Reporter Beth Bacheldor provides a good overview of the Connection Broker and the new features in 7.0, highlighting our vendor-neutral approach to managing VDI, our integration with VMware View, and our new remote access for Apple iPad devices.

The article states:

"...Connection Broker provides organizations with a vendor-neutral, unified solution for managing a variety of desktops...The [VMware View] integration also provides View administrators with the versatility of the Leostream Connection Broker, letting them extend VDI to include a variety of different platforms while providing users with a single login to all resources."

The article also highlights one of Leostream's successful large-scale VDI deployments, the Universit de Rennes 2, located in Brittany, France.

 

According to Humberto Duarte, the university's IT department co-director, their VDI currently supports 17,000 students and faculty members. "The university will upgrade to Connection Broker 7.0. The new support for handhelds is particularly compelling. Most of the university's mobile workers have iPhones. In addition, the university's art students and researches use iPads . 'All these users connect to the VMs from laptops using Leostream. Now they want to extend this functionality to their handheld devices,' he says."

Read the Network Computing Post Here 

Bruce Hoard gave a kudos to Connection Broker 7.0 in his Virtualization Review blog, The Hoard Facts . . .

"...Leostream shows why a good connection broker can keep a company in business...Connection Broker 7.0 enhances the company's already solid grip on really big enterprises through its new compatibility with a range of mobile devices, including Apple, iPad and iPhone."

The article has a great quote from our own CTO, Eric Hanselman:

Read the Rest of Bruce Hoard's Post Here

 

Chris Preimesberger of eWeek chimed in on Connection Broker 7.0. His article quotes The 451 Group, saying:

 

"For virtualization growth to continue, end-users need to trust that their virtual desktops will perform reliably and provide the computing performance they require, while  IT administrators need streamlined, 'single-pane-of-glass' management for VDI," said Rachel Chalmers, research director, Infrastructure Management at The 451 Group.

"Leostream Connection Broker 7.0 addresses these areas very effectively. Furthermore, Leostream's vendor-neutral approach can address C-level concerns about achieving ROI in large-scale deployments, while leveraging existing heterogeneous infrastructure."

Read the eWeek Post Here

 

Connection Broker 7.0 generated a lot of buzz in the press and blogosphere. Of note:

Leostream is pleased to partner with HLW Software Development GmbH to provide RDP and VNC connections to Windows and Linux desktops, using the iTap RDP and iTap VNC clients. This partnership makes Leostream the only VDI vendor to support Linux connections from popular Apple iPad and iPhone devices.

 

You can purchase your iTap clients through the Apple iTunes store.

 

"Enterprises are planning their futures around virtualization platforms, and the iPad and iPhone represent the technology 'lifeblood' for many users," said Peter Honeder, co-owner of HLW. "Combining the strengths of Leostream's Connection Broker and our iTap clients ensures that businesses can proceed with virtualization plans confidently, knowing they have a robust solution that incorporates all users, and without the risk of being locked into a single vendor."

Read the Full Press Release Here

Connection Broker 7.0 provides a number of enhancements to our VMware integration. Advanced provisioning options allow you to scale out deployments to easily add new users to your system. VMware View integration allows soft PCoIP connections for View users who require high-performance graphics.

These new enhancements provide View users with powerful ways to extend the capability, reach, and security of VDI deployments. This includes Leostream's location-based policies and native integration with Cisco VPNs, as well as the ability to integrate a range of systems - from Citrix XenApp to the Oracle Sun Ray System to Linux virtual desktops - into a VDI that includes View.

Read the Full Press Release Here