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Verari Meets the Promise of Computing Without Boundaries With a Consolidated Desktop Solution

Posted on: Monday, 18 June 2007, 09:02 CDT

Verari Systems, developer of platform-independent blade-based computing and storage solutions, today announced the VerariIP consolidated desktop solution. Ideal for data-intensive environments requiring a rich user experience such as financial services and entertainment, VerariIP overcomes the graphical drawbacks of traditional thin client solutions.

"Until now, IT administrators have been forced to install expensive, hot, power-hogging workstations under the desk, eliminating their ability to benefit from the inherent efficiencies and advantages of a rack- or blade-based data center model," said David Driggers, CTO, Verari Systems. "VerariIP provides the desktop user with an ergonomically enhanced workspace, while maintaining the user experience."

Verari has taken its success in high performance blade-based servers, such as the Verari BladeRack® 2 that offers unique power and cooling efficiencies, to the next level. By combining robust workstation blades with Teradici's breakthrough PC-over-IP technology, up to 1920x1200 resolution DVI signals can be transported from the data center over an installed TCP/IP network directly to workstation or desktop PC users. The VerariIP solution supports quad-monitor displays, high quality video, audio, and multiple USB ports via a small "appliance" on the desktop, allowing the user to retain their existing experience without the heat and noise typically associated with locally installed workstations. The solution now extends Verari's "green" data center initiative to encompass its customer's entire Information Systems organization by helping to significantly reduce the overall corporate energy consumption both in and out of the data center.

"We have worked closely with Verari Systems to incorporate Teradici's PC-over-IP technology in this innovative solution," said Dan Cordingley, co-founder and CEO, Teradici Corporation. "The combination of Teradici's break-through innovation in display compression and propagation over networks with Verari's robust computing architecture is driving a true full-fidelity user experience from the data center to the desk with centralized efficiency."

IT administrators benefit from server/workstation consolidation, high availability, easier manageability, enhanced security and ultimate user mobility, since a user's desktop can be created anywhere on the installed TCP/IP network at anytime. Using the Verari Command Center (VCC) systems management solution in conjunction with VerariIP, workstations and desktops can be deployed dynamically on the fly as the end user environment expands. VCC's intuitive graphical user interface and robust feature set facilitate hardware discovery, power management, hardware-level monitoring, remote server management and remote BIOS upgrades.

"End users want continuous access to personal data and applications regardless of location or time, while IT wants controlled network access, easy to manage devices, data security and anytime availability," said Mark Bowker, analyst, The Enterprise Strategy Group, Inc. "The VerariIP provides flexible, cost-effective application delivery to the end user from the data center. It provides the dexterity to help IT meet dynamic business initiatives and quickly respond to business problems on a secure well-managed operating platform."

Verari product marketing specialists expect general availability of the VerariIP solution to begin shipping in Q4 2007. For more information on the VerariIP solution, please visit http://www.verari.com.

About Verari Systems

Verari Systems, Inc. is the premier developer of powerful, flexible and scalable platform-independent blade-based compute and storage solutions that are defining a new era in enterprise and high performance utility computing for the data center. Organizations such as Akamai, CGGVeritas, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Northrop Grumman, Qualcomm and Sony Imageworks, as well as top universities, financial and research institutions worldwide, are among the customers who have chosen Verari Systems' line of high density blade servers, modular storage blades, rack-optimized servers and award-winning software solutions. To learn more about Verari Systems and its unique solutions, please visit us on the web at http://www.verari.com or call (888) 942-3800.

Verari Systems, BladeRack, Vertical Cooling Technology and the Verari Systems logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Verari Systems Incorporated.

Source: Business Wire

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