Sun Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Software 2.0 is actually the second incarnation of Suns venture into the VDI space. The first one was kind of like Vmware's VDM 1.0: it was there but nobody actually used it. the Sun Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Software 2.0 solution really sounds like a lot but from what I gather it's just a VDI broker. It does the usual tricks like SSL access and of course supports Sun Ray virtual display clients but other than that I don't see any key features. Sun's aim seems to be to just provide broad platform support. With a starting price of $149 per concurrent users, this isn't exactly a bargain.

This is the list of the new features a per the Sun website:

Administrators can choose between multiple options for the desktop environment, from individual virtual machines running Windows XP Professional or Windows Vista, to more traditional shared remote desktop environments hosted on Windows Terminal Services or UNIX-based hosts, either on physical hardware or through virtualization. By deploying the optional Sun Ray virtual display clients as part of a Sun VDI Software 2.0 deployment, organizations can also offer their users instant desktop access via a smart card.

New features of Sun VDI Software 2.0 allow administrators to create template-based pools of virtual machines that can be temporarily or permanently assigned to a targeted group of users. For example, an administrator could create job description-specific pools of virtual machines such as "Accountant Desktops" or "Engineer Desktops". Each pool would contain a virtual machine template already provisioned with the applications and settings most pertinent to its respective group of users. When a virtual machine is assigned to a user, advanced features allow the administrator to define policies that govern the virtual machine's life cycle, providing outstanding flexibility and the ability to delete, reset, or even recycle a virtual machine.

Read the full press release.(which is in xml?)

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