COPENHAGEN, Denmark--(BUSINESS WIRE)--VMworld Europe 2011 (booth 13) – Pivot3, a leading provider of unified storage and compute appliances, today announced the vSTAC™ P3 rapid desktop production pilot program for VMware View™, designed to provide IT desktop professionals with the ability to quickly and easily pilot Pivot3 vSTAC VDI (see separate release). Certified through the VMware Rapid Desktop Program, P3 provides a channel-ready appliance model for 50 to 1000 virtual desktops.
“By offering a complete, user friendly packaged VDI solution appliance that makes the customer experience simple and affordable, Pivot3 is creating strong opportunities for the channel - as one of our biggest challenges right now is how to un-stall and accelerate VDI deployments,” Mark Smith, technical director, S3. “Pivot3 is the first and only organization we are aware of to provide a packaged VMware View solution which radically simplifies and reduces the complexities and costs associated with deploying and scaling a VMware VDI environment. We expect the program to be a major hit for organizations running from 50 to 1000 desktops.”
The vSTAC P3 program includes:
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Two vSTAC VDI appliance SKUs:
- Pivot3 vSTAC VDI "P3 starter appliance”: A self contained ready-to-deploy starter appliance for 50 to 100 desktop production pilots which includes pre-configured trial licenses of VMware View™, VMware vCenter™ Server, Microsoft Windows 2008 Server
- Pivot3 vSTAC VDI “standard appliance”: The ability to dynamically and automatically scale out a VDI environment by adding additional appliances each with a capacity of more than 100 desktops;
- 30-day P3 pilot agreement;
- One-day onsite assistance; and,
- Phone support during 30-day period.
- Price starting at $350 per desktop
Additionally, the P3 program will provide IT professionals, prospective customers and channels with the ability to:
- Test drive Pivot3’s VDI solution in a live hosted environment from Pivot3’s website for up to 300 desktops after December 1 at www.pivot3.com, and to
- Configure their own VDI environment, complete with ROI, using the VDI configurator tool also on Pivot3’s website.
"The VMware Rapid Desktop Program is designed to provide organizations with a way to quickly get up and running with a VDI proof of concept," said Raj Mallempati, director, product marketing, Enterprise Desktop Solutions, VMware. "The vSTAC™ P3 program built around the Pivot3 vSTAC VDI channel-ready appliance model simplifies the proof of concept phase for customers and supports the goals of this program perfectly."
"As we talk with our more than 500 customers and channel partners, we understand that while VDI is in high demand, currently there is no out-of-the box solution to deploy it," said Olivier Thierry CMO at Pivot3. "The Pivot3 vSTAC™ P3 program together with our certification in the VMware Rapid Desktop Program allows candidate organizations to get from ‘zero-to-VMware View™ desktop ready’ in about an hour. The streamlined deployment experience and breakthrough pilot pricing will be compelling for customers. Meanwhile our partners have been clamoring for a consumable, channel-friendly appliance go-to-market approach that is designed to be simple and yet drive a lot of added VMware and services revenue for them.”
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About Pivot3
Pivot3 was founded in 2003 on the idea that today's stack of servers, storage and networks could be radically simplified and unified to drive down complexity and cost. The company has over 500 customers across the globe deploying the Pivot3 storage and compute STAC™. Pivot3 products are deployed in the data protection, digital surveillance and rich media markets and have seen particular success in the public sector, transportation, education and retail vertical segments. The company has won numerous awards and was most recently selected by the Wall Street Journal for the prestigious "2011 Next Big Thing" category. To learn more about Pivot3, visit www.pivot3.com.