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VDI-in-a-box with Citrix HDX

Kaviza is a next generation virtual desktop company founded by virtualization and VDI leaders from HP, IBM, and venture-backed start-ups. Their mission is to make desktop virtualization affordable, easy and practical. Both IT and end-users should be able to use Kaviza as a better and cheaper way to manage desktops, without having to worry about server management or virtualization.
Kaviza VDI-in-a-box enables you to create a Kaviza fabric on multiple commodity servers and offers built-in high availability.

Realize immediate ROI with Kaviza - deploy virtual desktops for less than the cost of PCs without compromising user experience. Get the benefits of centralized desktop management, lower desktop support costs and greater uptime, all within a PC budget.

The Kaviza difference - designed for desktop budgets & needs:

* Quick - Go from zero to production with high-availability in under two hours. Kaviza's all-in-one virtual appliance bundles all the core functionality needed to provision and manage virtual desktops into one self contained package. Dynamic desktop provisioning, load balancing, high-availability, user management and desktop management are all built-in to the VDI-in-a-box appliance.

* Easy - Kaviza's intuitive management interface focuses on desktops and users, not virtualization details. Kaviza is designed to be setup and managed by desktop IT.

* Affordable - Deploy Kaviza virtual desktops for a total cost of $225 to $460 per desktop, including all the hardware infrastructure. See a cost breakdown.

* Flexible - Right-size the deployment to your needs. Kaviza generates ROI on deployments of 25+ desktops, giving you the flexibility to deploy desktops in phases without having to overprovision. Kaviza's architecture also enables you to place the desktop servers at remote or branch offices for optimal LAN performance while still managing centrally.

* Scalable - Kaviza's grid can be scaled on-demand - simply add more servers as your needs grow, and Kaviza automatically reconfigures itself.

* High-Definition - Kaviza supports both RDP and the Citrix HDX technology. Through a licensing agreement with Citrix, Kaviza provides the rich user experience enabled by Citrix HDX seamlessly from its virtual desktops.

* Open - Kaviza is hypervisor and protocol agnostic, giving you flexibility and choice in the platforms you want to use. Version 3.0 supports both XenServer and VMware ESX/vSphere hypervisors, including the free Xenserver offering this further lowers costs.

Compare this diagram showing a typical VDI Infrastructure