The Sun Desktop Virtualization Marketing team is pleased to announce the
Sun VDI Software 3.1 Early Access program and the Sun Ray Software 5
Early Access 2 program. Both programs begin 9/15/09, at 5am PDT and they
will end on 10/2/2009.
Which program should you join?
_Choose Sun VDI Software 3.1_ when you want to deploy server hosted
virtual desktops running inside virtual machines to a variety of client
devices.
_Choose Sun Ray Software 5_ when you want to deploy Sun Ray Software to
Sun Ray Thin Clients or PCs in a more traditional server-based computing
model. You should also choose this program if you want to deploy Sun Ray
Software + VMware View Manager.
*Sun VDI Software 3.1 Early Access*
Sun Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Software 3.1 allows organizations to
deploy a secure desktop environment hosted in the data center and
displayed on a number of client devices, including Windows PCs and Sun
Ray Thin Clients. This release adds Microsoft Hyper-V as an additional
virtualization host, support for virtual desktops generated by Microsoft
Terminal Services, and the Sun Desktop Access Client for simplified
access from Windows PCs. Sun VDI Software 3.1 also includes a number of
additional features for Sun Ray client devices, including USB
redirection and Adobe Flash enhancements. More details on new features
are covered in the support documentation
<https://wikis.sun.com/display/VDI3dot1/Home>.
You can download the software here:
https://cds.sun.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/CDS-CDS_SMI-Site/en_US/-/USD/viewproductdetail-start?productref=sunvdi-3.1-ea-sp-...@cds-cds_smi
After you have downloaded and tested the software, please fill out the
survey here:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=_2bOaIS5LgthO0B125F5_2bVLg_3d_3d
Documentation is available here:
https://wikis.sun.com/display/VDI3dot1/Home
Support is available through the Sun VDI Forum here:
http://forums.sun.com/forum.jspa?forumID=992&start=0
*Sun Ray Software 5 Early Access 2 (EA2)
*Sun Ray Software is a secure, cost effective solution that delivers a
rich virtual desktop to PCs or Sun Ray Thin Clients. The Sun Ray
Software Early Access 2 program delivers four core new features: USB
device redirection to Windows, Adobe Flash Enhancements, Windows Server
2008 support and the Sun Desktop Access Client (code name was "Sun Ray
Soft Client"). Details of the features are listed below.
1) USB device redirection to Windows
Remote Windows XP Desktop users can now deploy a multitude of Windows
USB devices with Sun Ray Technology. A full list of supported devices
is available here
<http://wikis.sun.com/display/SRS/USB+Redirection+Peripherals+List>.
Installation of Sun Ray Software for Solaris x86 or SPARC is required.
This feature is supported with Sun VDI as a part of the Sun VDI 3.1
Early Access Program or with VMware View Manager in the Sun Ray Software
5 EA2 program.
2) Adobe Flash Enhancements
Sun Ray Software 5 provides Adobe Flash enhancements which enable
customers to experience improved frame rates along with synchronized
audio, video, and Adobe Flash animation playback for the Sun Ray 2
family of clients and its follow-on product family.
Supported environment:
o Internet Explorer 7 and 8
o Adobe Flash 9 content with all Adobe Flash plugins from versions 9 & 10
o Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit) and Windows XP SP3 (32-bit)
Users will need both components of Sun Ray Software - Sun Ray Server
Software & the Sun Ray Connector for Windows OS. In additional to the
Windows environment mentioned above, users need to install Sun Ray
Server Software which runs on the following platforms:
o Solaris 10 5/09 or higher on SPARC and X86
o SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10 Service Pack 2 (32-bit and 64-bit)
o Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 Update 3 (32-bit and 64-bit)
3) Windows Server 2008
Sun Ray Software 5 enables customers to display applications within
Windows Server 2008 in 32 bit color. Windows Server 2008 Session
Directory support is also included.
Supported platforms:
o Solaris 10 5/09 or higher (SPARC and X86)
o SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10 Service Pack 2 (32-bit and 64-bit)
o Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 Update 3 (32-bit and 64-bit)
4) Sun Desktop Access Client (code name was "Sun Ray Soft Client").
The Sun Desktop Access Client is a software application that easily
installs on common client operating systems and provides the ability to
connect to centralized desktops running on Sun's desktop virtualization
software products. An alternative to using a Sun Ray Thin Client, the
Sun Desktop Access Client meets the needs of end-users who do not fit
the desktop thin client model or who may need to connect from their
existing laptop or desktop PC. The Sun Desktop Access Client also
provides the flexibility to 'hotdesk' to and from your Sun Ray Thin
Client and any supported Sun Desktop Access Client enabled PC.
Supported platforms:
o Microsoft Windows XP
o Microsoft Windows Vista
o Microsoft Windows 7
You download the software here:
https://cds.sun.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/CDS-CDS_SMI-Site/en_US/-/USD/viewproductdetail-start?productref=srs-5-ea2-sp-lx-...@cds-cds_smi
After you have downloaded and tested the software, please fill out the
survey here:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=edIU7UCv9CbC_2bFiyD8POow_3d_3d
Documentation is available here:
http://wikis.sun.com/display/SRS/Home
Support is available through the Sun Ray Software Forum here:
http://forums.sun.com/forum.jspa?forumID=875
If you have additional feed-back for the product team, please send it here:
[email protected]
Thank you for your participation in the Sun VDI 3.1 and/or the Sun Ray
Software 5 Early Access 2 Program!
--
Angela Carducci
Product Line Manager
Desktop Virtualization Marketing
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
[email protected]
twitter.com/angelacarducci
http://www.sun.com/vdi
[+1] 415-294-4479
--
Angela Carducci
Product Line Manager
Desktop Virtualization Marketing
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
[email protected]
twitter.com/angelacarducci
http://www.sun.com/vdi
[+1] 415-294-4479
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