webNetwork's VDI Broker

As Virtual Desktop Infrastructures (VDI) become a growing part of the IT landscape, Stoneware, Inc. is adapting to integrate an organization’s virtual machines into their webNetwork environment. Delivering on the goal of “anytime, anywhere computing”, Stoneware is leveraging webNetwork’s connection manager technology to provide organizations with robust access to their Virtual Desktop Infrastructure.

VDI

New in webNetwork 5e2 is the capability for the webNetwork Server and Relay to broker connections between users and their virtual desktops. Both internal and external users will be capable of securely accessing virtual desktops from anywhere at anytime. With webNetwork virtual desktops can be centralized back in the data center where they become another “on demand” resource available from any webDesktop. webNetwork 5e2 provides organizations with two separate methods of managing their virtual desktop environment: Identity and Pooling.

Identity

Identity-based management leverages a user’s network identity to control access to a specific virtual desktop. When a user authenticates to the webNetwork system he/she will have access only to the virtual desktop that has been assigned to their user account. webNetwork administrators can manually assign a virtual desktop to their users or they can allow users to register their own virtual desktop for the purpose of saving helpdesk and management costs.

Pooling

Pooling is designed to dynamically allocate virtual desktops to end users via the webNetwork system. webNetwork users that request access to a virtual desktop will be presented with the next available virtual desktop from a “pool” of virtual machines. webNetwork’s connection manager will manage the users and the virtual machines they are assigned to while connected. When users disconnect from a virtual desktop, connection manager will return the virtual machine back to the “pool”.

webNetwork’s VDI broker will ensure that an organization’s Virtual Desktop Infrastructure is completely integrated into their Intranet/Extranet strategy. Whether an organization is implementing VDI for disaster recovery, Terminal Server replacement or thin client, webNetwork will provide a complete integrated solution with anywhere, anytime access.