of capital investments, and tests thin client and server-based computing environments.
Devon IT, Inc., a leading alternative desktop solution company, today announced general availability of the VDI BlasterTM software suite designed to extend the useful life of desktop computers. VDI BlasterTM is available for an introductory price USD $19.95 per device at www.vdiblaster.com.
Users download VDI BlasterTM to old PCs via a USB key or a network install. VDI BlasterTM deploys Devon IT’s thin client operating system, Devon Terminal Operating System (DeTOSTM), and Devon IT’s thin client management software, ThinManageTM, to help IT administrators manage enterprise-wide deployments from a central location. Once VDI BlasterTM is deployed, users can select to boot into their normal Windows operating system or into DeTOSTM.
“Using VDI Blaster to convert aging enterprise PCs into secure, managed thin clients enables organizations of all sizes to extend their capital investment in PCs while testing thin client computing models,” explained Joe Makoid, President, Devon IT. “Traditional desktops typically need to be refreshed or replaced every three or four years, but companies and organizations can now extend the life of these PCs by converting them into thin clients. Users can simultaneously test hosted client computing methods, and we hope VDI Blaster will continue the momentum of IT administrators moving from desktop PCs to hosted client environments.”
VDI Blaster:
- Extends the useful life of aging PCs
- Uses virtual desktops, simply and cost effectively with no hardware replacement necessary
- Maintains Windows desktop experience
- Centrally manages converted PCs
- Allows Plug and play replacement of PC to a thin client when ready
- Converts back to Windows operating system as needed
Devon IT is working with customers and business partners such as IBM and VMware to make VDI BlasterTM available to IT administrators and executives worldwide.
“VDI BlasterTM provides an intuitive vehicle to help PCs run longer and save companies significant amounts of money by extending their original capital investments and avoiding PC refreshes,” says Stephane Verdy, CTO, Devon IT. “Organizations can also use VDI BlasterTM as a testing platform for server-based and virtual desktop environments, as VDI BlasterTM essentially turns a PC into a thin client. Devon IT’s ThinManageTM also helps manage enterprise desktops from one place in the datacenter, another cost-saving benefit.”
“Offering VDI BlasterTM with VMware ViewTM gives enterprises the ability to transform PC environments into virtual desktop environments overnight at a fraction of the cost,” says Raj Mallempati, director of product marketing, Desktop Business Unit, VMware. “VDI BlasterTM will help to immediately bring the security and manageability benefits of VMware View to organizations while allowing them to leverage their investments in existing assets.”
“We have traditionally used desktop PCs for all of our employees, but are continually looking for ways to extend the useful life of these PCs as well as migrate towards a virtual desktop approach,” says Kevin DiBricida, Network Administrator from Continental Bank. “We are using VDI BlasterTM to demonstrate the benefits of thin client computing to our company, and see this as a unique and cost-effective approach to the ongoing total-cost -of-ownership issue of desktop PCs.”
“We are excited to offer the VDI BlasterTM software to our customers and allow them to save money on hardware costs as well as gain the benefits of desktop virtualization,” says Ray Collazo, President, Corpsolv Inc. “PC and even thin client deployments would be much more expensive, and with VDI BlasterTM our customers can immediately benefit from higher enterprise security and increased manageability of their desktop devices.”
“There’s no question that the thin client market is growing, a trend that is fueled by innovative vendors. Devon IT is leveraging its growing reputation with partners interviewed by Viewpoint for high quality customized thin client solutions,” says Dorothy Rosenthal VP, Research, a channels focused IT analyst firm. “New thin client products from Devon IT offers partners alternative solutions and choices to the established thin client vendors. Devon’s relationship with IBM endorses Devon’s thin client solution and has been a good platform to launch Devon’s expansion into the channel.”
For more information about VDI BlasterTM, please visit www.vdiblaster.com or www.devonit.com/software/vdi-blaster/overview. For more information about Devon IT, thin client computing, or virtualization, or to arrange for a demonstration, email info@devonit.com or call 610-757-4220 or 888-524-9382. Devon IT will be demonstrating the VDI BlasterTM on repurposed PCs at the VMworld tradeshow, booth 2444, in San Francisco, CA, August 28 through September 2, 2009. Follow Devon IT updates from VMworld 2009 on Twitter at http://twitter.com/DevonIT
About Devon IT
Devon IT, Inc, (www.devonit.com) is an information technology company that focuses on offering thin client hardware and software for alternative desktop solutions that provide enterprise customers with greater security, enhanced manageability, improved reliability, and lower costs. Devon IT's products are orderable from Dell and Devon develops products that support Dell's Flexible Computing Solutions. Devon IT is also the creator of VDI Blaster™ (www.vdiblaster.com), a software suite that transforms existing Windows® PCs into virtual desktops. Read Devon IT's technical blog "Thin Tank" at http://www.devonit.com/blog.
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