September 07, 2010 08:00 ET

Kaviza Wins Best of VMworld 2010 in Desktop Virtualization

Kaviza VDI-in-a-box Is Again Best VDI Deployment After Synergy 2010 Award

CUPERTINO, CA--(Marketwire - September 7, 2010) - Kaviza (www.kaviza.com), the pioneer in affordable plug-and-play desktop virtualization, today announced that its Kaviza VDI-in-a-box™ 3.0 has been recognized as the gold winner of the "Best of VMworld 2010" Awards in the Desktop Virtualization category. This top honor follows another recent recognition at Synergy 2010 where Kaviza won Best of Synergy for its Business Efficiency.

According to SearchServerVirtualization.com, over 200 companies were considered at VMworld 2010 across eight categories by a panel of judges consisting of industry experts, IT consultants and TechTarget editors. Entrants were scored on innovation, the value provided by the product, performance, reliability and ease of use. The desktop virtualization category had the most companies, with 29 entrants. The Gold winner was Kaviza for Kaviza VDI in-a-box 3.0, because it offers a full virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) environment that IT pros can have up and running in less than an hour. "It's VDI that anyone can build," said Brian Madden, a desktop virtualization expert blogger and category judge. 

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"We are honored and elated that Kaviza VDI-in-a-box is recognized as the Best of VMWorld 2010 in Desktop Virtualization," says Kumar K. Goswami, CEO, Kaviza. "These awards and industry recognition Kaviza has been receiving for VDI-in-a-box since its launch last year validate our success in delivering an immediate Return on Investment (ROI) by replacing PCs with high-definition virtual desktops that cost less, and are easier to set up and manage."

The award-winning Kaviza VDI-in-a-box is a software appliance designed specifically for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to fit departmental budgets and desktop IT expertise. Unlike traditional desktop virtualization solutions, Kaviza provides high-availability and on-demand scaling without requiring expensive shared storage. This simplifies deployments and reduces costs without compromising on fundamentals. Kaviza's all-in-one design simplifies virtual desktop administration -- dynamic desktop provisioning, load balancing, connection brokering, user provisioning, and high-availability are automatically handled out-of-the-box. Desktop IT administers Kaviza through an intuitive point-and-click interface. Kaviza delivers optimized rich high-definition user experience with Citrix HDX™. 

About Kaviza
Kaviza's award-winning VDI-in-a-Box™ -- the industry's first and only affordable turnkey virtual desktop solution designed specifically for desktop budgets, desktop IT, and desktop user needs -- employs patent-pending grid architecture to lower costs and eliminate the need for expensive infrastructure. Kaviza VDI-in-a-box has been recognized as "Best of Synergy 2010" for its Business Efficiency, "Cool Vendor in Client Computing 2010" by Gartner, "Product to Watch 2010" by eWeek, and won the "Innovation Award 2010" by Network Products magazine. Kaviza was founded in 2009 by virtualization and VDI veterans from HP and IBM to create the next generation VDI that is simple and affordable. Kaviza is headquartered in Cupertino, California. For more information, contact: kaviza.com.

About SearchServerVirtualization.com
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