If you already have VMware in your backend, they make pricing very competitive. Especially for the number of desktops you're planning on deploying.
Disclaimer: The thought of a Symantec product doing VDI just seems to leave a bad taste in my mouth. But that's just my own biased opinion based on no prior information or experience with the product or its capabilities at all. harry. On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 12:42 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree, Harry. I'd like to justify using View. We haven't got a quote > on it yet so a lot depends on how close it is to the Symantec solution. > > ------------------------------ > Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:19:54 -0500 > Subject: Re: VDI > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > > I don't know a thing about CWS and I know you mentioned Citrix but have > you looked at their VDI-in-a-Box solution? > > http://www.citrix.com/English/ps2/products/product.asp?contentID=2316437 > > I would try my best to somehow justify the price difference to get either > VM and Citrix as those two players seem to very active in the VDI space. > Which ultimately means easier integration and better support, community or > otherwise, for you. > > Harry. > > On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 3:09 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Due to computerized physician order entry (part of meaningful use), we > looking at implementing a virtual desktop solution. I have identified > three: Citrix, VM View and Symantec's Corporate Workspace product (used to > be Nuvision until it was bought out by Symantec). > I am familiar with Citrix and spent a day at a conference on VM, but I > have no knowledge (other than what the salesperson showed us) of CWS. Has > anybody done any work with the Symantec product? The price is good > compared to the other two but we have never purchased an product based on > price alone. > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
