With the goal of radically advancing practical and cost-effective virtual desktop infrastructure, the entry of Pano System 4 in the industry will bring VDI or virtual desktop interface closer to an economical execution by stripping down the desktop hardware to the bare essentials of video, keyboard, mouse and USB support. The system utilizes a shiny, tiny brick with ports for the video, keyboard, mouse and USB connectivity. It also boasts a centralized hypervisor-independent management. The brick sets the hardware standard for this group by shedding almost every trace of needing a real PC to run a virtual PC.

The same article quoted pricing and comparison of the Pano System 4 that was officially introduced to the market last January 12th: “(Pano System 4) costs $389 per device, which is competitive with the price of thin clients. The Pano System price includes all the server and connection licenses needed to use the device, along with a year of software maintenance and support. Additional support options are available to extend software maintenance for $20 per year per device and a combination of software maintenance plus support for $49 per year per device. No-cost Web-only support is also available.”

Virtualization platforms with users logging in on through a Pano device were created following the integration of Pano System VMware View, Microsoft Hyper-V and Citrix XenDesktop environments to connect DVMs.  The Pano System consists of a Pano Manager server, Pano hardware devices that sit on the user’s desktop and the Pano Direct software agent to bridge and hasten the connection of DVMs created in one of the supported platforms with users.

In another report, VMware’s link is expanding exponentially. It recently acquired NeoAccel to inflate its virtualization portfolio and tied up with Verizon for vCloud compatibility.