HP has expanded its desktop-to-data-centre client virtualisation portfolio that offers users improved flexibility, security and productivity.
The new HP t5335z and t5565z Smart Clients are reprogrammable zero clients that can support a choice of Citrix-, Microsoft- or VMware-based infrastructures.
The second offering, HP 6360t Mobile Thin Client, provides security and productivity features for remote and mobile workers, with a durable aluminum design that shares common docking with the company’s notebook PCs.
The HP Client Virtualisation Enterprise Reference Architecture with Citrix XenDesktop and Microsoft Hyper-V is a preconfigured and performance-optimised offering that simplifies customer integration and testing, while reducing risk for deployment.
The offering combines compute, storage, networking and system management, and is tuned for client virtualisation efficiency for all enterprise users and includes options to scale up and out to meet changing customer requirements, said the company.
Citrix enterprise desktops and applications product marketing vice-president John Fanelli said desktop virtualisation is being adopted by organisations of all sizes as a means to transform traditional desktop computing into a people-centric, on-demand service.
"Through our broad collaboration with HP, we are delivering jointly tested and verified desktop virtualisation offerings that are helping enterprises meet the unique computing needs of all their workers," Fanelli said.
"Citrix desktop virtualisation offerings combined with HP thin clients and Smart Clients enable unparalleled business productivity by providing customers with virtualisation offerings that span the data centre to the desktop."
