VDIworks(TM) First Virtual Desktop Vendor to Integrate With Microsoft(R) Hyper-V and System Center

AUSTIN, TX, Jul 08 (MARKET WIRE) --
VDIworks, a virtual desktop software provider with a long history in
centralized computing, today announced it has integrated its solution
with Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007, which provides
management of physical and virtual deployments throughout the data
center, desktops and devices. With a new VDIworks plug-in, called
VDIvision for System Center, joint Microsoft/VDIworks customers can use
System Center to manage a variety of VDIworks-driven features, including
a highly configurable and scalable connection broker, leveraging the
power of desktop virtualization to reduce costs and improve security,
among other benefits. On the heels of Microsoft's release of Hyper-V,
VDIworks is the first virtual desktop management vendor to integrate with
Hyper-V and the System Center management offerings.

VDIworks delivers one of the most comprehensive, flexible software
management platforms for creating, deploying and managing virtual desktop
infrastructure. Microsoft Hyper-V customers can now rely on VDIworks
technology that is built on five generations of proven centralized
computing solutions. In addition, companies looking to add
Microsoft-driven virtualization while maintaining their deployments
powered by other hypervisors can use VDIworks software to manage any
virtual desktop environment.

"Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V delivers the next-generation of
hypervisor-based server virtualization technology and when coupled with
the System Center enterprise offerings, customers have the solutions they
need to deploy and manage a server virtualization infrastructure," said
Dai Vu, director of virtualization products and solutions at Microsoft.
"By integrating VDIworks with Hyper-V and System Center, customers have
available a broadened set of functionality for extending the management of
end-to-end virtual desktops through a single user interface."

VDIworks integration with Microsoft's System Center results from close
cooperation among VDIworks and Microsoft developers. VDIworks utilized
APIs from Microsoft to ensure seamless functionality among both products.

"We are pleased to have worked with Microsoft to integrate our VDI
management platform with System Center," said Rick Hoffman, president and
CEO of VDIworks. "This now provides customers a management platform for
reducing the complexity of managing a virtual desktop environment
leveraging Hyper-V."

With VDIworks integration, System Center users will now be able to:

-- Discover their entire virtual desktop environments, including thin
clients, multiple hypervisors, hosts and other systems from within System
Center.
-- Generate comprehensive virtual desktop usage, inventory and health
reports using VDIworks reporting functionality.
-- Utilize connection broker functions, including connecting thin clients
to virtual machines, users to virtual machines, thin clients to physical
hosts and users to physical hosts. Support for 1:1 connections and shared
connections is available.
-- Use VDIworks' configurable load balancing, which allows the best
virtual machine to be allocated to the end-user based on whether the user's
application load is memory-bound, CPU-bound or consumes other resource
types.
-- Perform comprehensive end-to-end, virtual and physical management of
all virtual desktop resources using VDIworks support for Windows Management
Instrumentation (WMI), Intel(R) vPro(TM) and soon, the Intelligent Platform
Management Interface (IPMI).
-- Provide fine-grained control to system administrators, help desk
administrators and other IT staff involved with virtual desktop management
using VDIworks' rights delegation functionality and integration with
Microsoft's Active Directory.

Pricing and Availability

VDIworks VDIvision for System Center is available immediately. Pricing
starts at $29 per seat, and volume discounts are available. For more
information, visit http://www.vdiworks.com.

About VDIworks

VDIworks makes easy-to-use software that enables IT managers to centrally
create, deploy and manage virtual desktop infrastructure. The company's
technology is based on more than 20 patents and is built on five
generations of proven success with enterprise environments. VDIworks
offers ultimate flexibility and preserves customer choice by giving
customers the ability to deploy the right solution for the right user
type, utilize any back-end hardware, end-point user access device or
virtualization technology for desktop virtualization. The VDIworks
Virtual Desktop Platform streamlines and simplifies virtual desktop
deployments, enabling IT organizations to gain improved management and
control, ensuring data and asset security, delivering a superior end-user
experience, and ensuring the business continuity and cost reductions
promised by desktop virtualization to companies around the world. For
more information on VDIworks, visit www.vdiworks.com.

Contacts:
Michelle Inberg
VDIworks
1.800.264.7150 ext. 712
michelle@vdiworks.com

Ross Levanto/Allison Bedard
Schwartz Communications
781.684.0770
vdiworks@schwartz-pr.com

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